Current affairs

Stolen Wealth Games 2008, photo by Denis Evans

Tune in to 3CR's annual Invasion Day broadcast on 26 January and hear the truth about Australia's colonial past and present and the current campaigns to right these wrongs.  Join 3CR's indigenous broadcasters Gilla McGuinness (Precious Memories), Robbie Thorpe (Fire First), Viv Malo (The Black Block) and Johnny Mac (Koori Survival Show) for commentary, interviews, music, and updates from rallies and actions across the country on Tuesday 26 January from

Get ready for some amazing prizes in this year's 3CR fundraising raffle! Tickets are only $2 each or 3 for $5 and you can buy them at the station or better still email us and we'll post out a book to sell.  We have some great prizes this year including a bike voucher from our most generous donors Reid Cycles

Bearbrass Asylum Orchestra perform live at Federation Square, 3CR Disability Day, 2013

Join us for Disability Day 2015, Thursday 3 December, on air from 6.00am to 6.00pm. Twelve hours of radical radio by, for and about people with disability. It all starts with The Big Bold Breakfast of disability news and current affairs, followed by Spoken Word. Join the discussion on Talkback with Attitude from 9.30am on representations of disability in TV and movies.

Tune in to 3CR Breakfast from Monday 16 November to Saturday 28 November between 8-8:30am for regular reports, interviews and commentaries in the lead up to the People's Climate March (Friday 27 November, State Library, 5.30pm) and COP21 (the UN conference on climate change in Paris on 30 November).

Decolonizing Solidarity Book Now Available at 3CR

Clare Land’s book, Decolonizing Solidarity: Dilemmas and Directions for Supporters of Indigenous Struggles has finally landed at 3CR. The book features lots of 3CR people and provides much-needed guidance to newly involved supporters of Indigenous struggles. You can pick one up from the station during business hours or order one through our online shop. Recommended retail $55, our price just $45.

How To Make Trouble And Influence People 2016 Diary

Produced by the author of the How To Make Trouble and Influence People: Pranks, Protests, Graffiti & Political Mischief-Making From Across Australia book and regular contributor to 3CR's Seeds of Dissent calendars, this 2016 diary features 366 radical dates in Australian history as well as dozens of images and stories. Just $15 hereAll profits go to 3CR and Ecuador's Los Cedros Biological Reserve 

Left After Breakfast Team

You're invited to a special get-to-know-you day and fundraiser for Left After Breakfast on Sunday 1 November at the Port Phillip EcoCentre where you will rub shoulders with Legendary Luminaries and swap stories with other Legendary Listeners. Come lunch with us, and be part of our annual broadcast of Left After Breakfast. Good food, good company, good environment and a good cause.

Artemisia annua is the source of a new teratment for malaria

This week Lost In Science explores groundbreaking work on parasitic diseases of the developing world. Engineer, Dr. Nicky Eshtiaghi, discusses her investigation into new ways to use human waste genereated by our cities. And have you ever wondered why silver is only ever second prize when it's so useful? Find out Here.

Earth Matters Postcard

That's over 1000 stories and 500 hours of radio from the frontlines of environmental struggles in Australia and around the world. From Jabiluka to Goolengook, West Papua to Palestine, and everywhere in-between. So what can you expect from our 1000th show?

Green Left Radio Launch

3CR's new Green Left Radio show is radio for the 99%. It's proudly independent, anti-racist, anti-homophobic, feminist, environmentalist, socialist, internationalist. Join us for the launch at Kindred Studios of this new wing of the people's media on Friday 21 August 7pm.