NATIONAL TALK BLACK – 19/08/2025
On todays National Talk Black via NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we have:
Anthony Dewis, Senior Project Officer, and Elka Chamley, ETMP Project Assistant, talking about WEX Canberra 2025 – Applications Are Now Officially Open! Don’t Miss Out On The Opportunity! The Work Exposure in Government (WEX) program provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students with hands-on experience and knowledge about career pathways in the Australian Government. WEX Canberra 2025 will be held from Sunday 26 October to Friday 31 October 2025. All accommodation, transportation and meals are provided at no cost and students are accompanied by teachers and mentors who provide cultural mentoring and leadership guidance. Applications are now open for WEX Canberra 2025. Applications will close on Friday 22 August 2025. You can find out more via the link below!
https://www.niaa.gov.au/…/work-exposure-government-wex
Desmond Crump, The University of Queensland Course Lecturer and Industry Fellow (Indigenous Languages), talking about Finding a “little language family” with Australia’s first Indigenous language revitalisation program. Mid-year graduates crossed the stage for the University of Queensland’s inaugural class of UQ’s Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Language Revitalisation. The Graduate Certificate is designed by Indigenous language experts to empower First Nations people to reclaim and share their languages by learning how to develop resources and apply research. Course lecturer and Industry Fellow (Indigenous Languages) Desmond Crump said the inaugural cohort was made up of 13 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from 11 language groups, stretching from the Torres Strait to northern New South Wales. The Graduate Certificate is part of a larger national effort to support the resurgence of First Nations languages and empower the leaders behind that change. You can find out more via the link below!
https://news.uq.edu.au/2025-07-finding-little-language…
Heidi Tait, Tangaroa Blue CEO, talking about Registrations Now Open for the 2025 Great Barrier Reef Clean-up. Registrations have officially opened for the 2025 Great Barrier Reef Clean-up, a flagship initiative of Tangaroa Blue Foundation’s ReefClean® program, delivered in collaboration with Clean Up Australia. Running throughout October, the event invites schools, businesses, community groups and individuals across the Reef catchment to host clean-ups at their local beach, creek, river or reef. Participants receive free clean-up kits and support to organise their event, making it easy to take part in protecting Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef. In 2024, more than 1,800 volunteers removed over 97,000 items of marine debris across 147 clean-up sites. Now in its seventh year, the Great Barrier Reef Clean-up continues to unite communities in a shared mission to protect the Reef from marine debris and its impacts. Register a clean-up and receive your free clean-up kits at the link below!
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