Perth Indymedia
News & Politics
About
Radical activist citizen journalism. A weekly radio programme on RTRFM (92.1FM), a community radio station based in Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. We bring an independent perspective to the analysis of news and issues and provide a forum for activists, campaigners, academics, advocates and workers denied a voice by the mainstream media. Covering indigenous issues, post-capitalist/anti-capitalist analysis, refugee rights, antifa and all the important environmental, economic and social justice issues of the day. Don’t hate the media, become the media!! - http://perthindymedia.net/
Episodes
- Sophie McNeil: Gas Tax
The episode features Greens MLC Sophie Mcneil discussing a proposed 25% tax on gas exports. It also covers the disappointing responses from the federal and state Labor governments to this campaign.
- Sarah Williams - Combating Rape Culture
Sarah Williams, CEO of What Were You Wearing?, discusses an investigation into online forums where men share tactics for sexual violence, described as an "online rape academy."
- Hell’s gates: Alex Whisson on The War For The Middle East
Alex Whisson analyzes the factors contributing to the Israeli-US attack on Iran and the escalating conflict in the Middle East. The episode discusses the potential for regional war.
- Protest Laws WA: Sophie Mcneil
The episode features Greens MLC Sophie Mcneil discussing new protest legislation in Western Australia and its potential effects on the right to political demonstration.
- Something Wicked This Way Comes: Rawan Arraf on the case against Isaac Herzog
Rawan Arraf, Executive Director and Principal Lawyer of the Australian Centre for International Justice, discusses the case against Israeli President Isaac Herzog with Alex Whisson.
- Resisting ICE: Troy Turner
Troy Turner from the Democratic Socialists of America discusses the ongoing resistance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in cities across the USA.
- Invasion Day Boorloo Bombing - What Really Happened
This episode investigates the WA Police
- QLB March For Palestine at Perth Pride 2025
Queer Liberation Boorloo marched with a range of groups at the annual Perth Pride Parade in solidarity with Palestine - Indymedia's Joni Boyd was there to catch it. Originally broadcast on RTRFM 92.1
- Rising Tide Shuts Down World's Largest Coal Port
Mel from Rising Tide chats to Indymedia's Joni Boyd. Mel was arrested over the weekend for swimming into the Newcastle coal port - the world's largest- as part of a large protest that shut down the port for the day and lead to over a hundr…
- Jess Beckerling: State Development Bill
We speak to Greens MLC Jess Beckerling about the proposed State Development Bill 2025, a very concerning bill that would see the state's premier Roger Cook able to bypass environmental laws and regulations to push through major development…
- Collective Bargaining for Renters - RAHU Protest WA Labor Conference
Indymedia's Joni Boyd chats with William and Mia from the growing WA branch of the Renters and Housing Union about the rapidly worsening rental crisis and the branch's upcoming protest outside the WA Labor conference this Saturday the 8th…
- Protesters Call For Fracking Ban As Government Considers US Plan To Frack Kimberly
Indymedia's Phil Evans reports on the Tuesday 9th September Lock The Gate Alliance/Frack Free WA rally at state parliament calling the Cook Government to reject a bid by American company Black Mountain to open at least 20 wells in the Kimb…
- Outnumbered 30 to 1: Perth Anti Fascists Counter NSN March For Australia
Joni Boyd's live reporting and analysis on efforts to counter and disrupt the Nazi organised anti-immigrant "March For Australia" in Perth on the 31st August 2025. Originally broadcast on RTRFM 92.1
- Victoria Protest Laws: Chloe Aldenhoven
We chat to Chloe from Friends Of the Earth about new proposed restrictions to protest in Victoria.
- Prison or Dungeon? Social Reinvestment on Human Rights Abuses at Hakea Prison
Social Reinvestment CEO, Sophie Stewart, joins the show to discuss Hakea Prison. In recent weeks, news has come from Eamon Ryan, Inspector of Custodial Services, that several National and International human rights standards are being brea…
- Gaza Freedom Flotilla Handala
We speak to James Godfrey from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition about Israel's illegal raid of the Handala, the latest vessel to attempt to break the blockade of Gaza.
- Campaigner Jasmine Duff Highlights A Broken Judicial System In Australia
Students of Palestine Campaigner, Jasmine Duff, Highlights A Broken Judicial System In Australia; five charges against her were dropped, after being charged during a protest of The Land Forces International Land Defence Exposition, in Melb…
- Stop AUKUS @ The Buffalo Club
Indyemdia's Joni Boyd reports on last Saturday's STOP AUKUS event at The Buffalo Club from the newly formed Youth Against War and Facism. Voices include WA Greens MLC Sophie McNeil, YAWF's Patrick Truman-Healy, long time Freo activist Sam…
- Pakistan and India Conflict: Ammar Ali Jan
We speak to Pakistani political activist and academic Ammar Ali Jan about the recent escalation in conflict between Pakistan and India, as well as the broader geopolitical forces at play.
- Palestinians Don't Need Sidewalks: Lee Rhiannon
Former NSW Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon speaks to Alex Whisson about her experiences making the new MUA-funded documentary film, Palestinians Don't Need SIdewalks.
- A fragile truce: Nasser Mashni on the ceasefire in Gaza and what comes next
As a fragile ceasefire finally comes into effect in Gaza, Nasser Mashni, President of the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, joined Alex Whisson to discuss the politics and logistics of the truce, brokered by Egypt, Qatar and the United…
- El Gibbs: re-socialising social services
El Gibbs is a writer and deputy ceo of DANA, the Disability Advocacy network Australia. Recently she had a chat with Indymedia's Jack Prendergast to discuss cost blowouts tot he NDIS and possible non-market based alternative's to the schem…
- Whisson on Trump: First as farce, then as tragedy?
Alex Whisson analyses what Donald Trump's extraordinary triumph in the 2024 U.S. Presidential election will mean for workers in the United States and around the world.
- The History of Public Housing in Australia with Tone Wheeler
Tone Wheeler is a Sydney based-architect, the president of the Australian Architechture Association and has extensive knowledge about public housing in Australia. Last week he spoke with Indymedia's Jack Prendergast to discuss public housi…
- Jordan Van Den Lamb on our housing system's inherent disparity
Jordan Van Den Lamb, AKA Purplepingers, has been steadfast in his advocacy for a paradigm shift in Australia's housing system. Here he talks with Indymedia's Jack Prendergast about what he hopes for in his bid for the national senate, adve…
- Empire of chaos: Doug Henwood on the American Presidential election
Doug Henwood is an author, commentator, contributing editor at The Nation, and host of Behind the News on KPFA Radio, part of the Pacifica Radio Network. As we finally reach the end of what has seemed like the longest campaign in modern po…
- The Renters And Housing Union's Westward Expansion
Since its formation during the early uneasiness of the first lockdowns, the Renters And Housing Union (RAHU) have developed a reputation for their uncompromising defense of tenant's rights. A recent expansion to WA sees Ben Millward (Gener…
- Wolves in sheep's clothing: Phil Chilton on the real agenda of Christian Zionism
Philip Chilton is a historian at Curtin University and a rank-and-file activist with the National Tertiary Education Union. He has an academic interest in studying various forms of political extremism and it’s in that context he joined Ale…
- Border Force Detains SE Asian Trans Woman On S-x Work Suspicion
Na Mon from AMSWAG (Asian Migrant Sex Worker Advisory Group) chats to Joni Boyd about a south east Asian trans woman who had her visa cancelled by Border Force and has spent the last ten weeks in male detention at Villawood. There, the wom…
- Neville Bruce: Ride for Climate
We speak to Professor Neville Bruce about the WA Grandparents for Climate Action's bike ride from Perth to Canberra, protesting WA's gas expansion.
- Run for Palestine provides hope amid the darkness
As Israel's genocidal war against the Palestinian people continues unabated, and as Netanyahu's campaign of terror expands to Lebanon and the wider region, Alex Whisson spoke to Mustafa, chair of the Palestinian Community of WA, to discuss…
- Richard Hamilton: Deal done, Nicheliving homes to be built?
Richard Hamilton from Victims of Nicheliving joins Alex Whisson once again to discuss the latest twists and turns in the long-running saga.
- Yasmin Roz on Israel's atrocities in Lebanon
Lebanese-Australian and education leader for Mums for Palestine, Yasmin Roz, joined Alex Whisson to discuss Israel's ongoing atrocities in Lebanon.
- Gamel Kheir: Israeli terror extends to Lebanon
In the midst of Israeli atrocities in Lebanon, and as the genocide in Gaza continues unabated, Alex Whisson spoke to Gamel Kheir, Secretary of the Lebanese Muslim Association in NSW.
- Boorloo Justice Rallies to Close Unit 18
After the a second death of a child in custody in ten months - Boorloo Justice and the Justice for Cleveland Dodd campaign rallied at Parliament House on Thursday to call on the state government to close Unit 18 and overhaul WA's youth jus…
- Disrupt Land Forces Report
We speak to one of the organisers from Disrupt Land Forces in Melbourne about the protests, reportage and state repression.
- UPDATE: Disrupt Land Forces 9/9/24
Joni follows up on last week's chat with Disrupt Land Forces about the beginning of the mobilisation against the massive arms expo. She's joined by Louis who gives an update on the truth telling circle that launched the campaign, the disru…
- Disrupt Land Forces
We speak to Nathalie, an organiser for Disrupt Land Forces, about the upcoming protests in Melbourne in opposition to the Land Forces International Defence Exposition.
- The nightmare continues: Richard Hamilton on the latest chapter in the Nicheliving saga
After construction company Nicheliving failed to have its building license renewed in July, hundreds of home builders were in line for insurance claims and therefore the possible completion of their homes. Now, however, the State Administa…
- Fieldnotes on the road to global war: August 2024
In another edition of Fieldnotes on the road to global war, Alex Whisson presents a brief summary of the global situation across multiple theatres and potential theatres of war.
- Another coup attempt in Caracas? Federico Fuentes on the Venezuelan elections
The United States has declared Venezuelan right wing opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez the winner of July's Presidential election, with Joe Biden citing "overwhelming evidence" for the claim. Did Nicolas Maduro win the election fairly…
- Richard Hamilton: Nicheliving registration revoked
Long suffering home builder Richard Hamilton joined Alex Whisson to discuss the latest chapter in the Nicheliving saga, the construction company which has become a byword for everything wrong with the Western Australian housing industry.
- NDIS ban S-x Work with Lua from DeCrim WA
Last week NDIS minister Bill Shorten annouced sex work would be removed from the NDIS. The decision has been widely protested by sex worker rights groups and disability activists. Indymedia's Joni Boyd chatted to Lua; a disabled sex worker…
- The Black Swan of Chaos: On the attempted assassination of Donald Trump
Alex Whisson discusses all the potentially seismic political ramifications of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in rural Pennsylvania.
- The rainbow nation's neoliberal reality: Salim Vally on the South African elections
Professor Salim Vally, the National Research Foundation Chair in Community, Worker and Adult Education at the University of Johannesburg, joined Alex Whisson to discuss the recent South African elections, in which the African National Cong…
- Browned Off: Jane Hammond
We speak to local film maker Jane Hammond about her latest film in development: Browned Off. A documentary on the developing ecological crisis facing our south-west forests, with over 1000 Km of forest and woodland already dying off as a r…
- A tangled web: Rawan Arraf on SAS war crimes and the David McBride case
Executive Director of the Australian Centre for International Justice, Rawana Arraf, joined Alex Whisson to discuss the jailing of military whistleblower David McBride, and the prospects for justice being served in the war crimes he brough…
- Fieldnotes on the road to global war: April 2024
For this edition of Fieldnotes on the road to global war, Alex Whisson explores the advances in military technology on the battlefields of recent and current wars, with a particular focus on the revolutionary use of weaponised drones in Na…
- The anti-imperialism of fools: Alex Whisson on Iran's attack against Israel
In a historically unprecedented development, Tehran launched hundreds of drones and missiles against Israeli targets, in response to the assassination of senior Iranian military officers in Damascus. Alex Whisson discussed the dangers and…
- All out for Palestine: Nathalie Farah on the Naarm A15 mobilisations
Nathalie Farah is a writer and advocate from Naarm/Melbourne. She joined Alex Whisson and Joni Boyd to discuss the various mobilisations taking place in response to the call for escalatory, economically disruptive action in solidarity with…