Headlines:
- Invasion day rally gathers crowd of 17,000 protesters rallying for changing the date of Australia day or replacing it with a day of mourning
- Since October ceasefire in Gaza went into effect Israeli attacks have now killed 486 people and wounded 1,341
- The National Rent Affordability Scheme set to end this June
- Bushfires in the Otways region due to Victoria's worst heatwave since 2009
7:15AM: // Aunty Sue Haseldine is a Googatha elder who is protecting her Country from militarisation and continuing colonisation. In this recorded interview from Tuesday 22 July 2025, Aunty Sue outlines the threats from companies such as Southern Launch and Thales, who have set up a rocket launching test site north of Ceduna, on Googatha Country. She also spoke about the importance of protecting the rockholes, country, and animals for future generations. Since this interview aired, Aunty Sue and other members of West Mallee Protection have continued to monitor and expose weapons companies and space agencies who are destroying Googatha Country with their rocket launches. For regular updates on Aunty Sue's fight to protect Googatha Country, follow @westmalleeprotection on Instagram. You can also contribute to the West Mallee Protection Fund on Chuffed.
7:30AM: // Zhanae Dodd is a proud Ghungalu, Birri, Widi and Kaanju woman from Central Queensland. Zhanae has helped established Yamba Balbarrabarri camp to resist the Gemini coal mine by Magnetic South RSL. Zhanae joined us to talk about the threat of the mine and how Ghungalu people are standing up to protecting Country and challenge the ongoing and proposed destruction of mining companies.
7:45AM: // Professor Chelsea Watego Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman joined 3CR's Women on the Line to discuss her new book, Black Thoughts Matter: Essays on Black Love, Black Power, and Black Joy. In the following excerpt, Chelsea speaks to Phuong about Aboriginal women's voices and perspectives that are often missing from public discourse; the censorship and control of white women editors; and the power, the joy, and the importance of embracing rage. Watego's latest book, Black Thoughts Matter: Essays on Black Love, Black Power, and Black Joy is out now with Common Room Editions.
8:00AM: // Yesterday, thousands of people gathered at steps of Parliament House in Naarm for Invasion Day. Today we bring you powerful words from Aunty Vickie Roach, a proud Yuin woman and respected Elder in the movement for care not punishment in so-called Australia. In this speech, Aunty Vickie calls for the end to genocide, and to the theft of land and resources here and in Palestine, and speaks to the ongoing survival and resistance of Aboriginal people.
8:15AM: // Aunty Reio Ellis, Yaraan Bundle and Kathleen Terrick speak about the violence of the state in their removal of Aboriginal children from their families. Aunty Rieo Ellis is a proud and staunch Waka/Bunjilung Elder in the front line of the work of Grandmothers Against Removals in Victoria. Yaraan Bundle is a Keerray Woorroong and Gunditjmara Whale Dreaming Custodian, and Kathleen Terrick is a Wurundjeri, Mutthi Mutthi, Tati Tati, Bidawal, Wadi Wadi, Berapa Berapa, Ngurai Illum, Gunai, Wemba Wemba, Dja Dja Wurrung and Weki Weki woman. Grandmothers Against Removals is a grassroots group established in 2014 and led by Aboriginal grandmothers determined to put an end to trauma and anguish associated with the Stolen Generations. To learn more about their important work and ways you can offer support, head to their website here.
Songs:
Blak Nation - Emma Donovan
Better Things - Kee'ahn
Dream Baby Dream - Spinifex Gum
Phuong, Juliette, Fiza, Elena, Julia, Kannagi