Refugee Action Collective, Maddie Hah on RMIT Students for Palestine speak out, Madeleine Thornton-Smith on unionising in the arts and Chris Schuringa on Victorian legislation criminalising environmental protest.

Thursday, 11 August 2022 - 7:00am to 8:30am

Trees frame a landscape view of a logged clearing, with tree stumps scattered over exposed grassland and blue sky in the background.

Acknowledgement of country//

7:05 - News Headlines//

7:15 - Doin Time//
Has anything changed with election of the Albanese Government in terms of refugee rights? Marisa caught up with Refugee Action Collective member David Glanz on this weeks Doin' Time show. You can hear the conversation in full at https://www.3cr.org.au/dointime, and catch Doin' Time from 4-5PM on Mondays.//

7:30 - Maddie - RMIT Students for Palestine//
Maddie Hah, an activist with Students for Palestine at RMIT University, joins us today to remind listeners about the planned speak out today demanding that RMIT cut ties with Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems. Maddie has also engaged in anti-racist activism with Campaign Against Racism and Fascism, and is running as a candidate in Pascoe Vale for the Victorian Socialists in the upcoming state election. The speak out action will be held at 1PM today, Thursday the 11th of August at Bowen Street.//

Song: Muzik - Jennifer Loveless //

7:50 - Madeleine Thornton-Smith//
Madeleine Thornton-Smith has a strong interest in labour issues, particularly in relation to the visual arts and ceramics industry. She has become passionate about the working rights of artists and artworkers since doing an internship with the Victorian Trades Hall Council and the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), participating in discussions with the Melbourne-based Artists’ Union research group and after experiencing years of insecure and unsafe working conditions as a practising artist, technician and tutor alongside her artworker comrades. Today, Madeleine joins us to discuss her work on art and labour, the renewed National Cultural Policy and unioinising in the creative sector.

8:15 - Chris Schuringa Victorian Forest Alliance//
Chris Schuringa, campaigner with the Victorian Forest Alliance, joins us to discuss concerns about recently-passed Victorian legislation criminalising environmental protest by introducing sanctions of up to 12 month jail time or $21,000 in fines, and the impacts that this will have on environmental defenders fighting against native forest logging in the state.

Songs: Backseat of My Mind - Thelma Plum

HEAVEN WITH U - Tasman Keith ft. Jessica Mauboy

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