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Standing Against Intimidation and Racialised Policing of Sex Workers, AI Companion Chatbots, Snowy National Park Forest Burns, Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and Marking Two Years of War in Gaza
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Standing Against Intimidation and Racialised Policing of Sex Workers, AI Companion Chatbots, Snowy National Park Forest Burns, Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and Marking Two Years of War in Gaza
7:15AM // Aysha Zaharin is a PhD researcher, award-winning trans rights advocate, and member of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Trans and Gender Diverse Expert Advisory Committee. Her work focuses on cultural relativism and decoloniality, bridging rigorous academic research with grassroots advocacy to highlight marginalized voices in the quest for transformative justice and equity. A survivor of conversion practices, she also serves as a Migration Policy Analyst with Scarlet Alliance, centering on intersectional advocacy that addresses the complex interplay of migration status, racial discrimination, and gender-based violence within sex work communities. Aysha joined us to talk about today's rally in Sydney to protest the Australian Border Force raids targeting migrant and Asian sex workers. Organised by Scarlet Alliance, the Asian Migrant Sex Worker Advisory Group, and SWOP NSW, the action responds to what organisers describe as an “ongoing campaign of intimidation and racialised policing” against Asian migrant sex workers. If you are tuning in from Gadigal country, please head down to Belmore Park from 4:00-6:00pm today. You can find out more about the Scarlet Alliance by going to https://scarletalliance.org.au/ 7:30AM // Lucinda Thorpe, Privacy Campaigner at Digital Rights Watch, joins us on the program again today to talk about the dangers of AI companion chatbots as well as the eSafety Commissioner's recent issuing of legal notices to four popular AI companion providers requiring them to explain how they are protecting children from exposure to a range of harms. You can keep up to date with news and campaigns by going to https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/ 7:45AM // Rena Gaborov has lived in Goongerah, East Gippsland for over 25 years and in that time has been a volunteer with GECO (Goongerah Environment Centre), the local environment group. She has become concerned with the increasing scale of government burns in the vast and remote forest and National Parks in the region, a majority which were only burnt 5 years ago in the Black Summer wildfires. Phuong spoke to Rena yesterday about Forest Fire Management Victoria's plan to burn 60,000 hectares of forest within Snowy National Park. You can find out more by going to www.geco.org.au. If you would like to find a grassroots community group near you, go to the Victorian Forest Alliance website www.victorianforestalliance.org.au. 8:00AM // Ro Bright (they/them) is a writer and producer and the Program Director of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival. They are also CEO of TILDE, Melbourne's trans and gender diverse film festival and the co-creative director of the Bullet Heart Club theatre company. The Melbourne Queer Film Festival runs this year from 13 to 23 November. Ro joins Tuesday Breakfast to discuss the upcoming festival, including the film program and other festival events. To find out more, you can head to @melbqueerfilmfest or mqff.com.au and tildemelbourne.com for the full programs. 8:15AM // Hannah Thomas, previous Greens candidate for Grayndler, spoke at the State Library Victoria as part of a National Day of Action for Palestine on 12 October 2025. In her speech, Hannah commemorates two years of war in Gaza and calls for an end to the genocide, the starvation of children, the bombing of hospitals among the many atrocities committed by Israel. Hannah called for an end to Australia's complicity in the war, including the Labor government's unwavering support of Israel, weapons trade with Israel and submission to US imperialism. Georgia Maq, 'Pay Per View'
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