Australia’s Support for Illegal Military Aggression, Recapping the People Against Poverty Summit, Elbit Out Of Victoria Says No! To a Future Soaked in Blood, Outcome and Implications of Lattouf v ABC
Update: 2025-06-25
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It's Radiothon time at 3CR, and this year's theme is 'Your Station, Your Voice'! Help us raise $275,000 to keep your favourite community radio station on the air amplifying your voices and the issues that matter to you for another year. How to donate: Call the station 03 9419 8377SMS 0488 809 855Online via our Givenow, at https://givenow.com.au/cr/3crbreakfast2025(link is external), or at 3cr.org.au/donate Drop into the station 21 Smith St, Fitzroy during business hoursAny amount makes a big difference, and all donations over $2 are tax deductible. Our amazing Radiothon 2025 artwork is by Sofia Sabbagh(link is external).// ------------------------------ Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Former diplomat and academic Dr Alison Broinowski joined us to talk about the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network’s (IPAN) urgent call for the Australian Government to stay out of military action and respect international law, following the recent illegal bombings in Iran by the United States. Dr Broinowski has written 14 books about Australia’s role and relationships in the world. From 2020 to 2022, she was a panel member for the People’s Inquiry by IPAN, a grassroots network of organisations across Australia that works to create public discussion and push for independent foreign policies.// Kristin O'Connell from Antipoverty Centre speaks with us about last weekend's People Against Poverty summit in Magan-djin/brisbane, which brought together people, movements and communities to learn skills, share ideas, build relationships, form networks of solidarity, and imagine an alternative to the poverty crisis. The summit was held across the 21st and 22nd of June, and was collaboratively organised by Anti-Poverty Network Queensland, Anti-Poverty Network South Australia, Antipoverty Centre, Australian Unemployed Workers' Union and Community Union Defence League. Disclosure: Priya is a member of the Antipoverty Centre Committee.// As part of our special 3CR coverage of Elbit Out of Victoria’s week-long EOFY campaign to cut all economic ties to genocide, Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe and Nat from Elbit Out Of Victoria join us to speak about the importance of organising to bring about an end to genocide on these stolen lands and in Palestine. They discuss Elbit Out Of Victoria’s upcoming rally to demand that so-called Australia’s Future Fund divests from weapons companies complicit in genocide, including Elbit Systems. The rally, ‘No! To a Future Soaked in Blood’, begins at 5PM today, Thursday 26 June, at the Future Fund Head Office on 447 Collins Street in the CBD.// Jinghua Qian, Senior Media Adviser at Economic Media Centre and member of MEAA 4 Palestine, speaks with us about Antoinette Lattouf's victory yesterday in her wrongful termination case against the ABC. The public broadcaster fired Lattouf on the 20th of December 2023 after receiving complaints that she had shared facts about Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza on social media. You can read the full judgement here.//
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