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Exploring the issues that impact the lives of Aboriginal people and those at the wrong end of social justice.
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Reflections on the referendum with Professor Megan Davis from 2023-12-12T20:00
A proud Cobble Cobble woman of the Barunggam Nation, Professor Megan Davis is an accomplished constitutional lawyer and human rights activist. She featured prominently as an advocate for The Vo...
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The referendum aftermath with Thomas Mayo from 2023-12-05T20:00
Author and activist, Thomas Mayo, was one of the most prominent advocates for the Voice to Parliament at the October 14 referendum. He speaks with host of The Mission<...
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Professor Gary Foley on his life in activism from 2023-11-28T20:00
Professor Gary Foley joins Daniel James, host of The Mission, to talk about his life in activism and the origins of Blak/Palestinian solidarity, as well as Americ...
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Now&Forever, We Stand Together With Briggs from 2023-09-27T15:04:49
Daniel chats with multi-talented, Yorta Yorta man and self-proclaimed 'Senator' Adam Briggs and the Co-Chair of the First Nations Assembly of Victoria, Gunditjmara man Rueben Berg. They tackle o...
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Who are we really? With Ian Hamm from 2023-09-19T20:00
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this episode contains the names of people who have passed away.
Daniel James analyses the current state of The Voice Refere...
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Dr Tamar Hopkins and Nerita Waight from 2023-09-12T19:00
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this episode contains the names of people who have passed away.
Lawyer Dr Tamar Hopkins and VALS CEO Nerita Waight join Da...
Sue-Anne Hunter on the Yoorrook Justice Commission's Landmark First Report from 2023-09-05T07:00
Wurundjeri woman and Yoorrook Justice Commissioner Sue-Anne Hunter joins Daniel James of The Mission. The pair discuss the Commission's Report into the Child Prot...
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Radiothon Special with Jacinta Parsons from 2023-08-29T20:00
Daniel James and Jacinta Parsons reunite for Radiothon 2023. They discuss all things Triple R, Radiothon, read out new subscriber names and talk about what it means to support The Mission throug...
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Rueben Berg and Ngarra Murray, Co-Chairs of First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria from 2023-08-08T19:00
Daniel James speaks to Rueben Berg and Ngarra Murray, newly elected Co-Chairs of First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria, about the Treaty and the Voice to Parliament.
GetUp's CEO Larissa Baldwin-Roberts and writer Melissa Lucashenko from 2023-08-01T19:00
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Daniel James pays tribute to Veronica Nelson and reflects o...
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Yunupingu tribute and Jamie Lowe from 2023-04-04T19:00
Daniel James opens the show with a tribute to Yunupingu, Yolŋu leader and campaigner for Indigenous rights. He's then joined by Jamie Lowe, a Gunditjmara Djabwurrung man, and the CEO of the Nati...
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Damian Bartholomew and Alan Brown from 2023-02-28T20:00
Chair of the Queensland Law Society Children’s Law Committee, Damian Bartholomew, talks about concerns regarding the Queensland government's tough on crime laws and how they could impact the Abo...
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Aunty Muriel Bamblett AO and Professor John Maynard from 2023-02-21T19:00
Aunty Muriel Bamblett AO, a Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Wurrung woman, CEO of Victoria Aboriginal Child Care Agency and representative of Closing the Gap, discusses the Australian Government releasi...
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Aunty Geraldine Atkinson and Tanya McDonald from 2023-02-14T19:00
Aunty Geraldine Atkinson, proud Bangerang/Wiradjuri warrior woman and Co-Chair of the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria, explains the complex Treaty process in Victoria. Daniel is also joined ...
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Nerita Waight reflects on the Veronica Nelson inquest from 2023-01-31T19:00
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this episode contains the names of people who have died. Nerita Waight, CEO Of Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS), talks w...
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Year in Review with Ian Hamm from 2022-12-20T21:30
Yorta-Yorta man and Chairperson of the First Nations Foundation, Ian Hamm, drops by the studio to talk about the year in review and the challenges 2023 may hold in raising awareness around Indig...
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Meena Singh and the Yoorrook Justice Commission from 2022-12-13T21:00
Meena Singh, Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People, joins Daniel to talk about her recent statement delivered to the Yoorrook Justice Commission. Their chat covers why government...
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Aunty Glenda Chalker and Megan Krakouer from 2022-12-06T22:30
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this episode contains the names of people who have died. Former Chairperson of the Aboriginal Cu...
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Andrea James and Troy Benjamin from 2022-11-29T23:15
Playwright and Yorta Yorta/Gunaikurnai woman Andrea James discusses her new project ‘Sunshine Supergirl’ at the MTC, and the process in getting it to the theatre stage. Then, speaker, MC and pro...
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Adam Magennis&Madison Connors from 2022-10-25T21:17:20
Bunurong-based artist and head of Kaptify Art, Adam Magennis discusses his early influences, his unique creative process, and the Queen Victoria Market’s recent decision to remove and ban “inaut...
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Thomas Mayor and Remembering Uncle Jack Charles from 2022-10-18T21:15:59
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this episode contains the names of people who have died. In this episode, Daniel reflects o...
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Dorinda Cox&Sarah Schwartz from 2022-10-11T21:14:26
Newly-elected WA Senator and Yamatji-Noongar woman Dorinda Cox discusses what her experience of parliament has been like thus far and how we can put a stop to the alarming rates of violence agai...
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Vanessa Morris&Eddie Cubillo from 2022-10-04T21:12:18
Daniel is joined by fellow Triple R presenter Vanessa Morris and also Eddie Cubillo, an Associate Dean of Indigenous Research from Melbourne University, and a proud Larrakia man. Together they d...
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Daniel Billy&Uncle Andrew Gardiner from 2022-09-27T21:06:52
Daniel Billy, member of the ‘Torres Strait Eight’, which recently recorded a historic win at the United Nations over the Morrison Government and its inaction on climate change, discusses how the...
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Rachel Perkins and Professor Sandy O’Sullivan from 2022-09-20T21:04:41
Proud Arrernte/Kalkadoon woman Rachel Perkins discusses her new documentary series “The Australian Wars”, and explores why we fail to recognise our rugged history of imperialism and colonial vio...
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A Tribute to Uncle Jack Charles from 2022-09-13T21:02:38
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this episode contains the names of people who have died. In this episode, Daniel pays tribu...
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Nerita Waight and Aunty Geraldine Atkinson from 2022-09-06T21:00
Nerita Waight, CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) discusses the effectiveness of Victoria’s police staffing allocation and how this influences the toxic “tough on crime” theme ...
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Michael Bell from 2022-08-28T12:03:32
Michael Bell, Director of the Australian War Memorial, talks about recognising Indigenous servicemen and women who served during the Vietnam conflict. With host Daniel James.
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Ngarra Murray and Nadine Miles from 2022-08-15T22:32:14
Proud Wamba Wamba, Yorta Yorta, Dhudhuroa and Dja Dja Wurrung woman Ngarra Murray, Executive Lead of Oxfam’s First Peoples Program, speaks about Oxfam's Straight Talk National Summit. Kicking of...
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Hon Linda Burney MP, Minister for Indigenous Affairs from 2022-08-04T19:51:37
Proud Wiradjuri woman and Minister of Indigenous Affairs the Hon Linda Burney MP talks about the proposed referendum that would enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, and the steps needed t...
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June Riemer and Victor Steffensen from 2022-07-26T21:00
Dunghutti woman June Riemer, Deputy CEO, First People's Disability Network, talks about the Royal Commission hearings into the NDIS, and the NDIA failing First Nations People; and descendent of ...
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Shelley Ware and Lisa Gropp from 2022-07-19T14:29:31
Shelley Ware, Proud Yankunyjatjara and Wirangu woman, and formerly part of the ground-breaking NITV football program Marngrook, speaks about the 'Stop It At The Start' campaign that aims to redu...
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Professor Annabelle Wilson and Cheree Toka from 2022-07-18T10:36:25
Associate Professor Annabelle Wilson, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, speaks about a new academic study that has identified what dietitians and nutritionists need to ...
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Tom Molyneux and Uncle James Michael ‘Widdy’ Welsh from 2022-07-08T10:52:38
Presenter Daniel James speaks with Gunditjmara man Tom Molyneaux about his involvement with the recent 'For Kin and Country' exhibition at the Shrine of Remembrance, which explores the personal ...
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Dr. Anita Heiss from 2022-06-23T10:31:14
Dr. Anita Heiss is a proud Wiradjuri woman, the Professor of Communications at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit for The University of Queensland, an Ambassador for the Indi...
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Dr. Emma Lee on Urgent Action on A Voice to Parliament from 2022-06-14T10:30:54
Presenter Daniel James speaks to Dr. Emma Lee, Associate Professor, Indigenous Leadership, at the Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University, and trawlwulwuy woman of tebrakunna country, nor...
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Nerita Waight and Marcus Stewart from 2022-06-07T11:34:34
Presenter Daniel James talks to Nerita Waight, CEO for the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) about Indigenous imprisonment, the recent IBAC audit of Victoria Police handling of the compl...
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Allira Davis from 2022-05-23T10:44:59
Uluru Youth Manager for the Uluru Youth dialogues, and Cobble Cobble woman, Allira Davis talks with presenter Daniel James about the Uluru Statement From The Heart. To mark the 5th anniversary ...
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Professor Eleanor Bourke on the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission Talks Commence from 2022-04-12T00:01:23
Professor Eleanor Bourke, Wergaia/Wamba Wamba Elder and the Chair of Yoo-rrook Justice Commission, talks about the launch of the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission and its historic work into truth-tel...
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Amba-Rose Atkinson and Dr Michelle Kennedy from 2022-03-08T19:00
To celebrate International Women's day, we hear from Gumbaynggirr woman and PHD-Student Amba-Rose Atkinson who talks about the impact of climate change on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
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Sue-Anne Hunter and Lee-Anne Carter from 2022-03-01T20:00
Wurundjeri and Ngurai illum Wurrung woman and Yoo-rrook Justice Commissioner Sue-Anne Hunter talks about the development of the Roadmap to Hearing Elders’ Voices; and Statewide Community Justice...
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Latoya Aroha Rule and Shakara Liddelow-Hunt from 2022-02-22T21:00
Latoya Aroha Rule is an Aboriginal & Māori, Takatāpui person residing on stolen Gadigal land, Sydney. They are undertaking their PhD at University of Technology, Sydney. Latoya speaks to Dan...
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Dennis Stokes and Cormach Evans from 2022-02-15T20:00
Wardaman, Luritja, Warramunga and Wagadagam man, and CEO of First Nations Media Australia, Dennis Stokes talks about the ‘Above and Beyond Broadcasting’ report, which explores First Nations medi...
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Kellyanne Andy and Marcus Stewart from 2021-12-21T20:00
CEO of the Elizabeth Morgan House Aboriginal Women's Service Inc (EMHAWS), Kellyanne Andy talks about the work of her organization, particularly amidst the pandemic. Kellyanne also touches on th...
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Stephen Gapps and Veronica Gorrie from 2021-12-14T20:00
Author and public Historian, Stephen Gapps talks about his new book ‘Gudyarra: The First Wiradyuri War of Resistance - The Bathurst War, 1822–1824’. The book traces the co-ordinated resistance w...
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Justin Mohamed and Kutcha Edwards from 2021-12-07T20:00
Gooreng Gooreng man, and outgoing Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People, Justin Mohamed reflects on his former role and experiences as Commissioner; and Mutti Mutti man, member o...
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Ian Hamm on Issues Affecting First Nations People from 2021-11-30T20:00
Yorta Yorta man and Chairperson of the First Nations Foundation, Ian Hamm talks about a range of issues affecting Aboriginal communities. Ian talks about the Black Lives Matter movement, and the...
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Lee-Anne Carter and Paul Paton from 2021-11-16T20:00
Wiradjuri and Noongar woman, and Statewide Community Justice Program Leader for the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS), Lee-Anne Carter, talks about the ‘Raise the Age’ campaign, which ai...
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Chelsea Watego on her new book from 2021-11-09T20:00
Chelsea Watego, Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman born and raised on Yuggera country, and Professor of Indigenous Health at Queensland University of Technology, talks about her collection ...
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Bain Attwood and Yessie Mosby from 2021-11-02T20:00
Bain Attwood, Professor of History at Monash University, discusses his book on Aboriginal activist and Yorta Yorta man, William Cooper. The book titled ‘William Cooper: An Aboriginal Life Story’...
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Shaun "Silk" Burgoyne and Professor Eleanor Bourke from 2021-10-19T20:00
Shaun Burgoyne talks about his career in the AFL, as well as his new book ‘Silk: Football, Family, Respect’; and Wergaia/Wamba Wamba woman and Chair of the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission, Professo...
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Chrissy Grant and Jill Gallagher from 2021-10-12T20:00
Kuku Yulanji and Mualgal woman, and Chairperson of the Wet Tropics Management Authority, Chrissy Grant, talks about the recent regaining of ownership of the Daintree Tropical Rainforest by its r...
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Karinda Taylor on the services of the First Peoples’ Health and Wellbeing organisation from 2021-10-05T20:00
First Peoples’ Health and Wellbeing is a dynamic Aboriginal community-controlled health service aiming to improve access to affordable primary health care in urban Melbourne. Wamba Wamba woman a...
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Lee-Anne Carter and Fiona Cornforth from 2021-09-28T20:00
Lee-Anne Carter, Statewide Community Justice Programs Leader at Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, talks about the Federal Court case that has been launched against the Morrison Government, see...
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Author Claire G. Coleman and Director Allan Clarke from 2021-09-21T20:00
Proud Wirlomin-Noongar woman and author Claire G. Coleman talks about her new book ‘Lies, Damned Lies: A Personal Exploration of the Impact of Colonisation’, a book taking the reader on a journe...
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Journalist Karla Grant and author Thomas Mayor from 2021-09-14T20:00
Presenter, producer, and journalist Karla Grant talks about the situation surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak in Wilcannia, as well as her report on the situation for 'Living Black'; and Torres St...
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Brendan Kennedy on restoring cultural flows to the Murray-Darling rivers and Paul Paton on the new cultural landscape strategy from 2021-09-07T20:00
Brendan Kennedy, Tatti Tatti man and delegate for Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN), talks about the impact of mismanagement and inaction on the rivers, explaining the sign...
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COVID in Shepparton and Melb Uni's new Dilin Duwa Centre from 2021-08-24T20:00
Shannon Drake, Proud Wamba Wamba/Jaara woman and Executive Manager of Health and Wellbeing at the Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative in Shepparton, talks about the positive response from the local...
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Senator Lidia Thorpe on Closing the Gap and Lionel Austin on the Vaccine Rollout from 2021-08-17T20:00
Gunnai-Gunditjmara woman, and Senator representing the Australians Greens, Lidia Thorpe, talks about the realities of the most recent ‘Closing the Gap’ report, as well as her experience as a Sen...
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Artist Thelma Beeton and Filmmaker Tiriki Onus on his documentary from 2021-08-03T20:00
Description: Palawa woman and artist Thelma Beeton talks about her artwork featured in Banj Banj/nawnta, an exhibition presented by The...
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Professor Anita Heiss on Indigenous Writing and her new Novel from 2021-07-27T20:00
Proud Wiradjuri woman, author, activist, and social commentator Professor Anita Heiss discusses her new novel Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams, with p...
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SNAICC's Catherine Liddle and artist Jandamarra Cadd from 2021-07-20T20:00
SNAICC CEO and Arrernte/Luritja woman Catherine Liddle, talks about the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day, which is coming up on 4th August; and Yorta Yorta and Dja D...
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Djon Mundine from 2021-07-13T20:00
Bandjalung artist, writer, curator and activist Djon Mundine discusses the King and Wood Malleson contemporary First Nations Art Award and exhibition, which is showing at 45Downstairs. With pres...
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Jon Altman on the NT Intervention from 2021-06-29T20:00
ANU Emeritus Professor Jon Altman discusses his recent article on the harmful policy legacies of the Northern Territory Intervention, which was instilled fourteen years ago. With presenter Danie...
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Luke Pearson from 2021-06-22T20:00
Gamilaraay man, founder and CEO of Indigenous X, Luke Pearson, joins presenter Daniel James to discuss an article that he and Natalie Cromb wrote for Indigenous X about Critical Race Theory. Listen
Justin Mohamed on Aboriginal Kids in Custody from 2021-06-15T20:00
Victorian Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People and Gooreng Gooreng man, Justin Mohamed, joins presenter Daniel James to discuss the ‘Our Youth, Our Way’ report, the result of a ...
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Grant Hansen and Tanna Draper Nagas from 2021-06-08T20:00
Grant Hansen, Taungarung man, broadcaster, footy commentator and co-host of the Marngrook Footy Show discusses Adam Goodes declining the AFL Hall of Fame invitation; and Tanna Draper Nagas, a te...
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Catherine Liddle and Selwyn Button from 2021-06-01T20:00
Catherine Liddle, Arrernte/Luritja woman and CEO of SNAICC, the National Voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, discusses the crisis of the over representation of Aboriginal an...
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Nerita Waight and Kado Muir from 2021-05-25T20:00
CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Services, Yorta Yorta woman Nerita Waight, talks about how Victoria’s bail laws disproportionately affect Aboriginal women, and also what the recent Budget ...
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Professor Eleanor Bourke and Ian Hamm from 2021-05-18T20:00
Newly Appointed Chair of Victoria's Historic Truth-Telling Commission, the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission, Professor Eleanor Bourke, discusses the importance of truth-telling for our collective hi...
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Professor Sandy O'Sullivan and Dr Emma Lee from 2021-05-04T11:45:36
Professor Sandy O’Sullivan, a Wiradjuri person and an expert on critical race theory, discusses anti-racism and why there has been pushback from the Right; and Dr Emma Lee explores the proposed ...
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Brendan Kennedy and Professor Bronwyn Carlson from 2021-04-20T20:00
Tati Tati man Brendan Kennedy, a delegate for Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations, talks to Daniel about The Murray Darling River Basin and what has gone wrong; and Professor Bronwyn...
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Veronica Gorrie from 2021-04-06T20:00
Veronica Gorrie, a proud Gunai/Kurnai woman, talks to presenter Daniel James about her new book, Black and Blue; an honest and sometimes harrowing account of her life as an Aboriginal woman in t...
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Neil Morris from 2021-03-30T20:00
Neil Morris discusses the illegal felling of trees at The Flats on Yorta Yorta country. With presenter Daniel James.
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Priscilla Atkins and Sue-Anne Hunter from 2021-03-16T20:00
Priscilla Atkins, Co-Chair of The National Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (NATSILS) discusses Black Deaths in Custody. Then, social worker and social justice advocate Sue-Anne H...
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Fiona Peterson and Geraldine Atkinson from 2021-03-09T20:00
Healing Foundation CEO Fiona Petersen discusses the Aged Care Royal Commission and its implications for members of the stolen generations. Then, Aunty Geraldine Atkinson, First Nations People of...
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Dr Damien Finch and Dr June Oscar AO from 2021-03-02T20:00
Dr Damien Finch from the University of Melbourne's School of Earth Sciences, tells Daniel how Australia's oldest rock art painting has been identified. Then, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islande...
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Naomi Moran and Dr Jason Agostino from 2021-02-23T20:00
Naomi Moran, First Nations Media Australia Vice-Chair, discusses how the Facebook ban on Australian media content affects First Nations communities; and Dr Jason Agostino, National Aboriginal Co...
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Jadah Pleiter and Nala Mansell from 2021-02-16T20:00
Jadah Pleiter discusses providing the Victorian public with a deeper understanding into the State’s true history with the new campaign, 'Deadly And Proud.' And Nala Mansell, Campaign Coordinator...
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Associate Professor Fiona Johnson from 2021-02-09T20:00
UNSW Engineering Associate Professor Fiona Johnson discusses her recent report regarding up to 22 sacred Indigenous sites and important river systems being under threat in the Northern Territory...
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Archie Roach and Catherine Liddle from 2021-02-02T20:00
New SNAICC CEO Catherine Liddle talks about the challenges facing Aboriginal children in 2021; and Archie Roach talks about his memoir 'Tell Me Why: the Story of My Life and My Music', which rec...
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Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report; and William Cooper’s legacy from 2020-12-16T20:00
Productivity Commissioner Romlie Mokak explores the release of the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report; and Dr. Lois Peeler discusses William Cooper's legacy with respect to the German gov...
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Public Drunkenness laws; and the Victorian Budget from 2020-12-01T20:00
Jill Gallagher, CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO), reflects on how the Victorian State Budget impacts Aboriginal Communities; and Victorian Attorn...
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Closing the Gap; and Structural Violence in Child Protection from 2020-11-24T20:00
Professor Hugh Taylor AC, Melbourne Laureate Professor, talks about Closing The Gap on Indigenous eye health; and Damian Griffis, CEO First Peoples Disability Network, talks about First Nations ...
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Family Matters Report 2020 and Racism in the Workplace from 2020-11-17T20:00
Sue-Anne Hunter, Chair of Family Matters, talks about 'The Family Matters Report 2020' findings of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children taken away from their families at alarming rat...
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Pat Anderson&Justin Mohamed from 2020-11-10T20:00
Social justice trailblazer Pat Anderson AO talks about sharing the Uluru Statement from the Heart with multicultural communities, and working toward translating it into more than 60 languages; a...
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NAIDOC week on NITV from 2020-11-03T20:00
SBS Director of Indigenous Content Tanya Denning-Orman talks to fill-in host Paul Gorrie about NITV's NAIDOC Week lineup.
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Future Dreaming; and Djab Wurrung destruction from 2020-10-27T20:00
Kent Morris, CEO of The Torch, talks about the online exhibition ‘Future Dreaming’ featuring artworks created within Victorian prisons during the pandemic; and Djab Wurrung woman Sissy Eileen Au...
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Trees in southeast Australian Aboriginal cultures; and ‘Music Culture Change.’ from 2020-10-20T20:00
Dr Brian Martin talks about a new project aiming to produce an Indigenous-led study on the significance of trees in southeast Australian Aboriginal cultures; and Luke Briscoe, aka DJ DIMULJI (MY...
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Sustainable Development and the Budget from 2020-10-13T20:00
Architect Jefa Greenaway reflects on the United Nations sustainable development goals; and Lee Sheppeard, PhD candidate, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and School of Human Movement and Nu...
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The Greens, the Uluru Statement, and Deadly Science from 2020-10-06T20:00
Lawyer and researcher Eddie Synot comments on the Greens changed position on the Uluru Statement From The Heart; and NSW 2020 Young Australian Of The Year Corey Tutt chats 'Deadly Science' and h...
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Jack Latimore and Thomas Mayor from 2020-09-29T20:00
Writer Jack Latimore shares his response to the Black Lives Matter movement, discussing his new essay for 'Meanjin Quarterly' called ‘Through a Mask, Breathing’. Then author Thomas Mayor joins D...
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Investigating police brutality; and First Nations country music from 2020-09-22T20:00
Nerita Waight, Co Chair of National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS), discusses a proposal for an independent police oversight body for investigating instances of ...
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Racism and the AFL; and Heritage Destruction Consequences from 2020-09-15T20:00
Professor Barry Judd, Director of Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne, talks to Daniel about racism and the AFL. And Jamie Lowe, CEO of the National Native Title Council, talks abo...
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Marcia Langton on Heritage Site Destruction from 2020-09-01T20:00
Professor Marcia Langton AM discusses the impact of mining companies on Aboriginal heritage sites, ahead of the WA Government releasing its draft Aboriginal Heritage Protection Bill. With prese...
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Vietnam Veterans Day and Torres Strait Island climate action from 2020-08-18T20:00
Michael Bell from the Australian War Memorial talks about Aboriginal servicemen in the Vietnam War; and Torres Strait Island man Yessie Mosby talks about the legal action and fight to save the ...
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Renaming cheese from 2020-08-11T20:00
Academic and anti-racism campaigner Dr. Stephen Hagan discusses his 20 year campaign to re-name a brand of cheese. With presenter Daniel James.
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Closing The Gap and COVID in Urban Aboriginal Communities from 2020-08-04T20:00
Catherine Liddle, CEO of First Nations Media, talks to Daniel about the new national agreement on Closing the Gap. And Daniel McAullay discusses the threat of the pandemic on urban aboriginal co...
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Raise The Age and Black Lives still Matter from 2020-07-28T20:00
Roxanne Moore, Executive Officer from NATSILS (National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service) discusses why we need to raise the age of criminal responsibility. And Meriki Onus, c...
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Crisis line ‘Brother To Brother’; and Murray Darling Basin from 2020-07-21T20:00
Alan Thorpe, Director of Dardi Munwurro (Strong Spirit) 24 hr crisis line 'Brother To Brother' talks about the important work of on supporting Aboriginal men through COVID; and Fred Hooper, Cha...
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Truth Telling Process&Aboriginal Lives Matter from 2020-07-14T20:00
Marcus Stewart, Co-Chair of the First People's Assembly of Victoria, talks about the Victorian Government’s support for a truth-telling process; and Tracey Hanshaw, founder of Justice Aunties In...
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Hard Lock Down in Melbourne Public Housing from 2020-07-07T20:00
Jill Gallagher AO discusses Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations' (VACCHO) response to the hard lockdown in Melbourne's public housing.
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Structural racism and Low Uptake of the Flu Vaccine from 2020-06-30T20:00
Dr Shireen Morris, a McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Melbourne Law School, discusses how public support for the Uluru Statement From The Heart is key to the end of structural racism in Austr...
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Death in custody Law Reform&Lidia Thorpe from 2020-06-23T20:00
CEO of Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia, Dennis Eggington, talks about law reform in the wake Ms Dhu's tragic death in custody in 2014. And Gunai-Gunditjimara woman Lidia Thorpe dis...
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Coalition of Peaks and Aboriginal Deaths in Custody from 2020-06-16T20:00
Co-Chair of the National Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, Nerita Weight talks about Coalition of Peaks partnering with Australian governments to close the gap; And Meriki Onus, ...
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Gary Foley&Ruling on use of Tear Gas from 2020-06-09T20:00
Historian, activist and actor Gary Foley talks about the current Black Lives Matter protests and their historical significance, as well as his appearance at the upcoming St Kilda Film Festival. ...
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Rio Tinto, and First Nations Arts Awards winner from 2020-06-02T20:00
Chief Executive of the National Native Title Council, Jamie Lowe, discusses the recent destruction of an Aboriginal heritage site by Rio Tinto mining company in the Western Pilbara region; and a...
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Sorry Day, Rec Week, and Social housing. from 2020-05-26T20:00
On this Sorry Day episode, Dr Andrew Peters talks about the importance of recognition and reconciliation; and former CEO of Aboriginal Housing Victoria, Jenny Samms, provides an update on the Vi...
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Documentary ‘Maralinga Tjarutja’&the lack of social housing from 2020-05-19T20:00
Writer and director Larissa Behrendt talks about the making of her new film MARALINGA TJARUTJA. And Kellyanne Andy, Elizabeth Morgan House Aboriginal Women's Service Inc CEO, discusses access t...
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Listening to Elders, and First Nations service men and women from 2020-05-12T20:00
Visual artist Mayrah Dreise talks about the importance of listening to Elders' wisdom and knowledge; and the Australian War Memorial's Indigenous Liaison Officer Michael Bell talks about the his...
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Clean Out Prisons Campaign from 2020-05-05T20:00
First Nations lawyer Roxanne Moore and Tanya Day's daughter Apryl Watson discuss the impact of COVID-19 in prisons. With presenter Daniel James.
Reconciliation&COVID-19 in Aboriginal Communities from 2020-04-28T20:00
Reconciliation Victoria CEO Diana David and newly appointed Co-Chair Shane Charles explore a future of respect, justice and understanding; and journalist Amy McQuire reports on the fight against...
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Aboriginal people in STEM; and inDigiMOB from 2020-04-22T20:00
Indigitek Director, Ben Armstrong, yarns about the lack of Aboriginal people in ccience, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers; and Catherine Liddle of First Nations Media Austr...
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Coronial inquest into Tanya Day&lack of PPE for Aboriginal health organisations from 2020-04-14T20:00
Karen Heap, Chairperson of the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation discusses the need for personal protective equipment in Aboriginal health settings; and Apryl Watson,...
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Impacts of COVID-19 in prisons, food security in remote Aboriginal communities from 2020-04-07T20:00
Dr. Thalia Anthony from UTS's Faculty of Law discusses the potential impacts of COVID-19 in prisons and CEO of Leedal, John Rodriguez informs on the disruption in food supply in remote Aborigina...
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Binge shopping, Aboriginal patients face racism and Sovereignty: A Way Forward. from 2020-03-31T20:00
Dr Tanya Schramm, a board member of Australian Indigenous Doctors Association about patients facing racism during the pandemic. Then Youth Affairs Council Victoria’s Young Thinker in Residence L...
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Protecting Aboriginal communities from COVID-19 and the Stolen Generations redress scheme. from 2020-03-24T20:00
Daniel is joined on the line by Dawn Casey, Deputy CEO of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, to discuss some of the measures put in place to protect Aboriginal com...
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The Mission - 10 March 2020 from 2020-03-10T20:00
This week on The Mission, Daniel is joined on the line by co-host of NITV football talk show Yokayi Footy, Tony Armstrong. Then Daniel is joined in the studio by the host of RRR program Still He...
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The Mission - 3 March 2020 from 2020-03-03T20:00
Daniel returns to interview Archie Roach and then is joined on the phone by CEO of Aboriginal Housing Victoria, Darren Smith.
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The Mission - 28 January 2020 from 2020-01-28T20:00
Guest host Rachel Hocking and Lidia Thorpe discuss Invasion Day protests and paying the rent. Then Rachel interviews Sydney singer/songwriter, Akala Newman.
The Mission - 21 January 2020 from 2020-01-21T20:00
Guest host Gizmo D is joined by co-host Yorta Yorta musician, Allara. First up an interview with Boonwurrung man, Steve Parker, about his work in flora and fauna education. Then Creative Directo...
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The Mission - 14 January 2020 from 2020-01-14T20:00
Guest host Gizmo D presents selected tracks from Arrente language learing tools from the arrernte-angkentye.online resource. Plus, Bundjalung man and Firesticks Alliance Indigenous Corporation C...
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The Mission - 7 January 2019 from 2020-01-07T20:00
Award-winning NITV journalist Madeline Hayman-Reber has been covering the effects of the bushfires in Aboriginal communities. She tells guest host Gizmo D what she’s been seeing and hearing on t...
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The Mission - 24 December 2019 from 2019-12-24T20:00
Daniel shares a short section of his interview with Dark Emu author Bruce Pascoe from earlier this year and then, deliveres a live reading of his essay Listen
The Mission - 17 December 2019 from 2019-12-17T20:00
Goa-Gunggari-Wakka Wakka Murri woman Leah Purcell is a writer, director and actor. She sits down for an in-depth discussion with Daniel James about her new novel, The Drover’s Wife.
The Mission - 10 December 2019 from 2019-12-10T20:00
Chair of Healing Foundation’s Stolen Generations Reference Group Ian Hamm discusses the ‘Working with Stolen Generations: Understanding Trauma’ guide and kit for GPs; then Victoria Treaty Advanc...
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The Mission - 3 December 2019 from 2019-12-03T20:00
The Saturday Paper journalist Rick Morton explains how it only took two days of research to learn that none of Andrew Bolt's claims about Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu were borne out by the primary ev...
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The Mission - 12 November 2019 from 2019-11-12T20:00
Host Daniel James, discusses the Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody and the police shooting death of a young Warlpiri man. Then Daniel interviews author Tara June Winch.
The Mission - 5 November 2019 from 2019-11-05T20:00
Daniel is joined by First Nations assitant curator at The Australian Museum, Mariko Smith.
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The Mission - 29 October 2019 from 2019-10-29T20:00
Claire G. Coleman delves into her second novel, The Old Lie; then, Richard Weston, chief executive of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care, discusses the Family Matters...
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The Mission - 22 October 2019 from 2019-10-22T20:00
Thomas Mayor chats about his new book, Finding the Heart of the Nation, and director Charmaine Ingram tells us about her documentary, Tayamangajirri, screening on NITV.
The Mission - 15 October 2019 from 2019-10-15T20:00
Winda-Marra CEO Jason Kanoa discusses the need for Criminal Record Discrimination reform. Daniel also interviews Emeritus Professor Jon Altman about the research he has conducted on the detrimen...
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The Mission - 24 September 2019 from 2019-09-24T20:00
Professor Marcia Langton talks about the youth edition of her book Welcome to Country; then, Amos Roach gives us the details on his Melbourne Fringe Festival show Neon Corroboree.
The MIssion - 17 September 2019 from 2019-09-17T20:00
Daniel interviews Tyson Yunkaporta about his book Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World.
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The Mission - 10 September 2019 from 2019-09-10T20:00
Uncle Jack Charles joins Daniel for a convo about his new book, Born Again Blakfella. Then, Victorian Treaty Advancement Commissioner Jill Gallagher provides an update on the process towards Tre...
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The Mission - 3 September 2019 from 2019-09-03T20:00
Daniel speaks with Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) CEO Trevor Pearce about the upcoming repeal of public drunkenness laws, and Tina Raye, Program Manager o...
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The Mission - 27 August 2019 from 2019-08-27T20:00
Wiradjeri man and journalist Stan Grant discusses his film, The Australian Dream. Plus, former Greens MP Lidia Thorpe shares her thoughts on Djab Wurrung, The Uluru Statement from the Heart, and...
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The Mission - 13 August 2019 from 2019-08-13T20:00
Daniel interviews Bundjalung woman and the Miles Franklin award-winning novelist Melissa Lucashenko. He also talks to The Deans of Soul about their album Equal.
The Mission - 30 July 2019 from 2019-07-30T20:00
George Newhouse, lawyer for the family in the coronial inquest into the death of Naomi Williams, and Naomi’s best friend Talea Bulger talk to Daniel. Then, Rodney Dillon, Palawa Elder and Indige...
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The Mission - 23 July 2019 from 2019-07-23T20:00
Director Alex Siddons talks about his documentary The Art of Incarceration. Artist and documentary subject Christopher Austin also joins the conversation. Plus, Joanne Doherty from Elizabeth Mor...
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The Mission - 16 July 2019 from 2019-07-16T20:00
Daniel catches up with Eddie Synot, Senior Research Assistant at Griffith University. He also talks to Gunditjmara Elder and Traditional Owner Denis Rose about the World Heritage listing of Budj...
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The Mission - 9 July 2019 from 2019-07-09T20:00
Antoinette Braybrook, CEO of the Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria, discusses the failures of the Parents Next program and her speech to the UN. Later, June Oscar ...
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The Mission - 2 July 2019 from 2019-07-02T20:00
ABC journalist Steven Schubert talks about his book Mandatory Murder. Daniel is also joined by Justin Mohamed, Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People, discusses the taskforce find...
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The Mission - 25 June 2019 from 2019-06-25T20:00
Gunditjmara man and filmmaker Richard Frankland reflect on his works and the 2019 NAIDOC theme of ‘Voice. Treaty. Truth.’.
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The Mission - 18 June 2019 from 2019-06-18T20:00
Associate Professor and Aboriginal Cardiologist Luke Burchill chats about Indigenous heart health. Later, Natalie Cromb, the Indigenous Affairs Editor of Independent Australia, discusses the rec...
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The Mission - 11 June 2019 from 2019-06-11T20:00
Daniel has an extended conversation with Bruce Pascoe about his book Young Dark Emu: A Truer History.
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The Mission - 4 June 2019 from 2019-06-04T20:00
Guest host Rachael Hocking, interviews filmmaker Ian Darling about his latest documentary The Final Quarter. Later, Rona Glynn-McDonald chats about the First Nations Bedtime Stories Challenge. Listen
The Mission - 28 May 2019 from 2019-05-28T20:00
Directors Martin Thomas and Béatrice Bijon discuss their doco Etched In Bone, exploring the theft and return of human bones to Arnhem Land. Then, Daniel speaks with CEO of Reconciliation Victori...
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The Mission - 21 May 2019 from 2019-05-21T20:00
Daniel talks to Margo Neale, Senior Research Fellow of the National Museum of Australia and principal adviser to the Director on Indigenous Matters, and the newly appointed president of the Comm...
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The Mission - 14 May 2019 from 2019-05-14T20:00
Director Dean Gibson tells us about his documentary, Wik vs Queensland, screening at the 2019 Human Rights Arts and Film Festival.
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The Mission - 7 May 2019 from 2019-05-07T20:00
Daniel interviews Victorian Treaty Advancement Commissioner and Gunditjmara woman Jill Gallagher AO. He also talks to human rights lawyer and Noongar woman Roxanne Moore.