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7:15AM // Moments from Monday 19 Jan action to Return Lee Point to the Larrakia People that took place outside the office of Defence Housing Australia in Port Melbourne. Lee Point is under threat of being destroyed by DHA to build 800 houses for the military and for overseas buyers. In this clip, two of the organisers, Laniyuk and Te Raukura, speak, as well as some short testimonies from people who have been to Lee Point and who stand in solidarity with the Larrakia people. To keep up with the fight to return Lee Point to the Larrakia People, you can head to www.returnleepoint.com
7:30AM // Sanne de Swart, coordinator of the Nuclear Free Campaign with Friends of the Earth Melbourne, on the ongoing campaign against nuclear in "Australia" and the upcoming event, Nukes-Free Gathering, 1-2 February 2025. For more information on Nukes-Free Gathering, head to @old.country.calling or @foenuclearfree on Instagram or register online at www.events.humanitix.com/nukes-free-gathering-2025
7:45AM // An excerpt from this week on Women on the Line, in which Kannagi speaks with Boorloo based writer, performer, theatre-maker, filmmaker, and producer Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa about her new book Fully Sikh and her evolving identity as a Sikh woman in Australia. To listen to the rest of the episode head to 3cr.org.au/womenontheline
8:00AM // Melissa, an artist and anti-poverty advocate living in Adelaide on Kaurna country, on the harm caused by mutual obligations and the current Workforce Australia IT system disruption. To read more about this you can follow the Antipoverty Centre on social media and by going to www.apcentre.substack.com. Jay Coonan from AP Centre also spoke to Annie on Solidarity Breakfast on Saturday, you can listen back to that interview by going to www.3cr.org.au/solidaritybreakfast
8:15AM // Fiza speaks with Rue, a trans multi-disciplinary artist from Malaysia who is an asylum seeker in Naarm, about a pop-up space Rue has recently launched in so-called Footscray for all things Malaysian and ceramics. You can visit them at 47 Paisley st, Footscray from 11am-5pm Thursday-Sunday.
Songs:
Ivka, Frances, Kannagi, Phuong, Juliette, Fiza
