Headlines:
- Last week marks the Nakba, the catastrophe of 1948 that saw more than 750,000 Palestinians forcibly displaced from their homes and lands.
- The Indonesian Parliament has passed new legislation to protect the rights of domestic workers as formal workers.
- Amnesty International Australia has found that an Australian company Ioneer is involved in the construction of lithium mines in Nevada which breach international human rights standards.
- CW: The following headline mentions the death of Indigenous persons as well as content that may be distressing to listeners.
Aboriginal leaders say the Northern Territory government's inquiry into child safety will not allow for a proper examination of the system, leaving out Indigenous representation and voices.
7:15am // An excerpt from a recent episode of FIELF, the Italian Migrant Workers and their Families' Organisation, where Hanna, Margherita, Renata and Lorella discussed Italian IWD demonstrations and how they compare to those here. FILEF is presented weekly, in Italian and English, every Wednesday from 6:30-7:30. The full episode can be heard at 3cr.org.au/filef.
7:30am // Lucinda Thorpe is a Privacy Campaigner at Digital Rights Watch. Last week Lucinda wrote an article called, Too Much Information: Dating Apps and AI, which looks into the ways in which these platforms are collecting and using people's personal and biometric data, as well as how AI is being integrated into this technology. To read her article, head to https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/articles/
7:45am // Freja Leonard is a climate campaigner for the Australian Conservation Foundation. Here is an interview with Freja about the recently released federal budget and the implications of a dismissal of a higher tax upon gas exports, as well as Australia's insufficient monitoring of methane release particularly within the coal and mining industry. You can find out more from the Australian conservation foundation at https://www.acf.org.au
8:00am // Tuesday Hometime's Jan Bartlett speaks with humanitarian photojournalist Liz Loh Taylor. In an interview that first aired on 12 May 2026, Liz related her experiences during a two week visit to the Western Sahara refugee camp in Algeria. November 2025 marked 50 years of Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara, and five decades that Sahrawis have lived in exile in refugee camps in Southwest Algeria. Tune in to Tuesday Hometime 3CR on Tuesdays from 4-6pm.
8:15am // Victoria joins us to speak about the upcoming Hearts for Burma fundraiser at barflippys this Friday the 22nd. Victoria is an Australian-born Thai-Burmese lawyer and event organiser behind the Hearts for Burma Fundraiser. Passionate about human rights in Myanmar and beyond, she aims to raise awareness of the ongoing challenges facing Myanmar whilst also celebrating its rich culture and resilience. To find you more you can visit Victoria's instagram page @05v22m , you can also find out more about the raffle here https://maran-project.com/ and the gofundme page here https://www.gofundme.com/f/hearts-for-burma-2026
songs:
Saloma was a Singaporean-Malaysian singer, film actress, trendsetter and a fashion icon who rose to fame in the 1950s. This is Bila Larut Malam, or 'When Night Falls'
