NATIONAL TALK BLACK – 30/05/2025
On todays National Talk Black via NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we have:
Gary Oliver, Executive Director, First Nations Engagement Knowmore Legal Services, talking about Knowmore welcoming WA’s Stolen Generations Redress Scheme announcement. Knowmore Legal Service welcomes the Western Australian Government’s announcement today that it will establish a redress scheme for Stolen Generations survivors in the state. The announcement comes following National Sorry Day, a time of national reflection and truth-telling about the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, communities, culture and country. With the WA Government implementing a redress scheme for Stolen Generations survivors, Queensland will become the only Australian state or territory not to have taken this important step with survivors. You can find out more via the link below!
https://knowmore.org.au/some-measure-of-justice-knowmore…
Kobie Dee, Indigenous Artist, talking about Kobie Dee to headline ACT Reconciliation Day event. Gomeroi rapper Kobie Dee will headline a major Reconciliation Day event on Ngunnawal Country. The Australian Capital Territory has recognised the first Monday after or on May 27, the start of National Reconciliation Week, with a public holiday since 2018. It’s the only state or territory in the country to do so. With it, the ACT hosts a public Reconciliation Day event with family-friendly and cultural activities – Kobie Dee to be centre to the celebrations on June 2. The Bidjigal land-based artist backed up his acclaimed debut EP, 2021’s Gratitude Over Pity, with the eight-track much-loved Chapter 26 last year. In 2025, National Reconciliation Week celebrates the theme ‘Bridging Now to Next’, which Reconciliation Australia says “calls on all Australians to step forward together, to look ahead and continue the push forward as past lessons guide us”. Reconciliation Week is held annually in line with anniversaries of the 1967 Referendum and Mob High Court Decision. Kobie Dee will take stage for Ngana Birrung (Black Stars in Dharug language) Festival as the headline act on Tuesday May 27 at Parramatta Town Hall. The festival is a mutli-day collaboration event hosted by Western Sydney councils, with additional concert nights on Thursday May 22 at Campbelltown Arts Centre and Sherringham Reserve, Cranebrook on Friday 23. You can find out more via the link below!
https://reconciliation.events.canberra.com.au
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