Hello and welcome to the Breakfast show for Monday the 5th of August 2024. 

In this episode you'll hear: 

• Basem Kerbage speaking at the 'From Stonewall rebellion to assimilation and pinkwashing: How did we get here and what will it take to win LGBTIQA+ liberation?' event on the 29th of June. Bas is the founder of Queer Arabs Australia, Australia's first national group supporting LGBTQIA+ Arab, Middle East & North Africa Communities. Be sure to follow them on Instagram to keep up to date with all the amazing work that they are doing 
• Last week a study published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health revealed how the $22BN Medical Research Future Fund is divided, with its results showing only 57% of its 249 projects were genuinely dedicated to public health research. To learn more about the study and its results, Rob spoke with study co-author Dr Saman Khalatbari-Soltani from the University of Sydney School of Public Health. 

• Dr. Bushra Othman, speaking at the 42nd consecutive Free Palestine Rally in Naarm, at the State Library Vic on 21st July 2024. Audio recorded and produced by Karina. Please consider donating to the Palestinian Australian New Zealand Medical Assocation, of which Dr. Othman is a member. 

• On Wednesday of last week the Government released its response to the Disability Royal Commission. In it, the Federal Government accepted just 13 of the 172 recommendations under its primary or shared responsibility. To unpack the government's response, Rob spoke with River Night, an advocate for reform within the National Disability Sector as well as a person living with Disability.

Songs played: 
'The Gun' - Candle Kid
'River to the sea' - 380 Crew
'Joy Is Back In Style' - Fiona Boyes