We had: Jesse Marnock, Planner at Planz Town Planning and the winner of the Outstanding Student Project Award at this year’s Queensland Planning Awards for Excellence. Jesse used a conceptual approach to recognising Indigenous knowledge and culture in land-use planning and hopes the award might encourage more Indigenous people to consider a career in planning.…
We had: Fern Newcombe, Solicitor at Marrawah Law talking about Human Rights Month 2020. The Queensland Human Rights Commission run an annual campaign from 10 November – 10 December where they highlight the importance of protecting and promoting human rights. This year’s campaign is especially significant as 2020 is the first year that Queensland has…
We had: Waverley Stanley AM, Founding Director of Yalari having a catch up yarn with Trendy Trev about what is new at Yalari and how they are operating during COVID-19. Ashish Agar, President of the Australian Society of Ophthalmologists (ASO), Co-chair of the IRIS program and a strong advocate of Indigenous eye health talking about…
We had: Jean-Christophe Verstraete, linguist and Umpithamu dictionary author discussing the release of the dictionary. A Dictionary of Umpithamu is the first comprehensive dictionary of a Cape York language to be published over two decades, The work, includes notes on Middle Paman, is released through AIATSIS. Uncle Eric Law AM, Vietnam veteran and Murgon RSL…
We had: Harold Mitchell Professor of Indigenous Eye Health and ophthalmologist Hugh Taylor discussing what needs to be done to guarantee equity when it comes to eye health beyond 2020. Professor Taylor is calling for further funding to meet the population-based needs and provide accessible, affordable services and equity in eye care. This is one…
We had: Luke Wenitong, Community Relations at the Queensland Human Rights Commission discussing the new QLD Human Rights Act (2019) this Human Rights month. Luke goes into the detail about the protections specifically for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islaner peoples in the Act. Dr Vladimir Levchenko, ANTSO scientist talking about how Aboriginal throwing sticks used…
We had: Fern and Mikaela from Marrawah Law talking about the High Court decision: Can an Aboriginal person be an alien? On 11 February 2020, the High Court of Australia had to decide whether Aboriginal persons can be deported under the Migration Act using the ‘alien power’ in the Constitution. Dr Marilyn Clarke and Dr…
We had: Dr Marilyn Clarke and Dr Joel Wenitong who are partnering with Cancer Council and the Australian Government to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to prioritise cancer screening. Hear Dr Marilyn speak about the importance of breast and cervical screening and Dr Joel speak to a male audience on bowel screening. Kay…
We had: Greg Lucas, Financial planning expert from UniSA online discussing how budgeting for a drop in JobKeeper payments post Christmas is necessary. With businesses receiving JobKeeper payments having to requalify, Mr Lucas predicts a number of businesses will no longer qualify for JobKeeper payments in the new year. Leaving thousands of Australians potentially without…
We had: Myles Russell-Cook, National Gallery of Victoria‘s (NGV) curator of Indigenous Art and the DESTINY exhibition talking about how NGV will reopen The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square to the public on Monday 23 November 2020. Visitors will experience the premiere retrospective exhibition DESTINY, showcasing the work of one of Australia’s…
