Acknowledgement of Country Headlines:Updates from Gaza and the West BankMelbourne City Council review aimed at stifling protestMelbourne City Council pushes to criminalise homelessness with ‘community safety’ teamKumanjayi White death in custody investigation completedLabor’s 2035 greenhouse targets criticised as greenwashing ***GIVEAWAY*** 3CR Thursday Breakfast is giving away a copy of acclaimed Australian-Palestinian author and educator Micaela Sahhar’s Find Me at the Jaffa Gate, thanks to Tony Birch!  To enter the draw, send us a message with your contact details and “giveaway” on Instagram @3crthursdaybreakfast by midnight next Tuesday the 30th of September.  We will announce the winner during our next show on Thursday the 2nd of October. The winner will need to collect their prize from 3CR at 21 Smith Street, Fitzroy during business hours. AFL Grand Final Day and Domestic Violence Part 1Content warning: This discussion will be centred around domestic and family violence, which some listeners may find distressing. For support you can always call 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732), Kids Helpline on 1800 551 800, and if you are in immediate danger call 000. With the AFL Grand Final on this weekend, Inez is joined by Meg, Rachel, and Christine who work at the intersections of alcohol and other drug use, domestic and family violence, and gambling in sports spectatorship, and explore strategies for change - at all levels. In this part of the interview we cover what domestic/family violence is, the social and gendered drivers of violence, and how Grand Final Day can intensify risk and harm. Meg Bagnall is the Statewide Coordinator of the Specialist Family Violence Advisor Program in the AOD sector, known for embedding gender-responsive approaches to substance use and family violence reform across Victoria. Rachel Daniels is a Specialist Family Violence Advisor with Ballarat Community Health, known for her expertise in substance use exploitation and parenting in the context of family violence, bringing a regional lens to systems change. Christine du Toit is the U-Turn Program Leader and is a Specialist Family Violence Advisor at Windana, with deep expertise at the intersection of substance use and family violence, and redevelopment of Victoria’s AOD assessment tools.  ‘Our Stories, Our Flats’ Episode 3We listen to episode 3 of the podcast 'Our Stories, Our Flats', produced by Ayan Shirwa, where residents discuss accessibility and safety in the flats. For more information about 'Our Stories, Our Flats' and to listen back to the first two episodes of the series, visit 3cr.org.au/ourstoriesourflats. We'll be playing the final episode on our show next week, so make sure to tune in! AFL Grand Final Day and Domestic Violence Part 2Content warning: as aboveIn the second part of Inez’s interview with Meg Bagnall, Rachel Daniels and Christine du Toit, they discuss what safety planning looks like at all levels, from the person perpetrating the violence, the people experiencing the violence, friends and family, to the wider community. They speak on a range of intervention strategies and importantly, not placing the sole responsibility on the victims of violence to deal with this alone.  ‘Pictures of You’ with Tony BirchMulti-award winning author Tony Birch joined us in the studio to discuss the upcoming launch of Pictures of You, a selection of the best of his short fiction works over the past two decades. The collection brings together some of Birch's most poignant stories, taking readers through the humour, heartbreak, and rich complexity of everyday human experience. Pictures of You is published by the University of Queensland Press and hits bookstores on the 30th of September - pre-order your copy here. Tony Birch is an activist, historian and essayist, and is currently the Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature at the University of Melbourne. Crisis Housing Reform Part 2Content warning: The following segment contains discussions of child and adolescent mortality, domestic violence and suicide. If anything covered causes distress or raises questions, you can contact the Suicide Callback Service on 1300 659 467. First Nations listeners can also call 13 YARN (13 92 76).We play the second part of an interview with Tyler and Dani from Crisis Housing Reform, a grassroots advocacy campaign focusing on change within Victorian crisis accommodation, discussing two special reports released in late August this year from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Part one of the interview was played on last week's episode - listen back here. You can find out more about the work of Crisis Housing Reform, and get involved, by following them on Instagram.