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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.
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Join Jason Owen at an Exclusive Album Launch Party
Jason Owen Launches his latest album “PROUD” this Friday and to celebrate Jason will be coming to Brisbane to host an exclusive 98.9FM VIP album launch party this Thursday May 5 in a private room at Brisbane’s only country music venue Johnny Ringo’s located in the Orient Hotel on Queen St. The invitation is open […]
Listen >>Kyllie Cripps
Amy McQuire is joined by Dr Kyllie Cripps, Acting Director of the Indigenous Law Centre in the Law Faculty at the University of New South Wales and Dr Jackie Huggins, the co-chair of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples to discuss the issue of Family Violence in our communities, following on from the Royal […]
Listen >>Bob Fuller
Bob Fuller is currently a PhD student at School of Humanities and Languages, University of NSW, researching a project in Aboriginal astronomy. He joins Amy McQuire to discuss his work looking at ‘star maps’, told to him by the Kamilaroi and Euahlayi peoples in New South Wales. https://triplea-uploads.thrivex.io/989fm/20170831004030/26-04-2016BobFuller-1.mp3 22191359 audio/mpeg a:2:{s:8:”duration”;s:8:”00:46:14″;s:8:”explicit”;s:1:”0″;}
Listen >>Paul Daley
The Guardian’s Paul Daley joins Amy McQuire on ANZAC Day to talk about Australia’s myth-making, and the Frontier Wars. We discuss his work uncovering the truth behind the Light Horse Brigade at the Battle of Beersheba and how Australian history hides uncomfortable realities. Paul also tells the amazing story of Private Douglas Grant. For more […]
Listen >>Glenda Humes
Glenda Humes is the daughter of Gunditjmara soldier Captain Reginald Saunders, the first Aboriginal man to be commissioned as an officer in the army. She joins Amy McQuire to talk about her father’s story in the lead up to ANZAC Day. Captain Saunders followed in the footsteps of his father Chris Saunders – who fought […]
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