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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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Sue-Ellen Tighe
This morning on Let’s Talk we have three strong ladies from the Grandmothers Against Removals group in New South Wales – Gomeroi women Sue Ellen Tighe, Jennifer Swan and Debbie Swan. They have been campaigning to halt the ever increasing rates of Aboriginal child removal in New South Wales – and it’s personal. Both Sue […]
Listen >>Kate Beaumont
Kate Beaumont is President of the National Welfare Rights Network, the peak community organisation in social security law, policy and administration. We discussed the cashless debit card, or ‘Healthy Welfare Card’ which was rushed through federal Parliament this week. The card quarantines 80 percent of a person’s welfare payment onto a debit card, which they […]
Listen >>Marc Newhouse
Marc Newhouse is from Death in Custody Watch WA, and joined Amy McQuire on the programme to talk about the death in custody of Yamitji woman Julieka Dhu, who passed away in a South Hedland watchhouse after being jailed for $1000 in unpaid parking fines. After a year of campaigning, Ms Dhu’s family have secured […]
Listen >>Daryn McKenna
Gomeroi man Daryn McKenna helped found the Miramaa Aboriginal Language and Technology Centre, with the Street Warriors’ Abie Wright back in 2003. It’s based in Newcastle, and began as a way to revitalise and preserve the Awabakal language. In those 10 years, the centre has spearheaded the use of the Miramaa programme, which provides a […]
Listen >>Melinda Hammond
Amy McQuire spoke to Melinda Hammond, the Nutrition Team Leader at the Apunipima Cape York Health Council. We spoke about ‘food insecurity’ or the ‘diet of the poor’ – the hidden hunger affecting Cape York. Apunipima provides health services to 11 communities in Cape York. You can find out more here. https://triplea-uploads.thrivex.io/989fm/20170831002253/08-10-2015MelindaHammond-1.mp3 21279204 audio/mpeg a:1:{s:8:”duration”;s:8:”00:44:20″;}
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