Readings Rally for fair pay II John Shipton II Shadow II This is the Week II Friends of Greater Gliders in court II Illegal dumping on ancient grasslands

Readings Rally for fair pay here II After 5 years of trying to
negoiate with management at Readings supporters of workers held a
rally outside the Lygon St Store in Carlton to make customers aware
of the workers' call for a fair wage deal.John Shipton here II
Julian Assange's father, John Shipton gave a speech at the recent
Melbourne Hiroshima Day Rally and spoke to me about the campaign to
get Julian home to Australia.Shadow here II Back to Back Theatre
from Geelong has just released its first feature film, an
adaptation of one of their world famous plays that tackle big
issues and are preformed and developed by neurodiverse people.
We hear from one of the actors Sarah Mainwaring and Back-to-Back
CEO Time Stitz about the project.This is the Week here II Kevin
Healy cuts up the weekFriends of Greater Gliders in court here
II The Victorian Forest Alliance has begun its case against
Vicforest to stop logging Greater Glider habitats. Sue McKinnon
from Kinglake Friends of the Forest outlines what is at stake and
has some reflections on the recently past laws by the Victorian
Government to fine and jail forest protectors.Illegal dumping on
ancient grasslands here II Thousands of tonnes of potentially
contaminated landfill was dumped on 40-hectarces of Truganina
grasslands in Melbourne's west. This land is part of an ancient
grassland apparently protected by Federal and Victorian agreements.
We talk with Adrian Marshall, from the Grassy Plains Network, about
what has happened, how it was discovered, why it is a problem and
what needs to happen to really protect these environments.