NATIONAL TALK BLACK – 06/03/2025
On todays National Talk Black via NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we have:
Zoe Casim, The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) Head of Programs, talking about the ILF’s Great Book Swap with First Nations kids at the Australian Museum. On Tuesday 4 March, the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) Ambassador Andy Griffiths launched the 2025 Great Book Swap at the Australian Museum, in Sydney. ILF’s Great Book Swap is a really fun way to celebrate reading locally, learn more about Indigenous Languages and culture, while raising funds for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. The idea is to swap a favourite book in exchange for a donation. To launch this year’s campaign, First Nations students from several local Sydney primary schools participated in a Great Book Swap, followed by an immersive journey through the Museum’s interactive Burra (eel) learning space. There were activities by First Nations educators, including scat and animal matching with Gundungarra language. This year, the Great Book Swap aims to raise $300,000 to gift 30,000 culturally relevant books to remote First Nations Communities across Australia. Schools, libraries, universities, book clubs, workplaces and individuals can host a Great Book Swap at any time of the year. Those hosting a swap and submitting their funds by 30 June 2025 will go in the draw to win the Early Bird prize; a book pack consisting of ten ILF titles! Schools who host a Great Book Swap and submit their funds by 1 November 2025, will automatically win a virtual visit from ILF Lifetime Ambassador Andy Griffiths. Once you register, you’ll be assigned to an Aboriginal language house named after animal characters in ILF books and have access to some fantastic online learning resources, including fact sheets, classroom activities, maps and videos. And, you can purchase books written by children or Community members in your house’s language. 2025 Great Book Swap registrations are open now. Learn more and register at the link below!
Juliet Middleotn, CEO of @livebig, talking about Women Carry the Weight of Disability Care – It’s Time to Recognise Their Contribution. As International Women’s Day approaches, new insights reveal that women are not only the backbone of Australia’s disability sector—making up 70% of the workforce—but are also often juggling unpaid caregiving roles at home. The weight of care is disproportionately falling on women, yet their contribution remains undervalued and under-supported. LiveBig, a specialist provider of therapy and assessment services for people with disabilities, exemplifies this trend. The organisation’s CEO and senior leadership team are all women, reflecting how women are more frequently drawn to careers in care and support roles. Many also juggle caregiving at home, balancing professional and personal responsibilities with insight, empathy, and resilience. LiveBig is committed to fostering a workplace that accommodates the needs of women in the disability sector, ensuring flexible work arrangements and genuine support for employees who are also carers at home. LiveBig offers a range of services, including occupational therapy, speech pathology, psychology, counselling, and behaviour support designed to support people with a disability and their family and carers. For more information on LiveBig’s programs, visit the link below!
PLO Stephen Grant and Senior Sergeant Glen De Lai, Edmonton Police – Whichway Yarning Segment, talking about Fingerprints. James (Henry) Craig, was the first criminal to be identified by his fingerprints in Queensland. In January 1905 James Craig and an accomplice blew a safe and made off with £9 and four bottles of whiskey from a store at Kangaroo Point. A few days later they blew open another safe at the Nundah Railway Station. A fingerprint was found on a beer bottle at the scene of the first crime. The fingerprint evidence along with the tools and revolvers found by police, backed up the case against James Craig and his accomplice and both were found guilty to the safe breaking offences. Each drew sentences of five years for the shop burglary and ten years for the railway station crime. If you’re charged with a criminal offence, the police may take fingerprints and palm prints. There are two types of prints obtained – wet prints and LiveScan. In February 2006 the Queensland Police Service began capturing fingerprints in digital format on LiveScan devices. Both fingerprints & palm prints are captured in digital format at the individual LiveScan sites. The digital data is then transmitted via a secure Network. The results of ‘not known’ persons (not previously fingerprinted in Australia) are returned to the device. Persons printed for the first time are then issued with an ID number. This number remains with the person for the remainder of his/her life. Results of previously recorded offenders are validated by fingerprint personnel at the Fingerprint Bureau prior to confirmation. Fingerprints linked to unsolved offences are stored according to crime category in a data base. A search of print data bases is triggered by the confirmation of a print and by the new registration of an ID number. Generally, results of identity searches are returned to the LiveScan site within 5 minutes. If the offender’s prints are matched against a print on the unsolved fingerprint database, the investigating officers are advised by phone call & email message of the match. Results of searches against the unsolved fingerprint database are communicated to the officers within 30 minutes of the original transmission time. Where a positive result is returned, the suspect is then offered an interview for the offence.
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