Acknowledgement of country

News headlines with Cait Kelly

Scheherazade speaks with producer Joshua Francis about HISSY FIT, an online space where we can rant without reprise, a space for anyone called hysterical or too much in this white colony. We hear excerpts from the inaugural HISSY FIT, broadcast live on Friday, 24 July and featuring three artists Hella Ibrahim, Natesha Somasundaram and Hope Mathumbu. Joshua Francis is a producer and writer who moves across art forms to create new work for social change; their practice is informed by experimentation, immediacy and collaboration.

Priya speaks with Hannah Sycamore, a queer lawyer who works at the LGBTIQ Legal Service as a Project Support and Community Engagement Officer, about the Service's recently-released 'Reflections on LGBTIQ Legal Need' report.

We hear Elvira Rumkabu, lecturer of international relations at Cenderawasih University in Jayapura, Papua, speaking at a panel discussion hosted by The Conversation on 9 July: #BlackLivesMatter in the Asia Pacific, about how the #BlackLivesMatter movement resonates deeply for West Papuans living within systemic racism and oppression.

Carly speaks with Nerita Waight, NATSILS co-chair. They discuss NATSILS calls to release Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in prison amidst a rise in cases of COVID-19 cases entering prisons.

Songs

DOBBY Feat. BARKAA - I Can't Breathe