Unpacking Victoria's Youth Justice Legislation | Examining Coles' Role in the Cost of Living Crisis | Uncle Robbie Thorpe, Councillor Jamal Hakim speak at Free Palestine Rally 25th August | Contextualising the Govt's CFMEU attack |

Monday Breakfast

Welcome to another iteration of the Monday Breakfast show, broadcasted live from 3CR Community Radio in Naarm./Melbourne. Last week the Victorian Government under Jacinta Allan backflipped on its promise to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 in so-called Victoria as part of its Youth Justice legislation passed this week. It is worth mentioning that the move coincides with the Country Liberal Party in 'Northern Territory' pledging to reinstate spit hoods and lower its own age of criminal responsibility to 10; in 'Western Australia' a seventeen-year-old Indigenous teenager died in Banksia Hill Detention Centre, marking the second death of a child in custody in the state in less than a year. To help us unpack the legislation introduced here in Victoria, Rob spoke with Monique Hurley, Associate Legal Director at the Human Rights Law Centre. Speeches from the Sunday Free Palestine Rally on the 25th of August:Legendary Aboriginal activist Uncle Robbie Thorpe gave a passionate speech about colonialism, racism and the parallels between Australia and Palestine. Audio captured by Tom McLaren. City of Melbourne Councillor Jamal Hakim spoke on his campaign for Lord Mayor, committing to disclosing all campaign donations in real time.We then hear Christy Cain speaking at the CFMEU mobilisation against "independent" government administration on Tuesday 27th August, outside Fair Work Commission offices in Exhibition St. The crowd stretched from the corner of Flinders and Exhibition down to Trades Hall. On Tuesday last week supermarket giant Coles announced its annual financial results, reporting a post-tax profit of $1.1billion, an increase of 2.1 percent from the year before. Despite this, Coles Group's Chief Executive Leah Weckert continues to insist that household financial pressure is 'front of mind' and defends the company's profit margins. To help us understand more about the conditions in which a supermarket makes so much money, Rob spoke with the Secretary of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, Josh Cullinan.Songs played: Radical Seed - Catherine SatourTook the Children Away - Archie RoachWhite Tears (Land Back) - Eden Fine DayAnother War (Feat. Ten Spencer & Ashlin Parker) - Cyrille Aim​é​e & Handmade MomentsA New England - Billy Bragg