NATIONAL TALK BLACK – 11/11/2024
On todays National Talk Black via NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we have:
Darrell Sibosado, Artistic & Cultural Collaborator on ‘Illume’, talking about Bangarra Dance Theatre’s 2025 National Tour. In their first-ever visual arts collaboration, Bangarra Dance Theatre is excited to present the world premiere of Illume, a new presentation from Mirning woman and Bangarra artistic director, Frances Rings and Goolarrgon Bard visual artist, Darrell Sibosado. Bangarra Dance Theatre is Australia’s leading indigenous performing arts company, staging live contemporary dance works and touring nationally each year. Inspired by Sibosado’s Bard 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. To find out more, check out the link below!
https://www.bangarra.com.au/news/2025-national-tour-illume
Dr. June Smith, Deputy Chief Ombudsman, Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), talking about AFCA calling for stronger industry response after complaints by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples rise record 25%. AFCA aims to help the parties reach agreement, but it can issue decisions that are binding on financial firms. The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) received 3,161 complaints from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the 2023-24 financial year. Key issues included unauthorised transactions and delays in insurance claims, with complaints about financial difficulty continuing to be disproportionately high. First Nations people are also being excluded from accessing and engaging with their superannuation due to funds not ensuring ID requirements are culturally appropriate and failing to recognise cultural kinship practices or that for many First Nations people, English is a second language. To check out more, visit the link below!
Grace Gillard, First Nations Scientist, talking about encouraging people to signup for FrogID Week. From 8 – 17 November, Australian Museum launches the nation’s largest citizen science project, FrogID Week, for a seventh year. FrogID Week allows everyday Australians to understand and monitor the country’s frogs, all with a click of their smartphone. Grace is passionate about amphibian conservation, and has had a keen interest in taxonomy and conservation biology. She previously completed a Bachelor of Science (Zoology) at the University of New England, and has recently completed an Honours project at UNSW Sydney and the Australian Museum, for which she examined variation in banjo frog advertisement calls using FrogID submissions. Since its inception, FrogID has been instrumental in enhancing frog conservation efforts across Australia, contributing findings to research papers, aiding the discovery of new species, and helping to inform the conservation assessments of frog species under Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. To find out how to sign up and more, check out the link below!
https://australian.museum/event/frogid-week
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