Making Contact is committed to in-depth critical analysis that goes beyond the breaking news. Showcasing voices and perspectives rarely heard in mainstream media, Making Contact focuses on the human realities of politics and the connections between local and global events, emphasizing positive and creative ways to solve problems.

Fire Up MUA is events and issues in the Maritime industry, politics and community. Presented by 3CR affiliate the Maritime Union of Australia. Alternates fortnightly with the Plumbers Union of Australia.

Alternative news, current affairs, and media analysis. Tune into 3CR Breakfast each weekday morning and join Solidarity Breakfast on Saturday.

Women and non-binary broadcasters take to the airwaves bringing you 24 hours of programming dedicated to International Women's Day.

3CR has a long history of presenting live coverage of union and social justice protests, blockades and occupations including the Honeymoom Mine occupation, the nurses dispute (including the 2012 nurses dispute), the MUA picket, the S11 World Economic Forum protests, Occupy Melbourne and more recently the TAFE4ALL campaign.

Local and national building issues presented by the CFMEU Building Union Division.

Current affairs, media analysis, alternative media.

News and views regarding the Palestinian situation. Bringing listeners the untold side of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.