Protests

Date:
Saturday, May 3, 2025 - 13:00 to 16:00
Date:
Sunday, June 1, 2025 - 10:00 to 13:00
Host Annie interviewing PPTEU members in the 3CR marquee with Outside Broadcast Tech Phuong in 2024.

Celebrate May Day on Thursday 1 May and Sunday 4 May with coverage of workers’ struggles, union work towards better wages and conditions, and the fight for democratic rights to organise and unionise. Thursday 1 May, 12.30am-7pm featuring many of your favourite Thursday programs with a May Day theme, plus the infamous Talkback with Attitude all-nighter! Followed by Sunday 4 May, 12-2pm union program presenters LIVE from the 3CR marquee outside Trades Hall in Carlton, for a two-hour broadcast at the yearly May Day Sunday event and rally. If you can't get down on the day, be sure to listen in! More details here. Pictured: Host Annie interviewing PPTEU members in the 3CR marquee with Outside Broadcast Tech Phuong in 2024.

Podcast training - Studio 3

Want to become a socially progressive podcaster, but don't know where to start? 3CR has a wealth of podcasting knowledge and experience, and we’ve developed a practical Podcast Training Course to help community voices get into the world of podcasting. Our 2-day, in-station course is perfect for new podcasters, or people who want to improve their skills and get some insider tips. Enrol now for our October podcast course.

International Women's Day 2025

Join our IWD special broadcast team for a full day of programming to mark International Women's Day. With global femicide, attacks on women’s sovereignty, reproductive rights, gender affirming care, widespread criminalisation of sex work, rights of migrants and refugees, and militarised repression of those standing up in solidarity, 3CR says HANDS OFF OUR BODIES! Current affairs, spoken word, feminist discussion, music, arts and much more all day. Then let down your hair or shave your head, for a live to air concert from 5pm to 9pm, featuring spoken word and music from talented local artists and your favourite 3CR presenters! Full details here.

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Invasion Day 2025 Broadcast 9am - 4pm.

Tune in from 9am to 4pm on Sunday 26 January for our annual Invasion Day broadcast. Terry Nullius will be in the studio broadcasting speeches from the Invasion Day Dawn Service and the Invasion Day Rally, crossing to hear from roving reporters Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe and Uncle Talgium "Chocko" Edwards and much more. We'll be LIVE from Camp Sovereignty from 1pm to 3pm with Keiran Stewart-Assheton and Kurly will present an Invasion Day playlist.

Throughout the day we will bring you voices of the elders, truth-telling, critical yarns with grassroots activists, deadly Blak music and honouring warriors past and present in the struggle for sovereignty, land back, an end to the genocide, and a treaty. More details and audio here.

Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner commemoration

On Monday 20 January we will broadcast live from 12-1pm from the Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner commemoration held on the corner of Victoria Street and Franklin Street, Melbourne. Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner were publicly executed in Melbourne on the 20 January 1842 for daring to resist the colonisers. Attend the event or tune in LIVE. Pictured: Janet Galvin and Joe Toscano at the 2024 event. More details and audio coming soon.

Queer Histories Queer Futures, artwork by Nicky Minus
Thursday
January
A podcast series of Merri-bek's queer history told by the people who shaped it.