NATIONAL TALK BLACK – 13/03/2025
On todays National Talk Black via NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we have:
Tabitha Lean, Organising Member of the National Network of Incarcerated & Formerly Incarcerated Women & Girls, talking about Another Attack on Aboriginal Children: NT Government Shuts Down School for Kids in Prison. The National Network call on the NT Government to immediately reconsider their strategy in relation to children in prison. The Northern Territory Government’s decided to close Owen Springs school, a 13-year-old public school, as part of a broader emergency prison reshuffle to ease overcrowding. Owen Springs school and its team had worked hard with families to develop a “trauma-informed” and “therapeutic” approach over the years for students who had “so much potential”. All young people remanded in custody or serving time in Alice Springs are being moved to the Holtze Youth Detention Centre in Darwin as part of the government’s Corrections Infrastructure Master Plan. And the NT Government is working with the school’s principal to transition staff to other roles.
https://thenationalnetwork.com.au
Sophia Sambono, Curator of Contemporary Indigenous Art at Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), talking about the QAGOMA 2025 Program and the upcoming exhibitions she has curated. QAGOMA is the state’s premier institution for the visual arts, based in two neighbouring gallery buildings on Kurilpa Point in Brisbane, Australia. Sophia discusses the 3 exhibitions she’s working on this year, as part of QAGOMA’s 2025 program. This first of these shows, ‘Danie Mellor: marru l the unseen visible’ opens to the public from Saturday 15 March. Danie Mellor’s multidisciplinary art practice explores Australia’s shared history through the lens of his ancestry and ongoing connection to Country in the Atherton Tablelands and rainforests of far north Queensland. Her second exhibition, At QAG from 21 June until May 2027, ‘Great and Small’, is an exhibition exploring the central role animals have played in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, culture and spiritual beliefs. And the third, Championing Indigenous self-representation, ‘Snap Blak: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island photography from the Collection’ opens from 30 August.
Dr. Carol Palmer, Senior Research Associate at Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods (RIEL), talking about First Nations and Charles Darwin University research project dives deeper into plight of Northern Australia’s turtles, whales and dolphins. A comparison of aerial surveys of green turtle nests between the 1990s and 2024 shows a decline in turtle nesting sites on Croker Island – a new research project with First Nations Rangers and Charles Darwin University is now looking a little deeper. Marine scientists from CDU are conducting pioneering research on turtles and cetaceans in Australia’s northernmost marine park, advancing conservation and sustainability efforts in the Northern Territory. The research will identify key foraging and migratory routes in the Arafura Marine Park (AMP) and the Sea Country surrounding Croker Island. The Australian Government funded project is a partnership between CDU, the WWF and the Garngi and Mardbalk Rangers that is delivering practical outcomes to enhance the health and resilience of our oceans. The research was the first-of-its-kind in the Northern Territory and is supported through funding from the Australian Government’s Our Marine Park Grants Program.
https://www.cdu.edu.au/…/first-nations-cdu-research…
Juliet Middleton, 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!
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