Acknowledgement of Country//

Headlines//

On Monday's episode of Women on the Line, Iris interviewed Dylan O'Hara from Victoria's peer sex-worker organisation Vixen Collective on the benefits of full decriminalisation of sex work and how the Sex Work Decriminalisation Bill 2021, which is currently before Victorian Parliament, leaves some sex workers behind. You can listen back to the whole episode at here, and find out how to support the push for amendments to the Bill by visiting the 'No Sex Worker Left Behind' campaign on vixencollective.org.//

Shabnam from Action for Afghanistan speaks with us about the continued crisis in Afghanistan, impacts on the Afghan community here in so-called Australia, and the obligation of the Australian government to provide tangible support.//

On 14 October, we were joined by Samantha Floreani, Program Lead at Digital Rights Watch, about the Basic Online Safety Expectations, which fall under the Online Safety Act and provide the Minister with broad discretion to define the parameters for digital safety and content restrictions on social media and other online services. We replay this interview today as public consultation on the draft expectations close this Friday 12 November. You can have your say here. If you’re not sure how to get started, Digital Rights Watch has published their submission along with information about how to make a submission here.//

Artist and writer Matt Chun joins us to speak about his new self-published picture book ‘Do You Ever Wonder?’, and processes and politics of creating against colonisation in the literary sphere in so-called Australia. You can grab a copy of ‘Do You Ever Wonder?’, as well as Matt’s other work, here.//

Songs

Blue - Camp Cope//

Carafe - Teether and Kuya Neil//