Acknowledgement of Country//

Headlines//

On Friday the 14th of July, James McKenzie from In Ya Face spoke with Jacob Thomas, who designs and makes wings with the Rainbow Community Angels. We listen back to their discussion of the wholesome joy of drag children's story time, and the role played by the Angels to keep everyone safe in the face of disrupters. Listen to In Ya Face on 3CR every Friday from 4-5PM.//

We'll replay the final episode of the 'Loss, Damage, and Denial' miniseries, in which Jacob Gamble of Earth Matters spoke with Netta Maiava, a young Samoan Pacific Climate Warrior, about the need to centre First Nations perspectives in climate solutions. You can listen back to the full series at www.3cr.org.au/earthmatters, and catch Earth Matters every Sunday from 11-11:30AM.//

Content warning: please be advised that this discussion includes mention of experiences of violence against people with disability through the use of restrictive practices. 

Dr Claire Spivakovsky, senior lecturer in criminology at the University of Melbourne, joins us to discuss the recently released report commissioned by the Disability Royal Commission titled 'Restrictive practices: A pathway to elimination'. The report, co-authored by Claire, University of Technology Sydney Associate Professor Linda Steele, and University of Sydney Associate Professor Dinesh Wadiwel, emphasises the urgency of ending the use of forced restraints and restrictive practices against people with disability in the face of their continued and expanding use across multiple sectors. Claire spends much of their time drawing attention to the violent, restrictive and coercive practices that continue to segregate, control and limit the lives of people with disability in the community.

If you wish to speak with someone about any of the issues mentioned in this interview, you can always call lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636. If you are at risk of domestic, family or sexual violence, please call 1800 RESPECT, that’s 1800 737 732. You can also contact the National Disability Abuse and Neglect Hotline on 1800 880 052. Further resources and support line details are available on Disability Gateway.//

Lara Week, a resident of Techno Park Drive in Williamstown, joins us with an update about the campaign by Techno Park residents to stay in their homes in the wake of eviction notices issued by Hobsons Bay Council, which decided to enforce the area's long-standing industrial zoning in May of this year despite it being used for residential accommodation since the post-WWII era. Residents of Techno Park Drive are holding a rally next Tuesday the 8th of August prior to the next Hobsons Bay Council meeting, and are calling for supporters to meet at Logan Reserve, Altona at 5:30PM with plans to march to the Altona Civic Centre ahead of the Council's 7PM meeting. Find out more about the campaign and how to write to Hobsons Bay Councillors here, and sign their petition here.//

Announcements:

• Attention all social workers! The Australian Association of Social Workers’ EGM is being held today at 4PM AEST. Social workers with lived experience of the criminal punishment system are calling for members to use their votes to remove the discriminatory criminal history clause from the AASW constitution. This clause prohibits membership to people with lived prison experience of over 12 months. Credit to Tina at Sisters Inside for leading the charge on this important motion.//

• Please sign the Keep Our City Alive petition in support of a medically supervised injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD.//

Songs//

Disconnected - Kiwat Kennell//

We Dat Good - Inkabee and Flewnt//

Rain - JK-47, Jay Orient and Adrian Eagle//