Lidia yarns with Dr Mohammed Mustafa (Dr Mo) after his recent return from humanitarian work in Gaza. They discuss the Genocide happening in Gaza and Dr Mo gives an eyewitness account of the atrocities, particularly the loss of innocent lives at the hands of the Israeli Defence Force.

Dr Mo is a Palestinian Australian emergency medicine physician who has been to Gaza twice since October 7, 2023, on humanitarian missions to support the people with in need of critical healthcare.

In this episode Lidia yarns with Uncle Robbie Thorpe and Lawyer Len Lidon, about genocide happening around the world, the ongoing genocide here in this country, and what needs to change to achieve justice.

Uncle Robbie Thorpe Robbie, a Krautungalung Elder of the Gunnai people, is an activist who has been fighting for First Peoples and against genocide for decades. He hosts Bunjil's Fire on 3CR Radio.

Len Lindon is lawyer who has fought alongside Robbie for decades pursuing various genocide cases, including recently against Charles Windsor King of the United Kingdom.


LEARN: Go Robbie Thorpe's Crime Scene Australia website here

LEARN: The United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide here

TAKE ACTION: Make a submission to the Genocide Inquiry, learn how here


These recordings took place on the unceded sovereign lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.

Music by Associate Professor Ted Wilkes, respected Nyungar Elder.


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A note for First Nations listeners, this podcast contains voices of people who have died.

In this episode Lidia yarns with Uncle Jack Charles about the importance of Truth telling in order to move forward as a Nation. In this yarn Lidia and Uncle Jack explore what a National Treaty(ies) could look like in this country and the opportunities a modern Treaty(ies) could bring.

Uncle Jack Charles is a Boon Wurrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Palawa and Yorta Yorta man, an Elder, accomplished actor and co-founder of the first Indigenous theatre company in this country. Uncle Jack is a member of the stolen generations and was taken from his mother when he was only a few months old. Put into institutional care and separated from family and culture, this trauma would heavily impact the course of his life. Uncle Jack struggled with drug addiction and experienced homelesseness. He has been incarcerated 20 times and describes himself as a ‘serial pest’. Today, Uncle Jack is a respected Elder in Melbourne.


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These recordings took place on the unceded sovereign lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.


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Note: These episodes were recorded while Senator Thorpe was a member of the Greens. She now sits of the crossbench as a Independent Senator representing the Blak Sovereign Movement