Polly Cutmore, Gamilaroi/Wiri/Anaiwan Elder, Traditional Owner and nationally respected advocate for Aboriginal water rights and culture governance speaking at the Women's Climate Congress. She spoke at the Women's Climate Congress, exploring the many ways First Nations women are leading change through culture, community, governance and Country. Co-hosted and facilitated by Janet Salisbury, Founder of Women's Climate Congress, and Celeste Ackerly, Trawlwoolway woman, conservation and First Nations governance and engagement practitioner, this webinar brought together remarkable First Nations women whose leadership reflects the strength, resilience, and responsibility carried by women across generations. This excerpt was first broadcast on Earth Matters on Sunday 20 September. To listen back to the whole conversation and more episodes of Earth matters, head to 3cr.org.au/earthmatters or tune in to 3CR on Sundays at 11am. 

Dr Mindy Sotiri is the Executive Director of the Justice Reform Initiative, about the failures of the incarceration system. In a recorded conversation with Elena, Mindy discussed how much Australia is spending on incarceration rather than other more effective prevention and rehabilitation strategies. She also explained how Australia spends billions of dollars on a criminogenic cycle of keep people locked up. 
 

Local resident Tracie is the Secretary of Friends of Latrobe Water. Recently local residents and Environment Victoria have expressed worry over Engie Hazelwood's plan to turn the Hazelwood coal mine into a lake. The project would require a dense amount of water and threatens the Latrobe river system. Residents are concerned over the environmental impacts, as filling three giant coal mines with Gippsland’s fresh water would mean depleting the region's life-sustaining freshwater reserves. She spoke about Engie Hazelwood's plan to turn the Hazelwood coal mine into a lake and the potentially damaging effects it could have. You can find out more to support Friends of Latrobe Water at their facebook and website. 

On Out of the Pan on Sunday 20 September, Sally Goldner sat down for a warm conversation with Twig Takac, about the 'Radical Computing' exhibition, which is now showing at the National Communication Museum, 375 Burwood Rd Hawthorn. Twig talked about where her interest in computing started, and the importance of creativity and remaining curious in the endlessly possible world of tech. You can listen to Sally every Sunday from 12-1pm. For more episodes of Out of the Pan, go to https://www.3cr.org.au/outofthepan 

Noura Mansour (she/her) is a Palestinian educator, political analyst, writer and community organiser and National Director at Democracy in Colour, an anti-racist national organisation that works for racial justice. Noura joined the show to speak about proposed migration policy changes. Two weeks ago, Minister of Home Affairs Tony Burke announced a suite of changes to migration policies that would impact workers and students. These changes include the power to detain people whose visas have expired to compel them to leave the country, and also expand immigration detention facilities (with 250 beds) and hire 100 additional compliance offices.