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Don Carter
Don Carter was born in 1943, the son of an Aboriginal mother and an African American serviceman who was stationed in Townsville during World War II. His parents were married in 1941… but a year later, his father returned to America. Because of the discriminatory laws in both America and Australia, Don and his mother […]
Listen >>Sovereign Women United
The 26th May 2016 marks the 19th anniversary of the Bringing Them Home report. 19 years on, the rates of Aboriginal child removal has sky-rocketed. More and more Aboriginal children are being taken away – in fact the numbers now reach about 15,000 nationally. In Queensland, the majority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids […]
Listen >>Graeme Connors
Dan Rennie talks to Graeme Connors on the Breakfast Show about his upcoming album “60 Summers: The Ultimate Collection” http://www.graemeconnors.com/ https://www.facebook.com/graemeconnorsfans Listen to the interview here https://triplea-uploads.thrivex.io/989fm/20170831005149/GraemeConnorsInterview2016-1.mp3 7894229 audio/mpeg a:2:{s:8:”duration”;s:8:”00:16:27″;s:8:”explicit”;s:1:”0″;}
Listen >>Louise Taylor
Kamilaroi lawyer Louise Taylor joins Amy McQuire on the programme to discuss the different ways the justice system treats Aboriginal victims, following on from the tragic case of Lynette Daley. You can find out more about Lynette’s story here at the Four Corners website. Louise also discusses the complexities behind family violence in Aboriginal communities, […]
Listen >>Danny Chapman
Danny Chapman is a Walbunga man from the Yuin nation and the Councillor for the South Coast at the NSW Aboriginal Land Council. He joined Amy McQuire on the programme to talk about Aboriginal cultural fishing rights in his homelands. Aboriginal people are currently being slapped with heavy fines and jail time for exercising their […]
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