NATIONAL TALK BLACK – 20/12/2024
On todays National Talk Black via NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we have:
Senior Sergeant Glen De Lai and PLO Stephen Grant, Whichway Yarning Segment with Edmonton Police, talking about Severe Weather Events. As we move into the wet seasons authorities urge people to take the precautions to ensure your safety and those around you. Places you can go to for information to help during weather events include: Local Council websites, Bureau of Meteorology, Queensland Traffic, Queensland Fire Department and as always, for life-threatening situations, call 000.
Louise Child, Melbourne based actress, model and presenter, talking about her involvement with the 2024 Which Way Film Festival. Louise was invited to cover interviews at the Which Way Film Festival (WWFF) in Cairns through Garth Edwards, one of the founders of the WWFF. Louise believes in what the festival aims to achieve, which is to not only bring the community together to connect one another, but to provide a platform of film industry connections and a way to show your work, skills and creativity which is particularly important for our First Nations people who are underrepresented in the industry. She is also excited to be working on a film with Garth in the coming year called ‘Window of Fear’, which he will direct. Louise will be the casting director, writer, and will play the lead character Lucy Stevens. It’s a film they both want to create, to shine a light on some of the most complicated issues associated with intimate partner violence. Louise is a survivor herself, making this project really close to her heart.
Gavan McFadzean, Manager, Climate Change and Clean Energy Program, talking about the how the WA gas expansion is bad for culture, nature and climate. A major Woodside liquefied natural gas project has been given a 50-year extension by WA Environment Minister, following a six-year approvals process. The North West Shelf Plant has been approved for extension to 2070, despite a record 770 appeals and staunch criticism from the Conservation Council WA. The area is also home to a 50,000-year-old natural rock art gallery of more than 1 million petroglyphs spread across 37,000 hectares at Murujuga, also known as Burrup Peninsula.
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