Local Communities

Life is waiting - fundraiser

The Breakfast teams are holding a film screening Fundraiser on Saturday 13 October, 5.30pm for a 6pm start. LOOP Project Space & Bar, 23 Meyers Pl, Narrm (Melbourne). Come along to the screening of Life Is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara, followed by a post-show live panel discussion featuring Kamal Fadel from the Australian Western Sahara Association and Tarneen Onus-Williams, Yigar-Gunditjmara, Bindal, Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung and Torres Strait Islander community organiser and writer. Tickets are $15 waged, $5 unwaged, at the door. Facebook event 

3CR Film Fundraiser

Bring your friends for a movie night out at 3CR’s screening of the new political comedy ‘Pride’ on Thursday 6 November. Set in the Margaret Thatcher’s England in the summer of 84, ‘Pride’ is the story of how a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists join forces with the National Union of Mineworkers to raise money to support the strikers' families. 

Host Annie interviewing PPTEU members in the 3CR marquee with Outside Broadcast Tech Phuong in 2024.

Celebrate May Day on Thursday 1 May and Sunday 4 May with coverage of workers’ struggles, union work towards better wages and conditions, and the fight for democratic rights to organise and unionise. Thursday 1 May, 12.30am-7pm featuring many of your favourite Thursday programs with a May Day theme, plus the infamous Talkback with Attitude all-nighter! Followed by Sunday 4 May, 12-2pm union program presenters LIVE from the 3CR marquee outside Trades Hall in Carlton, for a two-hour broadcast at the yearly May Day Sunday event and rally. If you can't get down on the day, be sure to listen in! More details here. Pictured: Host Annie interviewing PPTEU members in the 3CR marquee with Outside Broadcast Tech Phuong in 2024.

Podcast training - Studio 3

Want to become a socially progressive podcaster, but don't know where to start? 3CR has a wealth of podcasting knowledge and experience, and we’ve developed a practical Podcast Training Course to help community voices get into the world of podcasting. Our 2-day, in-station course is perfect for new podcasters, or people who want to improve their skills and get some insider tips. Enrol now for our April podcast course.

International Women's Day 2025

Join our IWD special broadcast team for a full day of programming to mark International Women's Day. With global femicide, attacks on women’s sovereignty, reproductive rights, gender affirming care, widespread criminalisation of sex work, rights of migrants and refugees, and militarised repression of those standing up in solidarity, 3CR says HANDS OFF OUR BODIES! Current affairs, spoken word, feminist discussion, music, arts and much more all day. Then let down your hair or shave your head, for a live to air concert from 5pm to 9pm, featuring spoken word and music from talented local artists and your favourite 3CR presenters! Full details here.

The Branches We Choose, artwork by Jazmin, Ivy and Miles
Saturday
February
By Ivy Sheng, Rhea Lincoln & Miles Buchanan from Australian Youth Climate Coalition
'Trans-creator radio' text over a colourful background featuring striped colours from top pale blue, pink, yellow, white, purple, black.  Pink stars and speakers emitting sounds over the top.
Friday 9:00am to 10:00am
February
Celebrates trans, gender diverse and non-binary culture; a cacophony of love, community and hubris.
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Invasion Day 2025 Broadcast 9am - 4pm.

Tune in from 9am to 4pm on Sunday 26 January for our annual Invasion Day broadcast. Terry Nullius will be in the studio broadcasting speeches from the Invasion Day Dawn Service and the Invasion Day Rally, crossing to hear from roving reporters Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe and Uncle Talgium "Chocko" Edwards and much more. We'll be LIVE from Camp Sovereignty from 1pm to 3pm with Keiran Stewart-Assheton and Kurly will present an Invasion Day playlist.

Throughout the day we will bring you voices of the elders, truth-telling, critical yarns with grassroots activists, deadly Blak music and honouring warriors past and present in the struggle for sovereignty, land back, an end to the genocide, and a treaty. More details and audio here.

Queer Histories Queer Futures, artwork by Nicky Minus
Thursday
January
A podcast series of Merri-bek's queer history told by the people who shaped it.