Acknowledgement of Country//

Headlines:

• UN calls for pause on Naarm public housing demolitions
• Amnesty International report: Tehran strikes may amount to war crimes
• Refugee children facing severe poverty in first year in country
• Anak Krakatau volcano ashfall sparks health fears across Indonesia

We listened back to a segment from Earth Matters' 6th of September program, where host Mia interviewed Dr Kylie Soanes, a research fellow based at the University of Melbourne, about her work finding innovative ways to encourage urban biodiversity. Dr Kylie Soanes is a conservation biologist with her sights set on saving species in cities and towns. Tune in to Earth Matters every Sunday from 11-11:30AM on 3CR 855AM.//

August 23rd of this year marked the 60-year Anniversary of the beginning of the Gurindji walk-off in Kalkarindji, also known as 'Wave Hill Station', a move which began the journey to Land Rights in Australia. 60 years on, the story of the Wave Hill walk-off continues to be carried by the families, elders, and young people who gather each year to remember it.

At this year's Freedom Day celebrations in Kalkarindji on Sunday the 23rd of August, CAAMA Radio's Orlando Rubuntja sat down with his grandfather George Edwards, a Gurindji elder and chairperson of the Gurindji Corporation, who was just a child when his family joined the walk-off. Later in the piece, we heard reporting from CAAMA's Brenton Woods, and community voices from the Freedom Day Celebrations in Kalkarindji.

This is a piece from the weekly wrap up of national stories, from the newsroom of the National Indigenous Radio Service's newsroom, which you can hear on 3CR every Tuesday at 9.30PM or Thursday at 3PM, or online at nirs.org.au.//

Dr Gina Bekker, Clinical Supervisor at Monash University's Castan Centre Human Rights Clinic, spoke with us about the advocacy work that the Castan Centre conducted in partnership with Inner Melbourne Community Legal (IMCL) on behalf of thousands of Melbourne’s public housing tower tenants regarding human rights concerns associated with the Victorian government’s plans to demolish and redevelop all 44 high-rise public housing towers in Melbourne. The report they produced successfully resulted in an official United Nations communication with the Australian Government regarding concerns about the human rights impacts of the public housing tower redevelopment plan. Dr Bekker and students at the Castan Centre worked together to create the report.//

Earlier this week, Environment Centre Northern Territory campaigner Sarah Wilson joined 3CRs Tuesday breakfast to unpack the logistics of fracking and its environmental impacts. Today we kept the spotlight on fracking by speaking with fellow ECNT campaigner Dan Broun about the economic myths and legends that underpin NT fracking plans and the link with the Country Liberal Party’s dubious AI data centre scheme. Since 2018, state and federal governments have subsidised NT gas companies over 400 million in tax payer dollars but financial analysis indicates that the gas industry in the NT is not commercially viable.//

AI Safety Symposiums crew members Jules and Opal joined us for a conversation about the importance of developing mass critical literacy about artificial intelligence in an era of toxic tech industry boosterism and regulatory ambivalence. Read 'A Booklet About Artificial Intelligence' here.//

Songs//

Koori Rose - Roger Knox//