| 2008
|
Topic |
Beyond
detention: refugee policy under Rudd
Producer:
Maja Graham
Broadcast: Friday 25 April |
Both
Pamela Curr, Campaigns Coordinator at the Asylum Seeker Resource
Centre, and Anna Samson, the National Policy Director for
the Refugee Council of Australia, spoke at a recent Refugee
Action Collective (Victoria) public meeting in Melbourne,
where they outlined what has and hasn't changed under the
Rudd Government, and more specifically what needs to be done
in the future.
Refugee
Council of Australia
|
Who
is that woman on the $10 note?
Producer: Jaye Hardy
Broadcast: Friday 18 April |
Today
on Women on the Line we hear Dr Jennifer Strauss speaking
about the life of one of Australia’s best known feminists,
activists and poets, Dame Mary Gilmore. |
Make
yourself at home
Producer: Damaris Baker
Broadcast: Friday 11 April
|
Australia
is facing a housing crisis, but what does that mean for those
without mortgages? Could housing cooperatives offer some answers
in these troubled times? Guests: Rachel about her experience
living in a Mexican housing cooperative, Carly tells us the
pros and cons of thirty years in a rural Australian commune;
Monique Wiseman, indigenous activist, outlines the housing crisis
in Bagot Town Camp in Darwin; Jinny Mc Grath, Program Manager
of the Springvale Community Aid and Advice Bureau, gives her
perspective on housing issues in Melbourne. |
Defending
Human Rights and Oil Rights
Broadcast: Friday 4 April
Producer: Elanor McInerney |
Today’s
program looks at defending human rights and oil rights. We hear
from Hina Jilani, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary
General on the situation of Human Rights Defenders. And Kathy
Black, from US Labor Against the War, invites us to join Iraqi
workers fighting to stop the privatisation of that country’s
oil reserves. US
Labor Against the War |
The
World of Teaching
Broadcast: Friday 28 March
Producer: Maja Graham |
Today's
program looks at the national teacher shortage and the experiences
of beginner teachers. We hear from Anne Gisborne, the President
of the State School Teachers' Union of Western Australia, and,
four beginner teachers share their perspectives on work demands,
professional support and the ever-expanding role of a teacher.
Australian
Education Union (AEU) |
The
Listening Tour & Centenary of Suffrage
Broadcast:
Friday
21 March
Producer: Jaye
Hardy |
We
hear from the Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth
Broderick, and, Professor Marilyn Lake discusses the power of
the vote during her speech at the Victorian Women’s Trust
IWD event. HREOCblog
Victorian
Women's Trust |
Celebrating
International Women's Day 2008
Broadcast:
Friday 14
March
Producer: Damaris
Baker |
Sue
Leigh, an Australian woman travelling in South America, about
IWD in Lima, Peru. We'll also hear from Margarita Windish, from
Green Left Weekly and the Socialist Alliance, who was in Sydney
for the IWD march and discusses the current state of feminism
in Australia. Malarndirri McCarthy, with the Northern Territory
Labor Party, puts forth a proposal to refund women's centres
in rural indigenous communities. |
Women
& Children in Armed Conflict
Broadcast: Friday 7 March
Producer: Elanor McInerney |
Radhika
Coomaraswamy, the United Nations Special Representative for
Children and Armed Conflict, delivers the 2007 Human Rights
Lecture at Melbourne University, “The Protection of Women
& Children During Armed Conflict: Whose Responsibility?” |
Combatting
Climate Change
Broadcast:
Friday 29 February
Producer: Maja Graham |
This program
features a range of women speaking about climate change related
issues: Lousie Morris, climate campaigner with Friends of the
Earth, Monica Waters, spokesperson for the Biological Farmers
of Australia and Leigh Snelling from Bicycle Victoria. |
Violence
Against Women in the Media and the Home
Producer: Jaye Hardy
Broadcast: Friday 22 February |
Melinda
Tankard Riest, the Director of Women’s Forum Australia
about violence against women in advertising; and Vig
Geddes, the coordinator of the Domestic Violence and Incest
Resource Centre spoke to 3CRs Jan Bartlett on the Tuesday
Hometime program.
Domestic Violence Helpline is 1800 200 526; Women’s
Forum Australia; The
Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre |
Ask
the Women about Climate Change
Producer: Damaris Baker
Broadcast: Friday 15 February |
We
hear from Charlotte Sterott( Oxfam's climate policy advisor),
Emma Brindal ( National Climate Justice Coordinator for Friends
of the Earth in Brisbane), Jess Fritze ( Victorian Council
of Social Services), Georgia (Maroondah Climate Change Action
Group), and Amanda (Australian Youth Climate Coalition). Friends
of the Earth Climate Justice |
Saying
Sorry
Producer: Elanor McInerney
Broadcast: Friday 8 February |
Helen
Moran, Indigenous Co-Chair of the National Sorry Day Committee,
and Christine King, Indigenous Co-Chair of the Stolen Generations
Alliance. We also hear from Anouk Ride, who has written an early
history of the removal of Indigenous children, called The Grand
Experiment; and Olga Havnen from the Combined Aboriginal Organisations
of the Northern Territory on the rights and recognition of Indigenous
people in Australia. National
Sorry Day Committee; Stolen
Generations Alliance |
