Grace spoke to Helen Gibbons, the Director of Early Childhood Education at the United Workers Union chatting about the recent Early Childhood Educators’ rally called Big Steps. You can head on to bigsteps.org.au \\

Aliya was interviewed by Ayan from Diaspora Blues. (Originally broadcast 12//9/22)\\

Kevin from City Limits speaking to Dr John Stone, Researcher at University of Melbourne and Elyse Cunningham of Sustainable Cities campaign from Friends of the Earth talking about better buses in Melbourne’s west.\\

To find more about the Sustainable Cities’ weekly meetings, you can head on to Melbournefoe.org.au/transport or you can email directly to Elyse.Cunningham@foe.org.au\\

A report from James Barry from Asia Pacific Current on the political situation in Iraq, talking to Firas Naji, an Iraqi scholar specialising in Iraqi and Middle East affairs, speaking about the current political unrest in Iraq.\\

Jacob speaks about disability access to public transport. The 'Transport for All' campaign run by a coalition of organisations including the Disability Resources Centre is pushing the Victorian government to upgrade the transport network and allow people with disabilities to commute independently and reliably. If you want to get involved in the Transport for All campaign, head to the Disability Resource Centre website https://drc.org.au/disability-advocacy/join-transport-for-all/ and sign up. \\

SONGS: \\

1. Hush Now Babies by Archie Roach ft. Emma Donovan \\

2. This is Life by Kobie Dee ft. Bea Moon \\

3. They Don't Care (Yoruba Mix) by Izy & DJ Osunlade \\