NATIONAL TALK BLACK – 02/10/2025
On todays National Talk Black via NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we have:
Tasma Walton, The Mark and Evette Moran Nib Award for Literature 2025 Finalist, talking about A captivating true tale of maternal love: Tasma Walton announced as finalists for one of Australia’s top book prizes. Now in its 24th year, the Nib Literary Award is one of Australia’s most high-profile and valuable book prizes, celebrating the most compelling research-based literature published annually. Logie award-winning Boonwurrung woman Tasma Walton’s book I Am Nannertgarrook, is a heart-wrenching ancestral story of maternal love against pitiless odds, was one of six shortlisted finalists selected by a panel of three judges from more than 174 submissions! Walton is an award-winning writer and actress known for her work on ABC’s Mystery Road and Channel 7’s Blue Heelers, and is the wife of comedian Rove McManus. The six shortlisted books for 2025 are Max Dupain by Helen Ennis (ACT), Black Witness by Amy McQuire (QLD), Mean Streak by Rick Morton (NSW), Cactus Pear for My Beloved by Samah Sabawi (VIC), Clever Men by Martin Thomas (ACT), and I Am Nannertgarrook by Tasma Walton (WA). You can find out more via the link below! (Photo Credits: Stanton Library)
https://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/…/09_09_announcing_the…
Senator Malarndirri McCarthy – Northern Territory, Minister for Indigenous Australians and Senator for the Northern Territory, talking about the 100 remote stores now enrolled in the Low-Cost Essentials Subsidy Scheme. The Albanese Labor Government is delivering on its commitment to ease cost of living pressures in remote First Nations communities, with 100 stores now enrolled in the Low-Cost Essentials Subsidy Scheme. From Wirrimanu, in Western Australia’s Kimberley region, to Lajamanu on the edge of the Tanami Desert in the Northern Territory, from Indulkana in South Australia’s Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands to Boigu Island, the most northerly inhabited island of Queensland, communities will see the benefits of cheaper groceries and household staples. Under the Scheme, the cost of 30 essential items has been reduced, so they are comparable to prices in urban areas. The expected savings for remote consumers is up to 50%. Food items that have been made cheaper include tinned vegetables, canned fruit, pasta and rice, along with everyday items including nappies, soap and toilet paper. Administered by the National Indigenous Australians Agency, the Scheme is delivered by Outback Stores, a not-for-profit Commonwealth company. For more information on the program and a list of stores visit the link below! (Photo Credits: Senator Mlarndirri McCarthy)
https://www.niaa.gov.au/…/national-strategy-food…
Associate Professor Summer Finlay, Public Health Association of Australia Vice President (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander), talking about Members agree to enact a First Nations’ Collective voice to the country’s public health peak body. Members of peak body for public health, the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA), have voted almost unanimously to create an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice to help guide its work. After two years of hard work and consultation, the proposal known as the First Nations Collective Co-Design Project was passed at the association’s annual general meeting on Dharawal Country / Wollongong on 16 September. Formalising the work of the Collective required a change to the association’s constitution, and a vote from its members. The Co-Design Project team was led by the immediate past PHAA Vice President (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Dr Alana Gall a proud Truwulway woman from north-east Coast Lutruwita / Tasmania. It included Elders, and a Co-Design Strategy Group comprising early and mid-career Aboriginal researchers and practitioners in public health. Other members were First Nations mentees, and senior officials from the PHAA Governance structure including its president. The next step of the Collective project will be determined by the Collective members, and facilitated by the incoming PHAA Vice President (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander), Associate Professor and proud Yorta Yorta woman, Summer May Finlay. The association remains steadfast in its support of the Uluru Statement from the Heart movement, which was supported by more than 6 million people, and movement’s goals of a Makarratta, Treaty. You can find out more via the link below! (Photo Credits: NIT)
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