ALL VAN CONTENT
On this page of the website you can scroll through the entire Victorian Aboriginal News library of content. Please note that currently it goes back until only the 28th of January 2023 - when we started our Referendum '23 podcast (the genesis of VAN Talks). We are currently working with our legacy equipment to identify and bring back to life the interviews we conducted and aired prior to that. Bear with us on this.
17 August 2023
Episode 27: On The Road, Telling It As It Is With Reverend Glenn Loughrey
After five full months on the road yarning up the referendum and Voice, Wiradjuri man Reverend Glenn Loughrey joins us to share his experiences.
12 August 2023
Episode 26: Peta Credlin, Sky News and Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price get it wrong!
In this short but succinct episode, we clearly disprove the claim by Sky News commentator Peta Credlin’s claim that the Uluru Statement is 26 pages. It isn’t!!!
7 August 2023
Yarning with Mike Nurse about Taungurung’s Traditional Owner Game Management Strategy
Mike Nurse at the Taungurung Land and Waters Council talks about the Corop Wetlands Complex and Traditional Owner Game Management Strategy.
31 July 2023
The VAN Leader Tapes: Uncle Col Clark – a quiet and thoughtful approach to leadership with others always in mind
Elder-in-residence at Dardi Munwurro, Uncle Col Clark is a leader who believes compassion and caring are fundamental to good leadership.
27 July 2023
Episode 25: Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative hopes for a better future with a Voice to Parliament
Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative CEO Simon Flagg and board member, Professor Aunty Wendy Brabham talk about their hopes for a better future with a Voice.
20 July 2023
Episode 24: Karen Mundine, CEO of Reconciliation Australia advises respectful conversations about the Voice to Parliament
Bundjalung woman and CEO of Reconciliation Australia Karen Mundine discusses the importance of respectful conversations and that regardless of outcome, work towards reconciliation will continue unabated.
18 July 2023
The VAN Leader Tapes: Aunty Geraldine Atkinson, a fearless leader for change and Treaty
One of Victoria’s most effective leaders, Aunty Geraldine Atkinson speaks frankly to VAN about her style of leadership and drive to promote education.
17 July 2023
Yarning with Dr Terri Janke about Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property
Wuthathi/Meriam woman Dr Terri Janke talks with Charles Pakana about Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP).
16 July 2023
Episode 23: Nyikina man Charles Prouse releases a new book on The Voice to Parliament
Nyikina man Charles Prouse provides a personal perspective on the Voice to Parliament, emphasising the important of Voice before Treaty.
4 July 2023
Episode 22: Australian and New Zealand psychiatrists lend their support to a First Nations Voice to Parliament
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists has lent its support to a First Nations Voice to Parliament.
4 July 2023
The VAN Leader Tapes: Uncle Bill Nicholson – the youngest recorded Elder of the Wurundjeri Woi wurrung
Uncle Bill Nicholson of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung speaks out about his style of leadership and passion for education.
26 June 2023
Yarning with GLaWAC CEO Daniel Miller About Cultural Burning
Daniel Miller, Yuin man and CEO of the Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation, talks with Charles Pakana about the practice of cultural burning.
15 June 2023
Episode 21: Australia’s largest union lends it weight to the Voice to Parliament
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) Deputy Secretary Lori-Anne Sharp joins us to discuss the Federation’s broad support for the constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament.
5 June 2023
Yarning with: Paul Paton, CEO of the Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations
Paul Paton, Gunnai and Monaro man and CEO of the Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations, talks to Charles Pakana about Federation’s 10 year anniversary.
1 June 2023
Episode 20: Education advocate Cara Peek speaks out about benefits of the Voice and dispels misinformation
A passionate advocate for greater education opportunities and support within First Nations communities, Yawuru/Bunuba woman Cara Peek, speaks about her experiences as part of the Uluru Dialogues, hopes for the future, and exposes misinformation.
11 May 2023
Episode 19: Perspectives from a leading reconciliation authority and academic
One of this country’s foremost authorities on reconciliation, Professor Andrew Gunstone, provides important perspectives on the referendum for a First Nations Voice to Parliament.
23 April 2023
Episode 18: Dissecting the proposed Referendum question and Constitutional amendment
Confused by the referendum question and proposed amendment to the Constitution? To gain clarity, we’re joined by leading Constitution lawyer, Professor Cheryl Saunders.
14 April 2023
Episode 17: Exposing more misinformation about local and regional Voices
Despite the hook on which many hang their rationale for a NO vote – the supposed absence of local and regional voices – we reveal the truth about this all-important issue.
9 April 2023
Episode 16: Sky News Australia and Andrew Bolt caught out spreading misinformation
OK, so what do you think is going to happen when a tiny media outlet calls out the mistruths being presented by a big name commentator on a global network? Let’s wait and see.
5 April 2023
Episode 15: South Australia’s Voice Commissioner Dale Agius speaks about Australia’s first Indigenous Voice to Parliament
On the 26th of March, South Australia led the way with a First Nations Voice to that State’s Parliament. In this episode we speak to the SSA Commissioner for Voice, Dale Agius