Acknowledgement of Country//

Headlines//

Saw Lwin Oo currently serves as President for the Australian Karen Organisation (AKO), which was established in 1996 and seeks to serve the social and political concerns of the Karen community in Australia. AKO held their first national conference in Sydney in 1998. Today Saw Lwin Oo joins us to discuss their work for the AKO, recent events in Myanmar and the demands of the Myanmar community in response to inaction from the Australian government following the reimposition of the military junta in February last year.//

We hear a two-part conversation between Bunjilinee (Robbie Thorpe) and his nephew Alister, who caught up to discuss the Victorian treaty process and its issues on Wednesday the 26th of October during Bunjil's Fire on 3CR. You can listen back to the full 50-minute discussion here - the audio will be available on demand until next Wednesday the 2nd of November. Tune in to Bunjil's Fire at 11AM every Wednesday on 3CR. More information about the Victorian treaty process is available here, as well as on the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s website.//

Steven Caruana, coordinator of the Australia OPCAT Network, joins us to discuss serious concerns about Australia's breach of its obligations as a party of the United Nations' Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture. The Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture or SPT visited Australia earlier this month but was forced to suspend its visit early due to a lack of cooperation and obstructions to carrying out its mandate, noting particular difficulties with the Queensland and New South Wales state governments. 

Steven mentioned a range of resources listeners can access for further information, including the OPCAT section of the AHRC website, the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s  OPCAT page, an article Steven co-authored with Associate Professor Laura Grenfell titled ‘Are we OPCAT ready? So far, bare bones’, and Steven’s Churchill Fellowship report on best practice inspection methodologies for bodies tasked with overseeing the implementation of OPCAT.//

Songs//

Black Lives Matter - Birdz//

R.I.P. - JK-47 ft. JON DO£ and Jarulah//

Come Back - Barkaa ft. Mi-kaisha//

Diyama - Ripple Effect Band//

LOVE TOO SOON - Tasman Keith//