Acknowledgement of Country//

Headlines//

For the last month, members of the Homes Not Prisons Campaign have joined us on the 3CR airwaves to share their stories and encourage community alternatives to incarceration. Today we heard from Nina. You can catch previous episodes at Acting Up!, and a final Summer Special Episode of the series will air on Thursday December 22 at 12PM AEDT.//

Dr Jon Day, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the ARC Centre for Excellence in Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University, caught up with Priya to discuss a recently-published Reactive Monitoring Mission Report by UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature based on a March 2022 investigation into the health of the Great Barrier Reef. The report included a recommendation that the Great Barrier Reef be put on the World Heritage in Danger list based on a significant decline in the reef's health over the past few decades. Jon recently authored an article in The Conversation on the current status of the Great Barrier Reef, and some of the urgent actions required to protect it: read it here.//

Tim Benfatto, an organiser with the United Workers Union, joined us to speak about the strike action being taken by food manufacturing workers at Pampas in Melbourne. Workers have been rallying outside Bakers Delight to highlight the company’s unwillingness to provide fair and secure working conditions. Support striking Pampas workers here.//

The Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) is a newly established, independent, not-for-profit and specialist legal centre working to develop Australia’s capacity to investigate and prosecute atrocity crimes. Executive Director Fiona Nelson spoke with us today about ACIJ’s recent report ‘Assessing Australia’s response to the Afghanistan Inquiry’. The report, released on November 29, found that Australia has failed to action recommendations on redress for victims of war crimes by Australian special forces. Fiona Nelson has previously worked as a researcher in international law at the University of Potsdam. She has spent time as legal advisor in the International Crimes and Accountability Program for the Berlin-based NGO European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, taking part in legal actions concerning states’ complicity in unlawful drone strikes in Yemen, torture in Guantanamo and CIA blacksites, as well as the abuse of detainees during the Iraq War.//

Songs//

Do It Again - A.GIRL//

Real Nice (H.C.T.F.) - Young Franco and Tkay Maidza feat. Nerve//

Being Human - Jen Cloher//