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Five-and-a-half years ago Rueben Berg and Charles Pakana had their first Treaty interview. On the eve of statewide Treaty negotiations, they catch up and look back - and forward
We hear from Aboriginal reform advocate and activist, Bunurong woman Zoe Upton, discussing topics ranging from engaging with Aboriginal Education Consultative Groups, increasing the number of First Nations teachers in the system, supporting identity and the role of allies and collaborators.
Under a nearly 50-year-old legislation - the Victorian Wildlife Act 1975 - our state's dingoes are NOT being protected. Yuin man, Dr. Jack Pascoe sheds new light on Victoria's Dingo Unprotection debacle
We speak with Professor Euan Ritchie, one of Australia's foremost environmental scientists, discussing the science behind the need for the dingo, and practical ways in which livestock can be protected without the need for poisons and leg-traps.
If reconciliation is to become a reality, it falls on all of us to begin appreciating the Country on which we walk. Thane shares ways in which we can incorporate Aboriginal culture into our everyday lives
While a growing number of people and businesses seek to support Blak businesses, there is an unfortunate prevalence of businesses following a practice of "black cladding" to rip off the unaware
Thomas Mayo, one year on from the referendum still urges all Australians onwards to a better country
We catch up with Thomas Mayo exactly one year after the failed referendum. Ever the optimist and activist, he talks about his book and strong ways forward for all Australians
We speak with Tuangurung's Matt Shanks as we start an ongoing series of investigative interviews into the Victorian government's decision to extend an UNprotection order on much of the State's dingo population.
Sitting beside Tae Rak, we yarn with Gunditjmara and Monero/Gunnai man Joseph Saunders, General Manager Tourism of the Budj Bim cultural heritage site.
Reconciliation Victoria's Communications lead, Anna Van Vliet takes the lead to ask Charles various treaty questions that have come in to Rec Vic from members of its 30+ local reconciliation group network
A simple interview with Constitutional law expert Professor Cheryl Saunders about the legal meaning of "treaty" evolves to embrace a broad range of important related matters
With Woor Dungin CEO, Yuin man Shaun Middlebrook, we start exploring the reality - and benefits - of the efforts being made to decolonise philanthropy.
Once again Sky News commentator Peta Credlin and the Federal Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator Jacinta Price, have been proven wrong in commentary. This time, it's all about Victorian Treaty and a specific community education event.
Telling the story of two research leads at the National Centre for Reconciliation, Truth and Justice building reconciliation capabilities, strengths and leadership with the Victorian multicultural communities.
In an incredibly candid interview, Ballarat elder, Noongar man Uncle Al Harris, talks about the state of reconciliation within the Victorian regional city of Ballarat. One of the major calls is for a local truth-telling initiative.
For Victorian Aboriginal people, time is rapidly closing on the opportunity to lodge a comment or dispute on the Assembly's authority to negotiate a statewide treaty with the Victorian Government.
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