Victorian Law Week, Federal Budget, Council for Single Mothers and their Children, Palestine, Telstra fine

Wednesday, 19 May 2021 - 7:00am to 8:30am

7. 00 am Acknowledgement of Country

7.05 am Discussion of Victorian Law Week events including the Support for Women Leaving Prison event, rundown of guests and programme. https://lawweek.net.au

7.30 am Anne and Kev from the SUWA show discuss the 2021 Federal Budget with economist Professor Bill Mitchell. https://www.3cr.org.au/suwa/episode-202105141730/uwfb-spend-or-let-down

7.45 am Jenny Davidson - CEO of the Council for Single Mothers and their Children – joins us to discuss the impact of the Federal Budget on this diverse group of parents. For help and resources go to https://www.csmc.org.au

8.00 am Alice speaks to Rawan Arraf - principal lawyer and director of the Australian Centre for international Justice - about

the Humans Right Watch report regarding Israel's crimes against humanity and the Australian government response.

Free Palestine Rally Saturday 22nd May 1pm at The State Library

8.15 am Ella speaks with Consumer Law Centre Senior Policy Officer Brigette Rose about the dodgy sales practices of Australia’s telco companies. She discusses the recent fining of Telstra for the misconduct regarding Indigenous customers.