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40th Anniversary Tent Embassy
27th January 1972 saw the first tent go up on the lawn in front of Parliament House in response to the McMahon coalition government’s refusal to recognise Aboriginal Land Rights. Indigenous and non-Indigenous supporters came from all over Australia to join the protest. Within the first 6 months, the Embassy succeeded in uniting First Nations people […]
Listen >>Album of the Week : Paddy McHugh & The Goldminers
Paddy is a young, talented and original singer/songwriter. Raised in Tamworth, Paddy naturally took up country music and today writes songs of his experience as a professional rambling musician. If you like your music with integrity, imagination and class, go no further than Paddy McHugh and his trusty band, The Goldminers. For a FREE download of the album […]
Listen >>Wheels for Justin
Nineteen year-old, Justin Jackson , has been on crutches almost his entire life due to cerebral palsy. Keen to assert his independence and to attend university, Justin needed a specialised wheelchair to get around, which was unfortunately out of his budget. 98.9FM listeners and Wyatt Roy, Member for Longman, decided to help and managed to raise […]
Listen >>98.9fm Listeners donate for the PA Spinal Unit
The Sunnybank Lions club joined with 98.9fm to collect DVD’s for the patients at the Princess Alexandra Hospital Spinal Unit and the Brekky Team visited the unit on Wednesday to present the donations. In one week, over 200 DVD’s and video games were donated by listeners and members of the community. Head Nurse, Ben Hackwood […]
Listen >>Paddy does Christmas
Local Brisbane singer/songwriter Paddy McHugh performs a Christmas song on the Drive Show with Dan today from 5pm. Tune in!
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