NATIONAL TALK BLACK – 17/01/2025
On todays National Talk Black via NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we have:
Matthew Ryan, Northern Land Council (NLC) Chairman, talking about the Governments promise to rehabilitate one of NT’s most toxic abandoned mines. The former Redbank copper mine has been leaking battery-strength acid into waterways from the Gulf of Carpentaria near Robinson River to the Queensland border 40 kilometres away since it ceased operations after two years of mining in 1996. Traditional owners have been calling for the site to be rehabilitated ever since but their pleas have been ignored by successive governments. The NT government had not required the miner to put down an environmental security bond to fund rehabilitation before it collapsed. Northern Land Council chairman Matthew Ryan said he met with new government ministers following the August election to warn them many Indigenous traditional owners planned to veto any new mines on their land unless there was a firm commitment to deal with pollution from Redbank and other legacy mines. The NLC is an independent statutory authority of the commonwealth. It is responsible for assisting Aboriginal peoples in the Top End of the Northern Territory to acquire and manage their traditional lands and seas.
Harley Mann, Artistic Director at Circa Cairns, talking about Circa Cairns presents “The Wet” at CPAC 1st of February 2025. Circa Cairns, the First Nations-led circus ensemble supported by award winning performance company Circa will represent THE WET, a critically acclaimed show, to their home audience of Cairns. The Wet is an unmissable event – Drawing on ancient stories of the wet tropics, this dynamic acrobatic show thrills while connecting everyone to Country. Imagined, created and performed on the Country of the Gimuy Walubara Yindinji. Led by Wakka Wakka man Harley Mann, with the highly skilled ensemble of First Nations artists Maggie Church-Kopp, Johnny Brown. To find out more, check out the link below!
https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/…/the-wet-by-circa-cairns
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