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Let’s Talk
WEEKDAYS 9 – 10am
National Indigenous talk show focusing on current affairs and issues of importance to Indigenous people. This program is Murri Country’s flagship program and is listened to by a large Indigenous audience in Brisbane and around the country via the National Indigenous Radio Service.
Program sponsor: The Community Broadcasting Foundation
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Aaron Smith
Amy McQuire catches up with the latest news up to the Torres Strait with Torres News editor Aaron Smith. This show discusses the current El Nino climate pattern and how it is affecting mob throughout the Torres Strait, the recent local government elections which saw the first female mayor of Torres Shire Council Vonda Malone […]
Listen >>Chris Graham
New Matilda editor Chris Graham joins Let’s Talk in studio where we discuss the latest stories including a true crime writer who claimed in a recent book that a ‘typical Aboriginal’ is a violent, thieving, rapist, murderer. We also discuss the issue of Aboriginal representation in politics, First Nations journalist Stan Grant (who is considering […]
Listen >>Ms Dhu's inquest
The inquest into the death in custody of 22-year-old Yamitji woman Ms Dhu recommenced this week. It began in November last year. This week the coroner heard from a number of police witnesses. There were 11 officers in the chain of command from Ms Dhu’s incarceration to her death only a few days later. Ms […]
Listen >>Celeste Liddle
Arrentre writer, feminist and unionist Celeste Liddle joined Amy McQuire on the programme to discuss the recent controversy after she was banned from Facebook six times for sharing an article depicting topless desert women conducting ceremony. Facebook deemed the image in breach of it’s nudity clause and labelled it offensive. In this interview, Celeste discusses […]
Listen >>Danny Teece Johnson
Danny Teece Johnson joins Amy McQuire from Ceduna in South Australia, where he is investigating the roll-out of the new ‘Healthy Welfare Card’, the brainchild of mining magnate Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest. Danny says that there is a great deal of anger amongst residents, who feel they have not been consulted over the card, which quarantines […]
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