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7.15: Vivien Langford from the Climate Action Show chats with Christine Rose a lead agricultural campaigner for Greenpeace Aotearoa. They discuss big dairy farming company, Fonterra, as the nation's greatest climate polluter, greenwashing and what the climate movement looks like after Jacinda Ardern.
7.30: Ayan Shirwa from Women on the Line presents Aunty Alma Thorpe's testimony at the Yoorrok Justice Commission. The commission serves to document the impact of colonisation and create practical solutions for healing and systemic changes. This episode discusses themes that might be distressing to listeners.
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7.40: Grace Hill, National Union of Students LGBTI+ Officer and Socialist Alternative activist speaks on the current cost of living crisis; the winding back of real wages, the rental crisis, the cutting back of welfare funding, what May Day represents and why you should be an activist today!
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8.00: Dr Jessica Hambly, Senior Lecturer at the ANU College of Law and Co-Director of the Law Reform and Social Justice program joins us to talk about Australia's cruel refugee policies and how they have inspired right-wing policies in other countries, looking at the UK as the prime example of this trend.
8.15: Kannagi Bhatt tells us about the hopes of same-sex marriage being legalised in India through the Supreme Court, despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's homophobic opposition.
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