We had: Julie Okely, a proud Kamilaroi woman and mum of two talking about Five First Nations Aboriginal startup businesswomen to pitch to Australia’s top CEOs. The online event will see 30 startup businesswomen, five of whom are First Nation Sisters, nervously face a panel of high profile CEOs, founders, and senior executives, in a…
We had: Senior Sergeant Glen De Lai and PLO Stephen Grant from Edmonton Police, talking about missing persons. Missing persons means a person, whether an adult or child, reported to police whose whereabouts are unknown and where there are fears for the safety or concerns for the welfare of that person. Have something happening in…
We had: Dr Katrien Pickles, Senior Project Officer at Royal Life Saving Society – Australia, talking about latest Royal Life Saving research shows over 500 children aged 0 to 4 have drowned in the past 19 years, 40% were just one year old.More than 500 children aged 0 to 4 years died from drowning in…
We had: Paul Tommasini, CEO of Tenancy Skills Institute, talking about FREE training program delivered Skillsets for Successful Tenancies – Dollars and Sense. Dollars and Sense is a new, free tenancy training program which is helping to educate tenants about important tenancy and life skills required to rent a property. Wayne Denning, Managing Director of…
We had: Stacie Piper, TarraWarra’s First Nations curator, talking about TarraWarra Museum of Art Wilam Biik puts Wurundjeri people in full control of the curatorial process. TarraWarra Museum of Art’s latest exhibition begins with a room that Wurundjeri curator Stacie Piper calls the “Welcome to Country”. The songs of Djirri Djirri, a Wurundjeri women’s dance…
We had: Doris Eaton, Deputy co-chair on board of the Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation, talking about Perth remembers Trailblazing Aboriginal Strikers. Seventy-five years ago, on May 1, 1946, hundreds of Aboriginal workers walked off pastoral stations across the Pilbara to fight for wages and better living conditions – so beginning the Pilbara Strike.The strike was…
We had: Elida Faith – Labor for Leichhardt, talking about the government’s new voter suppression laws. The Morrison-Joyce Government yesterday introduced changes to electoral laws into Federal Parliament designed to make it harder for First Nations people to vote. Queensland Labor Senator Nita Green said this was a deliberate attempt by the Morrison-Joyce Government to…
We had: Peter O’Mara, RACGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Faculty Chair, talking about RACGP calls for adequate funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healthcare. The RACGP General Practice: Health of the Nation report shows promise for the future of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health – but adequate funding for GPs and…
We had: Rebecca Forrest, 2021 NT Australian of the year talking about her achievements. A person who has escaped from a domestic violence situation and vowed to leave no man or woman behind has been named NT Australian of the Year 2022 Local Hero. Palmerston Citizen of the Year Rebecca Forrest is a campaigner for…
In this weeks episode of the Youth Focus Show, Mafa is joined by Chloe Ah Kee, Program Officer from Deadly Choices having a yarn about services and events for the youth and elderly
