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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.
Let’s Talk Business is proudly sponsored by the University of Queensland.
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Noel Pearson
Host Tiga Bayles speaks to Cape York lawyer Noel Pearson about how Aboriginal affairs will fare under Malcolm Turnbull, and the meaning of self-determination and ‘responsibility’. https://triplea-uploads.thrivex.io/989fm/20170831001944/05-11-2015LetsTalkNoelPearson-1.mp3 26076122 audio/mpeg a:1:{s:8:”duration”;s:8:”00:54:19″;}
Listen >>Uncle Michael Welsh
Tiga Bayles and Amy McQuire talk to Uncle Michael Welsh, a Wailwan man from Coonamble, NSW who at age 8 was stolen from his family and placed in Kinchela Boys Home, near Kempsey. Uncle Michael talks about his experiences, the impact on his children and grandchildren, and how he embarked on the long road to […]
Listen >>Debra Hocking
Amy McQuire speaks to Aboriginal health specialist Debra Hocking about how the University of Wollongong is rolling out Australia’s, and potentially the world’s, first Indigenous trauma recovery graduate programme. Debra is a survivor of the Stolen Generations, and only reunited with her birth family when she turned 20. Her tale of removal and the violence […]
Listen >>Dawn Casey
Dawn Casey is the previous chair of the Indigenous Land Corporation and Indigenous Business Australia. She finished her tenure just this month. During her time as chair, she continually called for an independent investigation into the $300 million purchase of Ayers Rock Resort under the previous board. There are still questions that have not been […]
Listen >>Are your eyes a vision of health?
Have you heard the saying “eyes are the window to your soul”? They could be the window to your general health too. Lisa Penrose, an optometrist and eye health manager working at the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health, explains. Image courtesy of David Castillo Dominici at FreeDigitalPhotos.net https://bimaprojects.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Lisa-Penrose-eye-examination.mp3 1251813 audio/mpeg a:1:{s:8:”duration”;s:8:”00:01:18″;}
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