Workplace Surveillance Technology, Miss Cairo’s ‘Breasts Become Her’, Call for Victorian Police Ombudsman, Mapping Microplastic Pollution

Thursday, 13 October 2022 - 7:00am to 8:30am
A photograph of Miss Cairo wearing a ruffled, flowy pale pink dress pulled down in front to reveal one censored breast. She holds the trans flag up with one hand, and it waves behind her head. She is wearing elaborate crystal earrings, a necklace and a bracelet.

Acknowledgement of Country//

 

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Dr Dale Tweedie and David Wild of Macquarie University join us to talk about the sinister growth of "bossware" or workplace surveillance technologies allowing your manager to keep tabs on what you're up to on the computer. They'll speak with us about the rationale behind its development and application and how bossware impacts worker performance. Dale and David recently published an article in The Conversation about bossware- you can read it here.//

 

Miss Cairo is a cabaret and burlesque superstar, conceived in Egypt, born in the UK and blossomed on Wurundjeri country. Her career has taken her around the world exploring many avenues in creative fields. Miss Cairo mixes burlesque, live vocals, comedy and activism to smash stereotypes, while entertaining the masses. She joins us today to speak about her fantastical cabaret show for Fringe Festival called Breasts Become Her. 

Miss Cairo is giving away TWO FREE TICKETS to the show's premier on Saturday the 15th of October at 10:30pm to the first 3CR subscriber to call (03) 9419 8377 this morning!//

 

Nerita Waight is a proud Yorta Yorta woman with connections to the Ngarrindjeri and Taungurung people, and the CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS). She joins us today to speak on the joint letter from VALS, the Police Accountability Project, community legal centres and Aboriginal organisations that are calling on Daniel Andrews to overhaul the state’s failed police oversight system by introducing a Police Ombudsman.//

 

Dr Michelle Blewitt is the program director of AUSMAP, the Australian Microplastic Assessment Project. She joins us today to talk about mapping levels of microplastic pollution in Australia's aquatic environments with the help of citizen scientists, and the importance of this work as part of finding solutions to address the growing problem of plastic pollution in our waterways.//


 

Songs//

 

Hoodie Girl - June Jones//

 

GUAP POP - Agung Mango ft. Genesis Owusu//


Flick - Pookie//