On todays National Talkblack via NIRS – NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we had: Sherele Moody Founder from The RED HEART Campaign which is dedicated to ending ALL violence and abuse against women and children! The murder & manslaughter toll for 2019 is now at 205 deaths. It is not far off 2018’s toll of 245 deaths. Violent…
On todays National Talkblack via NIRS – NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we had: Alison Mahony – Royal Life Saving – Royal Life Saving is wanting Indigenous people to be aware of the associated increased drowning risks once a child turns 1 their risk of drowning TRIPLES. Royal Life Saving’s latest initiative – Keep Watch –…
On todays National Talkblack via NIRS – NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we had: Aaron Smith – Editor from Cape & Torres News for his weekly catch up. The inner islands had bush fires on TI, Horn and Prince of Wales. It was a combination of the dry season and people intentionally lighting fires which continually puts the…
On todays National Talkblack via NIRS – NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we had: Graeme McCrabb Local fisherman and community member. Rural New South Wales communities are bracing for another ecological disaster, despite efforts to save local fish populations. More than a million fish died in December 2018 and January this year along the…
On todays National Talkblack via NIRS – NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we had:October marks the 20th anniversary of the ‘Crocodile Case’ which made legal history when Murrandoo Yanner a Gangalidda man from the Lower Gulf of Carpentaria Region Queensland was charged with hunting and killing of two crocodiles which he argued was his…
On todays National Talkblack via NIRS – NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we had:Jill Gallagher Victorian Treaty Advancement Commission – Aboriginal Victorians are being encouraged to make the most of their chance to cast their vote on the First Peoples’ Assembly before the polls close on October 20. Some scepticism remains and others hope…
