NATIONAL TALK BLACK – 11/03/2025
On todays National Talk Black via NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we have:
Andrew Plastow, Ngutu College Prinicpal, talking about the On-campus café that’s supporting students and parents at Ngutu College. Adelaide’s Ngutu College has officially opened its on-campus café, Ngani, providing employment and training opportunities for students and parents while fostering community engagement. The café was launched with a smoking ceremony and an official opening by the Governor of South Australia. The café employs approximately 20 students and parents annually, offering them experience in food preparation, barista training, and customer service. Employees are paid award wages while developing skills that can help them transition into the workforce. The café also promotes Indigenous food, with Ngutu collaborating with a local business to develop recipes using native ingredients. Attached to the café is a shopfront where students can sell products made during their technology and design classes. Ngutu College, founded in 2019, was established to provide an experiential learning environment that integrates Aboriginal knowledges with mainstream education. The name ‘Ngutu’ means ‘knowledge’ in the Kaurna language. Ngutu College sees the café as more than a business—it is a space for cultural learning, employment, and community connection.
https://ngutucollege.org.au/our-college/ngani-cafe
Dr Katie Frith, Co-chair of the National Allergy Council Shared Care for Allergy project and Chair of the ASCIA Anaphylaxis Committee and Paediatric Clinical immunology/allergy specialist, talking about the World-First Allergy Platform to Transform Rural Healthcare. A groundbreaking new platform, believed to be the first of its kind globally, is set to transform the landscape of allergy care for rural and remote Australians. The National Allergy Council, in partnership with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM), has launched allergy assistTM, a free online platform designed to provide timely, specialist advice to General Practitioners (GPs) and Rural Generalists. With over 5 million Australians affected by allergic conditions—including food allergies, insect sting and bite allergies, allergic rhinitis, and anaphylaxis—the need for patients to be effectively managed by their GP or Rural Generalist, has never been greater. This initiative offers a lifeline to those in rural and remote areas who are unable to access specialist care due to distance. The allergy assistTM platform—an initiative of the National Allergy Council’s Shared Care for Allergy Project—is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care in response to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Allergies and Anaphylaxis. Expected to assist thousands of doctors and, in turn, their patients, allergy assistTM aims to bridge the gap in healthcare access for rural, remote and First Nations communities while alleviating healthcare costs by reducing unnecessary referrals visits. This supports the Shared Care for Allergy Project’s aim of patients receiving the right care, at the right time, from the right healthcare professional, in the right place. For more information, visit the link below!
https://nationalallergycouncil.org.au/…/allergy-assist
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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