Readings Rally for fair pay here II After 5 years of trying to negoiate with management at Readings supporters of workers held a rally outside the Lygon St Store in Carlton to make customers aware of the workers' call for a fair wage deal.

John Shipton here II Julian Assange's father, John Shipton gave a speech at the recent Melbourne Hiroshima Day Rally and spoke to me about the campaign to get Julian home to Australia.

Shadow here II Back to Back Theatre from Geelong has just released its first feature film, an adaptation of one of their world famous plays that tackle big issues and are preformed and developed by neurodiverse people. We hear from one of the actors Sarah Mainwaring and Back-to-Back CEO Time Stitz about the project.

This is the Week here II Kevin Healy cuts up the week

Friends of Greater Gliders in court here II The Victorian Forest Alliance has begun its case against Vicforest to stop logging Greater Glider habitats. Sue McKinnon from Kinglake Friends of the Forest outlines what is at stake and has some reflections on the recently past laws by the Victorian Government to fine and jail forest protectors.

Illegal dumping on ancient grasslands here II Thousands of tonnes of potentially contaminated landfill was dumped on 40-hectarces of Truganina grasslands in Melbourne's west. This land is part of an ancient grassland apparently protected by Federal and Victorian agreements. We talk with Adrian Marshall, from the Grassy Plains Network, about what has happened, how it was discovered, why it is a problem and what needs to happen to really protect these environments.