Tuesday Breakfast - Gender Disparity in the Australian screen industry, #16DaysofActivism, Police Accountability Project and Family Violence and the Disability sector

Tuesday, 27 November 2018 - 7:00am to 8:30am
Image by Oxfam International

Tuesday Breakfast 27 November 2018 

7.00 am  Acknowledgement of Country

7.05 am  News headlines  

7.10 am  Pre-record: Ayan chats to  Daisy, the head of audio at Future Creatives Initiative. They discuss the structural issues that exist for women in the Australian screen industry, how listeners can enter their script for a chance to win the Emerging Screenwriter Award 2019 and have their story made into a film by Taival Films to be premiered at the Melbourne Women in Film Festival in 2020.   

7.30 am Lauren talks to Nicole Leesurvivor advocate who works in the family violence and disability sectors, about her experience of running as an independent candidate in the Victorian state election, the impact of the election results on the community, and why we need more diverse voices in the parliament. 

7.45 am Arielle and Jayde from Women's Heath East join us in the studio, and talk to George about the #16DaysofActivism and the #Together4GE campaigns, and the work that health services across Victoria are doing (such as TFER) to address gender-based violence. 

[Tuesday Breakfast committed, on air, to cover topics relating to gender-based violence on our show, especially in relation to women & NB people who exist at intersections ignored by mainstream media - you can also make similar commitments, check out http://whe.org.au/news-events/16-days-of-activism-against-gender-based-violence-together4ge/)

8.10 am Anya chats to Tamar Hopkinsfounding lawyer of FKCLC’s Police Accountability Project (PAP) about how the PAP began, how the work and the narrative around the need for police accountability changed over the course of this project, her report on the implementation of a racial profiling data collection scheme, and what else the team is currently working on.

8.25 am The team reflects on the election results and the importance of holding the state government accountable on issues relating to the criminal justice system and representation of First Nations people in any treaty talks, amongst various others. 
 
8.30 am End


Songs
song: Droppin'
artist: Leikeli47

artist: Ariana Grande

song: Wiggle
artist: Huntly

song: Girl
artist: Destiny's Child