Workers rights at Victoria University, abseiling as climate action, increased access to abortion pills, COVID-19 mental health impacts on refugee women

Tuesday, 18 July 2023 - 7:00am to 8:30am

Women with refugee backgrounds had higher levels of mental health concerns associated with COVID-19. Photo: iStock.

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Fleur Taylor, Vice President for professional staff at the NTEU's Victoria University (VU) branch, on VU's recent announcement to make 300 full time staff redundant, other major changes at the university and what it means for staff//

Vivien Langford of 3CR's Climate Action Show talks to Niabh who abseiled off a bridge in Melbourne during a nation-wide action in the first week of July 2023//

Laura Riccardi from the Sexual and Reproductive Health Lead at Women's Health in the South East (WHISE) talking us through the TGA’s amendments of the prescribing and dispensing restrictions on medical abortion//

Professor Jane Fisher on a UNSW Sydney and Monash University study into the mental health impacts of COVID-19 related stressors on women of refugee background living in Australia//

Music special to celebrate International Non-Binary People's Day on 14 July//

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