Ending the Criminalisation of Women and Girls, Beyond the Bars 2024, Why Palestine is AEU Business, Impact of Cost of Living on Disability Advocacy Organisations

Tuesday Breakfast

We play excerpts from the press conference that followed the event, Truth Telling Yarns: Women in Prison that took place on Wednesday 26 June. In this excerpt we'll hear from Senator Lidia Thorpe and Debbie Kilroy, CEO of Sisters Inside and founder of The National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls. Senator Thorpe and Debbie speak about the importance of ending the criminalisation and over-policing of women and girls and especially Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as well as reimagining safe communities by ending all harms of violence. We play an excerpt from Monday's Beyond the Bars live broadcast from Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Deer Park. In this excerpt, we hear from Shiralee Hood, Noongar, Kurnai, Gunditjmara comedian, broadcaster and educator, who speaks to women in DPFC about NAIDOC week. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners, please be advised that this excerpt includes references to Indigenous people who have passed away. If you need to talk to someone you can contact: Lifeline - 13 11 14 // 13 YARN - 13 92 76 // Yarning SafeNStrong - 1800 959 563 Lucy Honan is an AEU conference delegate, a high school teacher, and a member of the Organising Committee of Teachers and School Staff for Palestine. Lucy speaks about why Palestine is AEU Business and the forum event: Teachers and School Staff Won't Be Silent: Palestine is AEU Business The Victorian budget, released in May, maintained the funding provided to disability advocacy organisations in recent years. But advocacy services report they have run down their savings to emergency levels because demand, inflation and the cost of delivery have risen while funding has not. Nia Giddings from Brain Injury Matters speaks about the impacts this will have on this service. Songs:Blak Britney - Miss Kaninna [2:33] (Language warning)Blak Matriarchy - Barkaa [3:02] (Language warning)Blak Nation - Emma Donovan [3:11]Deam Baby Dream - Spinifex Gum [5.08]Ngarrikwujeyinama - Emily Wurramara [3:39]