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Daryn McKenna
Gomeroi man Daryn McKenna helped found the Miramaa Aboriginal Language and Technology Centre, with the Street Warriors’ Abie Wright back in 2003. It’s based in Newcastle, and began as a way to revitalise and preserve the Awabakal language. In those 10 years, the centre has spearheaded the use of the Miramaa programme, which provides a […]
Listen >>Melinda Hammond
Amy McQuire spoke to Melinda Hammond, the Nutrition Team Leader at the Apunipima Cape York Health Council. We spoke about ‘food insecurity’ or the ‘diet of the poor’ – the hidden hunger affecting Cape York. Apunipima provides health services to 11 communities in Cape York. You can find out more here. https://triplea-uploads.thrivex.io/989fm/20170831002253/08-10-2015MelindaHammond-1.mp3 21279204 audio/mpeg a:1:{s:8:”duration”;s:8:”00:44:20″;}
Listen >>Stephen Kinnane
Stephen Kinnane is a Miriuwung academic and a researcher from the University of Notre Dame. Dr Kinnane’s grandmother was forced onto one of the largest government-run institutions in Western Australia – Moore River Native Settlement, where she had up to 75 percent of her wage or payment ‘managed’. She is one of thousands of Aboriginal […]
Listen >>Aimee McVeigh
Aimee McVeigh is a human rights lawyer with experience working with Aboriginal women and children in both the Northern Territory and Queensland. She is currently involved in a campaign which is pushing the Labor government to legislate for a Human Rights Act, to act as a ‘safety net’ ensuring governments must consider the rights of […]
Listen >>Judy Atkinson
On Let’s Talk this morning we spoke to Jiman and Bundjalung traumatologist Prof Judy Atkinson about the work has she has been doing for three decades now in the area of Family Violence. It comes in the wake of the $100 million package to combat domestic violence announced by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. But Prof […]
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