Sydney Road's inaccessible trams, Australia's athletes in poverty, decolonising gender and artist collectives v. landlords

Monday Breakfast

This week Rob, James and Grace gathered around the microphones to talk about Sydney Road's inaccessible tram network, Australia's athletes in poverty, decolonising gender, and the perils of a local art collective trying to simultaneously provide a space for art while managing landlords and short-term leases. Rob spoke to Jen Hargrave from the Sydney Road Accessible Tram Stops campaign about their upcoming rally in support of making the network accessible for everyone. The rally will be held at 1pm on the 17th of September on the corner of Wilson Avenue and Sydney Road. See more information here.James interviewed Patrick Walker, CEO of the Australian Sports Foundation, about just how much of Australia's athletes are in poverty.Nina and Qwiny from Richmond's Bad Art Collective made an appearance to speak of their experiences trying to create a communal art space while dealing with uncertain studio tenancies. We also played Alana Mountain's interview with Jaime-lee Willoughby, a queer somatic sex educator queer ceremonialist with a passion on how to decolonise gender. You can catch Alana every Tuesday from 9:30 to 10AM on Dirt Radio.Lastly, Grace spoke to Pilar Aguilera, 3CR Chairperson & long time Chilean activist about the 50th anniversary of Chile's 1973 coup and its impact both here and in Chile. A commemoration of the coup's anniversary is being hosted at Solidarity Hall, Trades Hall in Carlton on Monday the 11th of September at 6pm. You can find more info about the event here. 3CR will also be hosting a special show about the coup on Thursday from 6pm onwards.