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Tammy Solenec
Amnesty International’s Tammy Solenec talks to Amy McQuire about Australia’s second Universal Periodic Review, a mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council. Tammy just returned from Geneva where Amnesty made a submission calling on Australia to correct its human rights record to lower black jailing rates, stop the forced closures of remote WA communities, remove […]
Listen >>Noel Pearson
Host Tiga Bayles speaks to Cape York lawyer Noel Pearson about how Aboriginal affairs will fare under Malcolm Turnbull, and the meaning of self-determination and ‘responsibility’.
Listen >>Dawn Casey
Dawn Casey is the previous chair of the Indigenous Land Corporation and Indigenous Business Australia. She finished her tenure just this month. During her time as chair, she continually called for an independent investigation into the $300 million purchase of Ayers Rock Resort under the previous board. There are still questions that have not been […]
Listen >>Allan Clarke
Allan Clarke is Buzzfeed Australia’s Indigenous affairs reporter with a long history in Aboriginal media, from SBS Living Black to the ABC, to the fastest growing website in the world – Buzzfeed. He is a Muruwari man who grew up in the small town of Bourke, in western New South Wales. Allan was this year […]
Listen >>Marc Newhouse
Marc Newhouse is from Death in Custody Watch WA, and joined Amy McQuire on the programme to talk about the death in custody of Yamitji woman Julieka Dhu, who passed away in a South Hedland watchhouse after being jailed for $1000 in unpaid parking fines. After a year of campaigning, Ms Dhu’s family have secured […]
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