Acknowledgement of country

News headlines with Cait Kelly

We hear part of a webinar discussion hosted by Melbourne Law School - Black Lives Matter. The discussion is facilitated by Larissa Behrendt and features Alison Whittaker, Eddie Cubillo Amy McQuire and George Newhouse speaking about campaigns to stop Aboriginal deaths in custody, the media's role in supporting the Blak Lives Matter movement and reflections on the legal profession's role in changing the criminal justice system

Max speaks with journalist Royce Kurmelovs on the flaws and dangers of the Australian Government's COVIDSafe contact tracing app. 

We hear a recording by Samad Abdul from the Manus Recording Project Collective's new project 'Where are you today?' Every day for a month, beginning on 1 August, subscribers will receive a text message with a new ten-minute audio recording from Farhad Bandesh, Farhad Rahmati, Samad Abdul, Shamindan Kanapathi, Thanush Selvraj or Yasin Abdallah. These men, seeking asylum by boat, were forcibly transferred to Manus Island by the Australian government nearly seven years ago. Now, they are held in hotels or detention centres in Port Moresby, Melbourne or Brisbane. You can subscribe to the project by texting "Hello" to 0488 845 951 

We hear audio from a Free Palestine Melbourne forum on the Palestinian Struggle in the Era of Annexation that took place on July 22nd. We'll listen to excerpts from analyst and former legal advisor Diana Buttu; writer and academic-activist Dr Yara Hawari both live from Palestine, as well as Melbourne or Narrm based journalist Maher Mughrabi.

Songs

JessB - Shut up!

Kee’ahn - Better Things