Sustainable Breakfast 2016, Military-grade AI and the Future of Civilian Surveillance, the Art of Resistance, S11 World Economic Forum Protests 2000, The Dysphoria, Close Pine Gap

Tuesday, 23 June 2026 - 7:00am to 8:30am

(Archival audio from Sustainable Breakfast 2016) - Former Tuesday Breakfast presenter Tobie speaks to Chloe Aldenhoven from Lock the Gate about the effects that unconventional gas mining has on water quality. Since this interview aired, Victoria became the first Australian state to permanently ban the process of fracking to access ‘unconventional’ gas in March 2017. This interview was from the Sustainable Breakfast series, which took place in March between 2011 and 2016. Together with Friends of the Earth, 3CR Breakfast programmers presented a series of live shows with delicious free breakfasts from the FoE Food Coop and Organic Cafe at 312 Smith Street Fitzroy.

 

Lucinda Thorpe, Digital Campaigner at Digital Rights Watch, discusses her latest article on military-grade AI, the future of civilian surveillance and what we need to know about the government agencies and companies that have contracts with Palantir, the CIA-backed software company conducting surveillance everywhere from the USA to Gaza.

 

Hannah from Monday Breakfast speaks about the Art of Resistance Tour. This Friday, the group is hosting a fundraiser to help activists participate in the tour, which will protest US militarism at a uranium mine, rocket testing on sacred Kokatha country and the convergence at Pine Gap. In this conversation, Hannah discusses the upcoming and what to expect at the fundraiser. The event will take place this Friday at  58 Irving Street, Spit in Footscray at 6pm. To find out more you can  @art.ofresistance on Instagram.

 

(Archival audio from S11 World Economic Forum protests 2000) As part of 3CRs 50th anniversary on-air celebration, we are looking back 26 years to a pivotal protest against the World Economic Forum held in Melbourne in the year 2000, which brought disparate organising groups together into a broad coalition against globalisation, multinational domination, widespread neoliberal policy, and many other issues. This excerpt focuses on women's issues. More info about the 3CR project covering these protests can be found at: 3cr.org.au/s11

 

Director and writer Kylie Aoibheann (she/her) and producer Oliver Ellis (they/them) speak about The Dysphoria, a supernatural trans horror short film by their production company Inner Pictures. The Dysphoria is an award-winning short film that has been shown across so-called Australia and internationally. Kylie and Oliver join the program to talk about the story behind The Dysphoria, the medium of short films and their creative partnership. You can find out more at inner.pictures on Instagram or innerpictures.com.au

 

Alina is an organiser with AMAN (Anti-Militarism Action Network) and Northern Naarm Action for Palestine, and has been involved in multiple anti-weapons manufaturing campaigns. When Alina isn't organising, you can find them co-hosting a decolonial focused book club or knitting items for Solidarity Stitch, which raises funds for mutual aid. They join us on the program to talk about Pine Gap, the US-Australian surveillance base located just outside Mparntwe (Alice Springs) on Arrernte country, including the protest on July 4 and the Convergence in Mparntwe that will bring together anti-militarism movements from across so-called Australia. For more information regarding the protest on July 4 and the Convergence, go to @aman_antimilitarismnetwork on Instagram.

 

Events calendar:

  • Wed 24 June, 5:30pm, TOMS Place, 1 Tripovich St Brunswick - West Papuan Literature Night - Black Rose Scholarship fundraiser dinner (an evening of discussion of Aprila Wayar's "Rootless Black Roses", healing yarn, and solidarity music)
  • Thu 25 June, 5:30pm, Studio Arthouse Gallery 1/29 Tinning st Brunswick - '85 Seconds to Midnight' - Art auction to raise money for Friends of the Earth's Nuclear Free Collective
  • Fri 26 June, 6:00pm, Dukkana community space, 99-101 Harding st Coburg - Poetic Justice 4 Eimable (raising funds to support Eimable Manirakiza's family through the upcoming Coronial Inquest into his passing
  • Fri 26 June, 6:00pm, Art of Resistance Tour Fundraiser, at Spit, Footscray,
  • Fri 26 June, 6:30pm, 49 Graham Street, Shepparton - Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Pride Short Film Screening

 

Songs: 

Drive - Gretta Ray

Black Smoke - Emily Wurramara