Tuesday16 January 2018
with Ayaan and Lauren
7:00am Acknowledgement of Country
7:15 Changes to gene tech regulations mooted by The Office of the Gene Technology Regulator late last year are raising serious concerns.
Louise Sales joined John and Phil from Dirt Radio to speak about what these changes mean....
7.30am Lauren's recording of the Black Lives Matter Rally on 17th of January in Flemington.
7:45 am Iris Lee, a writer and activist based in Melbourne / Kulin nations land. She has written for The Lifted Brow and presents on 3CR’s Queering The Air.
8.00am Alternative News
Now that same-sex marriage is legal, it's time for Australian state governments to amend laws requiring trans people to be unmarried at the time they apply for bureaucratic and documentary changes to reflect their gender. Discussion of performative allyship after #MelbourneBitesBack?
8.10am ACTU Indigenous Officer Lara Watson and founder of First Nations Workers Alliance discusses the Community Development Program and its negative impact on Indigenous and Torres Strait communities living in remote Australia.
8.30am End
