THE VAN POST LIBRARY
This is where you’ll find all the news stories, podcasts and videos created and posted by the Victorian Aboriginal News team.
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.
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!!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria (FPAV) 2.0 election results announced
After extensive statewide campaigning by candidates, the results are in for the second iteration of the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria.
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.
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.
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.
Polling opens for the elections for First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria 2.0
As polling opens for Assembly 2.0, we catch up with co-Chair Aunty Geraldine Atkinson and former Treaty Advancement Commissioner, Aunty Jill Gallagher.
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.
Community gathers in Preston to meet with candidates for the Assembly’s Metropolitan region
24 of the 37 Metropolitan candidates for the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria elections gather at Preston to meet with community.
Assembly member Rueben Berg discusses the successes and challenges of The First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria
Four minutes with Rueben Berg from the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria, discussing the successes and challenges of the Assembly.