Acknowledgement of country //

News //

Liv Tualau joins the show to speak about Nursery for Community, a nursery adaptation project in Vanuatu. The project has been created as a response to climate change and natural disasters which have damaged the livelihoods of many across the island, impacting on food stock and food security. You can support the project here. //

Liz Starry is a financial counsellor working at Women's Legal Service. She will join us to discuss how COVID-19 has impacted financially disadvantaged women experiencing family violence. Liz has worked in several community service organisations, and prior to the Legal Service, with people experiencing homelessness. As a Financial counsellor, Liz is a member of Financial Counselling Vic and convenes the Working Group on Centrelink issues. //

Jack Bertolus, Research Coordinator at Market Forces joins us to speak about tax breaks afforded to the resource extraction industry and recent disclosures of fossil fuel company donations to major political parties. //

Gala Vanting, National Programs Manager at Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association, speaks about the federal government's Online Safety Bill, which poses a serious threat to sex worker livelihoods and digital freedom and privacy. //

Ayebatonye Abrakasa, DJ and artist based on Gadigal Land, joins us to chat about the brand new podcast Four to the Floor: Exploring the Bla(c)k roots of contemporary music, a podcast about Bla(c)k music, history and culture in Australia and beyond. Four to the Floor is created and hosted by Ayebatonye and produced by Sarah Mashman as part of Melbourne Music Week, and you can catch the first episode with guest Paul Gorrie here. //

Songs //

Kick off by Khtek //