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Let’s Talk
WEEKDAYS 9 – 10am
National Indigenous current affairs program, focusing on issues of importance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Broadcast locally and nationally through the National Indigenous Radio Service (NIRS), the program features interviews and discussions that inform, educate and engage audiences on key community, cultural, and social issues.
Let’s Talk Business is proudly sponsored by the University of Queensland.
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Les Ridgeway
Tiga Bayles interviews Les Ridgeway recently turned 80-years-old. He talks about his life's journey – Aboriginal Affairs, Australian Government, Identity – living in to worlds, finding family, stolen generations, dealing with governments now, Culture and Aboriginal History. File Download (45:04 min / 15.5 MB)
Listen >>Aunty Ruth Hegarty, Terry O'Shane & Fred Pasco
Tiga Bayles interviews Aunty Ruth Hegarty and Normanton-based Fred Pascoe about stolen wages. Tiga also interviews Terry O'Shane, Chair of the North Queensland Land Council and they talk about Stolen Wages and Native title Legislation. File Download (32:29 min / 11.2 MB)
Listen >>Steve Larkin
Tiga Bayles interviews Steve Larkin, Principal of AIATSIS, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. They talk about state of affairs regarding Indigenous health, about his role at AIATSIS & the audio and reference library archives and publishing house. File Download (33:25 min / 11.5 MB)
Listen >>Tom Calma
Karen Dorante interviews Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and acting Race Discrimination Commissioner Tom Calma. Indigenous culture, Closing the Gap, Indigenous Human Rights, Indigenous health, Health Summit, Federal Budget, UN Permeate Forum for Indigenous Issues, Launch of the Philanthropy Report and Indigenous Education. File Download (42:51 min / 14.8 MB)
Listen >>David Hudson
Karen Dorante interviews renowned didge-player and 'cultural practitioner' David Hudson. File Download (42:17 min / 14.6 MB)
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