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With Fire Rescue Victoria recruiting more First Nations firefighters, we speak with Uncle Owen Butler, a Wiradjuri man with 44 years experience in the service.
CEO of the Taungurung Land and Waters Council, Matthew Burns, speaks openly about a recent VCAT ruling on proposed works licence from Goulburn Murray Water.
We check in with BDAC Chair, Nicola Perry-Peters and CEO, Dallas Widdicombe about the challenges and successes of the proudly community controlled organisation
We speak with lead researcher and MD of First 1,000 Days Australia, Kerry Arabena about helping First Nations families move from planning through to parenthood.
We catch up with award-winning artist and Aboriginal activist Uncle Richard Bell to talk about activism, art and their co-existence.
For many, the Koorie Heritage Trust is simply somewhere to purchase art and gifts. It's much much more, though. We speak about this with CEO Tom Mosby.
We speak frankly with DJAARA CEO Uncle Rodney Carter about the benefits to mob and Country emerging from a new agreement between gold mining giant Agnico Eagle and the Dja Dja Wurrung traditional owners
We speak with Gunditjmara academic and education advocate Professor Uncle Mark Rose, Deakin University's Pro Vice Chancellor, Indigenous Strategy and Innovation
We speak with Gurrin Gurrin man and artist Phllip Howe about what it means to practise art on Country that isn't his.
We commence our series of interviews with Victorian Traditional Owners about the true meaning of reconciliation with Wotjobaluk woman, Aunty Janine Coombs
As we move towards a statewide Treaty in Victoria, Assembly Co-Chair Rueben Berg talks openly about the sharing of government powers
After nearly three years "off air", Victorian Aboriginal News enters into a new memorandum of understanding with Aboriginal radio station 3KND.
From his office at the Australian War Memorial, Michael Bell devotes his life to identifying and gaining recognition for all the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service personnel
How an Egyptian-born retired RAAF Flight Sergeant has been fighting for nearly 20 years for the recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service personnel
We speak to historian Peter Bakker to dig down in history and discover the truth around the story of 50 Black trackers left behind in South Africa after the Boer War.
We continue our yarning with Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Elder Uncle Dave Wandin about the history and future of the Coranderrk Aboriginal mission.
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