Medevac Bill, Tender Podcast, Venezuela and Carly Findlay

Tuesday, 19 February 2019 - 7:00am to 8:30am

Tuesday Breakfast 19 Feb 2019 

7.00 am Acknowledgement of Country 

7.02 am  News Headlines
Medevac
Royal Commission into institutional abuse in the disability sector 
Townsville Deaths in custody
Ochre Ribbon week

7.10 am  Medevac Bill - what it is, isn't and the LIEs the govt is trying to spread. Joyce Chia from the Refugee Council explains the bill and what it would mean for asylum seekers.

7.30 am Madison Griffiths is a producer, a writer who has had work published in the Guardian, VICE, Sydney Morning Herald and SBS, the online editor of Voiceworks Magazine and most recently, the creator and presenter of the podcast Tender. Madison joins us to discuss the process of creating Tender - a podcast about what happens when a woman leaves an abusive relationship.  

7.45 Alternative News: Ilhan Omar and the AIPAC (The American Israel Public Affairs Committee) backlash

7.55 am Annette Brownlie, chairperson of Independent and Peaceful Australia Network, discusses the developments in Venezuela and explains why military intervention isnt the answer.  

8.10 am Carly Findlay is an award‐winning writer, speaker and appearance activist.  She identifies as a proud disabled woman — she lives with a rare severe skin condition called Ichthyosis. She joins us in the studio to discuss her new memoir and manifesto, Say Hello.    

Songs

artist:  P-UniQue

song: Mad
artist:  Solange ft Lil Wayne