Acknowledgement of Country//

Headlines//

Professor Libby Porter is a researcher and educator at RMIT's Centre for Urban Research. Libby's work focuses on dispossession and displacement in contemporary cities, and she joined Priya on this week's episode of Women on the Line on 3CR to discuss the importance of maintaining and building public housing as a crucial element of tackling housing insecurity. Listen back to Women on the Line at 3cr.org.au/womenontheline, and tune in live on Mondays from 8:30-9AM on 3CR 855AM.//

Disability advocate and award-winning writer El Gibbs speaks with us about key election issues for disabled people, election promises and the question of costing around the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and the power of disabled and sick folks as a political force. El's writing focuses on disability and social issues, and you can read it at elgibbs.com.au.//

Associate Professor Elise Klein and Priya have a conversation about the cashless debit card, focusing on concerns about welfare conditionality, racialised income management, and Labor's commitment this week to end all forms of compulsory income management in Australia if elected. Elise is a Senior Lecturer of Public Policy at the Australian National University's Crawford School, researching intersecting issues of social security and conditionality, women's economic security, decoloniality, development and care. Priya works with the Accountable Income Management Network, a network of community organisations, academics and grassroots organisers collaborating to raise awareness about issues with compulsory income management programs in Australia.//

Brahmi Kumarasamy and Niroshnee join us to discuss the current economic crisis in Sri Lanka, resistance to government mismanagement, and organising efforts to support people on the ground. Brahmi is a meme-maker who works in arts admin, and is critical of the gendered nature of nationalisms. She spent her early years between Jaffna and Colombo, and is currently based in Sydney. Niroshnee is a Tamil community organiser raised in both Sydney and Colombo and is currently based in Canberra. You can find out more information about their fundraising for people in Sri Lanka and donate here.//

Songs//

My Island Home - Warumpi Band//