International League For Peoples Struggles, Barwon Prison Beyond the Bars, Disability Advocacy Funding Cuts, Potent Synthetic Opioids Plan, Liss Fenwick's ' The colony cares for everyone'

Thursday, 11 July 2024 - 7:00am to 8:30am
Liss Fenwick's art piece with green grass and construction in the background.

Acknowledgement of Country//

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Peter Murphy - Assembly of the International League For Peoples Struggles

We listen back to human rights activist Peter Murphy discussing his recent visit to Penang, Malaysia, for the Assembly of the International League For Peoples Struggles (ILPS) with Jan Bartlett on Tuesday Hometime on the 2nd of July.

- Catch Tuesday Hometime on 3CR every Tuesday from 4-6PM.//

 

Beyond the Bars LIVE from Barwon Prison - Tues 9th of July

We listen to an excerpt from this week's 2024 Beyond the Bars LIVE Broadcast, Tues 9th July from Barwon Prison in Lara near Geelong. 3CR Presenters Chris Austin and Keiran Stewart-Assheton speak with some of the First Nations men incarcerated at Barwon Prison. They discuss child removals, DHS & Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations, and offer some advice and thoughts on supports and solutions for Mob inside.

- Listen back to the full broadcasts from each prison here (ahead of our highlights CD launch later in the year)//

 

Fionn Skiotis - Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with Disability (VALID)

We were joined by Fionn Skiotis, CEO of VALID to unpack the impacts of rapidly dimishing supports for disability advocates and community members. Peak bodies such as Disability Advocacy Victoria (DAV) and Disability Advocacy Network Australia (DANA) have called on the Minister for Disability, the Hon Lizzie Blandthorn MP, to provide urgent gap funding to the disability advocacy sector.//

- Contact your local MP's and Minister for Disability, stating we need urgent funding for the disability advocacy sector.

- Donate to your local disability advocacy service and/or send a message of thank you for their work.//

 

Dr James Petty - Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA)

We were joined by Dr James Petty Senior Policy and Research Officer from VAADA, the peak for Victorian alcohol and other drug treatment services. We discussed the recent health alerts indicating that illicit drugs such as cocaine have been adulterated with a range of substances, including nitazenes. In acknowledgement of this risk, Harm Reduction Victoria (HRVic) and VAADA have developed a paper calling for the sector and the Victorian Government to work together on developing and delivering a Potent Synthetic Opioids Plan.//

- Harm Reduction Victoria's Naloxone Training. Next one Thursday 1st of August free on Zoom. No need to register, and you recieve a free Naloxone kit. 

- How to get free Naloxone aka Narcan®

- HRVic's Naloxone Nasal Spray Instructions Flyer

- Harm reduction tips

- Signs of an an opioid overdose //

 

Liss Fenwick - 'The colony cares for everyone' show

Artist Liss Fenwick joins us to speak about their show THE COLONY CARES FOR EVERYONE, a more-than-human collaboration with giant northern termites to deconstruct colonial knowledge systems, showing from July 10-12 at RMIT's Chancellery Building in the city. Liss is an artist using photography, video, sound and material processes, working with visual languages to explore speculative outcomes of failing human-centeredness and eurocentrism. Liss is from Larrakia Country in the Northern Territory, and works between there and Naarm.

- Catch the show until tomorrow Friday 12th of July at RMIT's Chancellery Building//