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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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Rod Little
Co-Chair of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples Rod Little joins Amy McQuire on the programme to talk about the Indigenous affairs minister Nigel Scullion’s recent decision not to fund the body – the only national elected First Nations body in the country. Mr Little spoke about the need for true representation, the way […]
Listen >>Keep Community Radio
The Federal Budget contains cuts of $1.4 million p.a., funding that currently keeps community radio stations broadcasting on digital in 5 capital cities. Community radio’s standing alongside public and commercial broadcasters is at risk. The good news is that community radio has great community support and during this election campaign we’ll be speaking up loud […]
Listen >>Thom Mitchell
New Matilda’s environmental reporter Thom Mitchell joins Amy McQuire to discuss the recent blockade down at the Newcastle coal export port following on from our focus on climate change. We discuss the amount of carbon emissions Australia is exporting, and why this needs to be the focus in the upcoming election campaign. For more of […]
Listen >>Joseph White Eyes
Amy McQuire is joined in the studio by Joseph White Eyes, a young Lakota man from Turtle Island (America), who has been advocating for climate justice since he was 14. He is joined by Seed campaigner and Bundjalung woman Larissa Baldwin. To find out more about the Dakota Access Pipeline mentioned in this podcast see, […]
Listen >>Amelia Telford
Amelia Telford is a Bundjalung and South Sea Islander woman and the founder of Seed – a climate justice campaign run by and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth. Amelia joins Amy McQuire to discuss the Seed’s recent climate summit down in Sydney. Specifically, they discuss the over $7 billion in subsidies the federal […]
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