5 December 2023

This week we talked to Kellie and Brian from The Leads about their new track Trace, a song which takes you from Lake Mungo to Deebing Creek, Brian is also editor for The Ipswich Tribune and has won awards for his reporting on the conflict at Deebing Creek. (Interview starts at 32:00)

24 October 2023

This week we have an interview with Kathryn Harby-Williams from the Australian Netball Players' Association about their current campaign for better pay (interview starts at 32:55). We also talk about deaths in custody, a victory for Chevron workers, a brand new KFC class action, and more.

• Links to what we talked about
• Family of WA teenager who died in custody speak out
• Human rights groups criticise new Victorian bail laws
• DAIRY WORKERS UNITED AHEAD OF RETURN TO WORK
• Offshore Alliance and Chevron reach in-principle agreement
• Australian Cricketers Association confirms fighting fund to support netballers in pay dispute
• A massive win for members at NRMA Fast Ferries!
• WGA Ratifies 2023 Tentative Agreement With AMPTP
• Call from Palestinian trade unions
• KFC Class Action

3 October 2023

This week we talk to Robert Bush from the Queensland Wader Study Group about the upcoming Welcome Back Shore Birds Festival. An event being put on to welcome back the shore birds from their world spanning journey, as well as raise awareness about the importance of the Toondah Harbour wetlands, which are facing destruction at the hands of developers. (interview starts at 29:20)

• Links to what we talked about
• First Nations woman stops Woodside's seimic blasting
• Inghams workers win!
• Childcare workers win industrial bargaining
• Sri Lanka workers begin sit-in strike
• Stop Black deaths in custody national day of action
• Close Enough for Country

26 September 2023

This week we talk about the exciting industrial action being taken by Woolies workers, including several work bans. We also talk about the end of the Chevron strike, the Inghams Chicken workers on strike, and more.

• Links to what we talked about
• Gunditjmara ocean defenders call for whales to be protected
• Offshore Alliance and Chevron come to an agreement
• Residents oppose incinerator plan
• Inghams Chickens workers strike for a decent pay rise
• Woolworths workers take industrial action
• Cruise Whitsundays offers offensive $1 pay rise

19 September 2023

This week we hear from the Stop the Stink meeting in Ipswich where the community are fighting against their town being used as a tip for the rest of the country.

Listen to the full recording of the forum here

• Links to what we talked about
• Stop the Stink Ipswich
• Leaked report finds potential secret graves at Kinchela Boys Home
• No 'accountability' for Queensland police nine months after secret recordings leaked
• Cross River Rail Protest
• Fear of Australian Border Force raids sending workers underground
• Workers defeat Qantas: High Court confirms sackings were illegal
• Chevron gambles on untested laws to halt Australia LNG strike action

20 June 2023

This week we talked to Zelda from Blockade Australia about their recent protests blockading some of Australia's biggest ports. We are also joined by fellow workers on work-experience, Clara, Manny, and Mark. In the second hour Bill and Cal discuss the failurs of the Labor Party.

• Links to what we talked about
• Karina's father went blind at Emu Field. Now, she's fighting for a treaty on nuclear weapons
• CPSU launches campaign to 'Bring Back the CES'
• Netball Australia warned players they would not be picked for the World Cup unless new CPA was signed

30 May 2023

This week we talk to Rach, an organiser for Queerswich, the Ipswich Pride celebration, about the upcoming event and what's happening.

• Links to what we talked about
• Queerswich - Ipswich Pride Parade
• First Nations man murdered by police
• Deebing Creek
• AFULE wins sanitary bins
• Neoliberalism is an illness