We had: Sherrin Murphy, Granddaughter of Aunty Rita Holt-Huggins who will be turning 100 years old on Tuesday 10th August 2021. Sherrin has proposed to the Carnarvon Gorge National Park where Aunty Rita was born and raised to have a seat and plaque placed on Country in honor of her name and a plaque placed…
We had: Desanya Stanley, Founder and Director of Destiny Designed talking about what specialised services they offer. She is an inspirational Indigenous individual known for her ability to provide high level strategic solutions to manage complex and diverse tasks which has resulted in achieving positive outcomes in all key Indigenous policy areas. Damien Finch, a…
We had: Many callers from across the nation. BBM’s freelance journalist Carli Willis talks to Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Ambassador Naomi Wenitong about her delivering CIAF’s good word. Combining an engaging digital platform with a return to its much-loved festival program, CIAF) has announced it will deliver six event-filled days between Tuesday 17 and Sunday…
We had: Alexandra Hohoi, Practice Manager and Mikaela French, Solicitor at Marrawah Law discussing if workplaces can make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory. Australia is currently preparing to roll out a national vaccination program for COVID-19 in the coming months which raises concerns for employers and employees. Currently there are no specific laws about making the…
We had: Steph Frankham, Program Coordinator at the Northern Territory Cattleman’s Association and Nellie Pepperil-Turner, Indigenous participant in the Real Jobs Program ran by the Northern Territory Cattleman’s association talking about aspiring Indigenous cattleman and their woman hone their skills in the Red Centre. The course is taking place at the Arid Zone Research Institute,…
We had: Domenic Moore, a Melbourne man has walked and run the equivalent of 56 marathons from Melbourne to Brisbane for charity, fuelled by service station meat pies, raw veggies, and the kindness of strangers. Senior Constable Nicole O’Rourke from Edmonton Police and Senior Contasble Jess Geary from Project BOOYAH with their weekly WhichWay Yarning…
We had: Associate Professor Carsten Rudolph, Department of Software Systems & Cybersecurity, Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University commenting on Facebook’s decision to restrict publishers and people from viewing and sharing news content. June Riemer, Deputy CEO of the First People Disability Network Australia talking about how the overepresentation of First Nations People with…
We had: Associate Professor Carsten Rudolph, Department of Software Systems & Cybersecurity, Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University commenting on Facebook’s decision to restrict publishers and people from viewing and sharing news content. June Riemer, Deputy CEO of the First People Disability Network Australia talking about how the overepresentation of First Nations People with…
We had: Professor Pam Sharpe, from the University of Tasmania talking about how a soldier’s diary disintegrating in Ireland’s national library has revealed disturbing evidence of an undocumented massacre of Aboriginal people in Tasmania in the colony’s early years. The diary belonged to Private Robert McNally, posted to Van Diemen’s Land in the 1820s, and…
We had: Fiona Petersen, Healing Foundation CEO talking about how they are calling on the Federal Government to establish a National First Nations Memorial and Centre for Healing in Canberra and a doubling of the core Commonwealth Grant that funds The Healing Foundation’s work to support Stolen Generations survivors and their descendants. She will also…
