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Producer: Elanor McInerney
Broadcast: Friday 3 September 2010
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At the time of making this program, Australia still awaits the final outcome of the 2010 federal election. Neither major party won enough seats to form government, and are negotiating minority government coalitions with independent MPs. While we wait, let's consider some of the progressive policy ideas that were missing from much of the election campaign.
The Centre for Policy Development has produced an e-book of policy ideas for the next federal government, More Than Luck: Ideas Australia Needs Now. We hear from Antoinette Abboud, the CPD Public Affairs Manager, as well as contributors Kate Gauthier and Eva Cox. We also speak to Professor Lyn Carson about Australia's democratic deficit - the growing estrangement between voters and those they vote for. And Crikey editor Sophie Black reflects on the hung parliament.
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20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
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On
the Record: 20 Years of Women's Radio
A special radio series funded by the Victorian
Women's Trust, featuring archive audio from 20 years of Women
On The Line.
Read more about On The Record at projects, or listen below:
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#1. Feminists Making Waves ♫
#2. Violence & The Law ♫
#3. Survival ♫
#4. Dismantling the Glass Ceiling ♫
#5. Affirmative Politics ♫
#6. Not The Same ♫
#7. A Question Of Choice ♫
#8. Advertising Bodies ♫
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Crime, Punishment & Resilience
Producer: Marian Prickett
Broadcast: Friday 27 August 2010 |
For many women, being punished for your crimes continues long after you've walked out the prison gates.
Today we hear the stories of three women who've been caught up in the criminal justice system.
Mary, Kim, and Alisha have just completed a digital storytelling project in partnership with the Centre for the Human Rights of Imprisoned People and Flat Out.
The project relies on the power of storytelling to break the cycle of crime and punishment in which young women who are incarcerated are 40 times more likely to die than the rest of the population.
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Rainbow Rights
Producer: Maja Graham
Broadcast: Friday 20 August 2010 |
On this week’s program we take a look at same-sex marriage rights in Australia.
We hear from concerned lesbian mum Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne who recently lodged an anti-discrimination complaint against Queensland Family First candidate Wendy Francis for offensive comments she made equating children with homosexual parents as suffering from child abuse. And then from Tasmania, human rights advocate and trans-woman Martine Delaney shares her thoughts on how the major political parties in this country are out of touch on the issue of same-sex marriage rights.
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Irene Khan & Kate Gilmore: Amnesty’s Decade of Female Leadership
Producer: Elanor McInerney
Broadcast: Friday 13 August 2010 |
This program was first broadcast in December 2009.
For the first decade of this century, the world’s largest human rights organisation, Amnesty International, was led by women. In 2001, Irene Khan became Amnesty’s first female Secretary General. In that same year her deputy, Kate Gilmore, joined Amnesty’s International Secretariat after heading the organisation in Australia. So what difference did a decade of female leadership at Amnesty International make to the gender blindness in human rights? Two examples stand out. In 2004 Amnesty launched a global campaign to stop violence against women, and in 2007 called for the decriminalisation of abortion worldwide. Irene Khan and Kate Gilmore discuss these decisions, and the importance of having women’s rights at the centre of human rights advocacy.
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Heroes of Holeproof
Producer: Marian Prickett
Broadcast: Friday 6 August 2010 |
In February 2009, Australian-based clothing manufacturer Pacific Brands announced that it would close seven of its factories across the country and move production of socks, underwear, and clothes offshore to take advantage of lower wage costs. Nearly 2000 workers lost their jobs.
We speak to Helena Spyrou from the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia about a new exhibition that documents and celebrates the working lives of some of these workers. The exhibition, Heroes of Holeproof, uses film, photography and text to capture the experience of life at one of the seven closed factories and the sadness, fear, anger and, for some, relief in its closure.
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Playing Politics with Climate Change
Producer: Maja Graham
Broadcast: Friday 30 July 2010 |
Communities around the world want action on climate change, but they’re just not getting it - not internationally, and certainly not locally.
This week’s show features Professor Robyn Eckersley from the University of Melbourne, talking about the main players in this game and discussing who is most resistant to a global climate treaty.
We also hear from Amanda McKenzie, the National Director of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, about what young Australians are doing to solve the climate crisis and what action they want from the government.
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Family Violence & Family Law
Producer: Jaye Hardy
Broadcast: Friday 16 July 2010 |
Today on the program we speak with Dr Lesley Laing, Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Policy Studies at the University of Sydney about her report, No Way To Live.
We also hear from the Honourable Justice Robyn Layton discussing the nature of social justice and its interaction with law at the annual Catherine Helen Spence Oration.
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The PM’s Gender
Producer: Maja Graham
Broadcast: Friday 2 July 2010 |
This week we take a look at a very exciting development for Australia - the appointment of our first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard!
While many people, including some prominent male politicians, claim her gender won’t be an issue, Julia Gillard herself has acknowledged that there is still differential attention towards women in politics in Australia, especially on matters of appearance. But our new PM remains optimistic - appreciating being instrumental in ‘normalising’ the image of a woman doing the highest job in politics.
We hear from three progressive women who work in support of equal rights and female political representation; Kathleen Swinbourne from the Women’s Electoral Lobby, Hutch Hussein from Emily’s List Australia, and Kathy Richards from the Equality Rights Alliance. They speak about their hopes and concerns for Julia Gillard, Prime Minister.
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