NATIONAL TALK BLACK – 01/05/2025
On todays National Talk Black via NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we have:
Henry Dow, Marrawah Law and Advisory Senior Associate, talking about advice on ABN’s and ICN’s. With over a decade in operation, Marrawah Law and Advisory is one of Australia’s leading 100% First Nations owned and managed national law firms, supporting clients across the nation. An ABN is an 11-digit identifier used by businesses in Australia for interactions with the government and the broader community. An ICN is a five-digit identifier, equally recognised as the ABN but a company with an ICN is regulated under the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations. The main difference is that an ICN is designed to meet the governance needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, allowing them to operate as either for-profit or not-for-profit organisations. You can find out more via the link below!
Chantelle Lee Lockhart, Bangarra Dance Theatre Dancer, talking about Bangarra Premieres First-Ever Visual Arts Collaboration “Illume” – Touring Nationally in 2025. In 2025, Australia’s leading Indigenous performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present the world premiere of their first-ever visual arts collaboration, Illume, an exciting new presentation from Mirning woman and Bangarra artistic director, Frances Rings and Goolarrgon Bard visual artist, Darrell Sibosado. Inspired by Sibosado’s Bard – Bardi Jawi Country on the north-western coast of Western Australia, Illume draws together music, visual arts and dance to explore the ways light has captivated and sustained Indigenous cultural existence for millennia. This collaboration allows us to examine light from both choreographic and visual art perspectives, in a unique approach that draws on both movement and visual elements to convey complex themes about light, culture, and environmental issues. Chantelle Lee Lockhart is a descendant of the Dharawal people as well as the people of the Eora Nation. Growing up on the NSW Central Coast and Muswellbrook in the Upper Hunter, Chantelle has been dancing since the age of two, and in her pursuit to explore all types of dance and build her artistic practice, she has travelled extensively. You can find out more via the link below, as well as the discounted $15 Community Tickets initiative available throughout the whole season!
https://www.bangarra.com.au/performa…/community-ticketing
Asscoiate Professor Kamaljit Sangha, Charles Darwin University (CDU) Associate Professor in Ecological Economics, talking about Working with nature, not against it: How our economies can grow with the environment. This year the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) is holding its 11th global conference in Darwin and will be the first time the major event has been held in Australia since its inception in 2008. The conference will focus on nature-based solutions (NbS), or actions and methods that use and protect ecosystems while addressing global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, human well-being, food and water insecurity and more. The conference will have a special focus on the insights of local and Indigenous people and what their value systems can offer. Charles Darwin University (CDU) Associate Professor in Ecological Economics Kamaljit Sangha, who is the chair of the Conference Organizing Committee and a keynote speaker, said nature-based solutions presented an effective and productive solution to human well-being and sustainability. Associate Professor Sangha will discuss the economics of Indigenous efforts in land management and developing culturally appropriate NbS. The 11th ESP World Conference, From global to local ecosystem services: pathways to Nature-based Solutions inspired from Down Under, is on June 23 to 27 at the Darwin Convention Centre. You can find out more via the link below!
https://www.cdu.edu.au/…/working-nature-not-against-it…
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