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Let’s Talk
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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.
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Sharon Williams
May 26th is the 19th anniversary of the Bringing Them Home report into the Stolen Generations. But 19 years on, there is little to celebrate. The rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care has sky-rocketed. In fact, the rates have gone up by 400 percent since 1997, when the Bringing Them […]
Listen >>Dr Donna Green
Dr Donna Green is a climate scientist, and researcher at the Climate Change Research Centre at UNSW. She has been researching the impact climate change will have on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for the past decade. She joins Amy McQuire to discuss how climate change will compound every aspect of our lives – […]
Listen >>Don Carter
Don Carter was born in 1943, the son of an Aboriginal mother and an African American serviceman who was stationed in Townsville during World War II. His parents were married in 1941… but a year later, his father returned to America. Because of the discriminatory laws in both America and Australia, Don and his mother […]
Listen >>Sovereign Women United
The 26th May 2016 marks the 19th anniversary of the Bringing Them Home report. 19 years on, the rates of Aboriginal child removal has sky-rocketed. More and more Aboriginal children are being taken away – in fact the numbers now reach about 15,000 nationally. In Queensland, the majority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids […]
Listen >>Louise Taylor
Kamilaroi lawyer Louise Taylor joins Amy McQuire on the programme to discuss the different ways the justice system treats Aboriginal victims, following on from the tragic case of Lynette Daley. You can find out more about Lynette’s story here at the Four Corners website. Louise also discusses the complexities behind family violence in Aboriginal communities, […]
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