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Catch up on whats making news for Friday 8th August 2025.

Juanita McLauchlan on the newest Art Gallery of NSW exhibition yilaa minyaminyabal maaru-ma-lda-y (soon everything will be healing)

Learn about Indigenous Science, watch experiments, taste traditional food or even get to visit a nuclear reactor via VR: The Indigenous Science Experience event is a part of the National Science Week and the whole family is invited.

"We're at a crucial time in both the social and political spheres of the world and we want to reflect on how as, 'One Mob' which is the meaning of Ganbun Gulin, we are many"

NITV Radio brings stories from across the country celebrating excellence and sharing whats happening in communities.

The latest in national and international news for Wednesday 6 August 2025.

Catch up on whats making news for Wednesday 6th August 2025.

Catch up on whats making news for Tuesday 5th August 2025.

At the Garma festival this year one of the sessions was about the Warlpiri Project: an initiative to repatriate and reconnect the Warlpiri people with their cultural heritage and repatriate many objects that have been displaced across the world. NITV's John Paul Janke has facilitated the forum.

For Yolŋu people, the homelands are more than just a place to live, they are a way of life, deeply connected to country, culture, and identity. While living on country offers a sense of belonging that town life cannot replace, it also comes with challenges - from rough roads and deteriorating houses to unreliable essential services. In this episode, Dr Sarah Hanieh speaks with Margaret Dhorrpuy Munyarryun, who calls the homeland community of Dhambala home. She shares the realities of life in the homelands, the resilience it takes to stay, and why teaching young children about identity and connection is more important than ever.

For award winning musician and advocate Emily Wurramara the Garma festival is about community and sharing ideas and knowledge. Emily talks about her story and why it is so important that there are more Indigenous women in her industry. Listen also to Emily's song that she performed for NITV.

Molly Hunt has been a mural artist at Garma – both last and this year. Molly is well known for blend of digital illustrations, animations and mural art. With NITV she talked about her art creations at the festival, her story and advocacy.

Xavier Rudd, a musician of Wurundjeri and European heritage and an adopted member of the Dhuwa mob in Arnhem Land shares with NITV why it is so special for him to be part of this year's Garma festival. He also plays his song Morning Birds.

NITV Radio brings you highlights from this years 2025 Garma Festival.

NITV Radio brings you highlights from this years 2025 Garma Festival.

NITV Radio brings you highlights from this years 2025 Garma Festival.

NITV Radio brings you highlights from this years 2025 Garma Festival.

NITV Radio brings you highlights from this years 2025 Garma Festival.

NITV Radio brings you highlights from this years 2025 Garma Festival.

NITV News reporter Emma Kellaway sat down with Yothu Yindi Foundation head Djawa Yunupingu at Garma 2025.

This year celebrates the 25th Garma Festival on Yolngu Country in North-East Arnhem Land.

NITV Radio brings stories from across the country celebrating excellence and sharing whats happening in communities.

The latest in national and international news for Friday 1st August. 2025.

Catch up on whats making news for Friday 1st August 2025.

Marc Peard, Jordan Vaha'akolo and Brook Ruscoe bring their hit podcast to Sydney and the Gold Coast this August.

Catch up on whats making news for Thursday 31st July 2025.

NITV Radio brings stories from across the country celebrating excellence and sharing whats happening in communities with host, Lowanna Grant.

The latest in national and international news for Wednesday 30th July 2025.

Catch up on whats making news for Wednesday 30th July 2025.

Catch up on whats making news for Tuesday 29th July 2025.

The New South Wales government is investing $1.5 million to establish a dedicated literature hub next to the State Library of New South Wales, mirroring Victoria's Wheeler Centre.

Victoria's Premier Jacinta Allan has dismissed a new report claiming the Labor government has invested almost $400 million on Treaty negotiation since 2016.

"We see generations of First Nations consumers who aren't able to access their own money. This is money that's been held on trust for them during their time of need whether that may be for financial hardship, retirement or to pass on to the next generation"

What happens when a remote island community must build its own dialysis unit to keep families together? In Galiwin'ku, a Yolŋu community on Elcho Island in the Northern Territory, rates of chronic kidney disease are rising, forcing many to leave their homelands for life-saving dialysis treatment—often hundreds of kilometres away. In this episode, Dr Sarah Hanieh speaks with Charlie Yebarrarr Dhamarrandji, a community member undergoing dialysis, and Kat Baxter, a dedicated dialysis nurse from Purple House—an Indigenous-led healthcare service providing dialysis in remote communities. Together, they discuss the profound significance of the new local dialysis unit: what it means for culture, identity, and community.

Who gets awarded for bravery and why? In the final episode of Uncle Charlie: The Invisible Hero, host Paulien Roessink speaks to community members who know a lot about awarding bravery. We'll hear from David Arden, the president of the Royal Humane Society of Australasia, and Michael Bell, Indigenous Liaison for the Australian War Memorial, alongside previous guests of the series. We'll find out why people still think formal recognition from the government is due 83 years after Uncle Charlie saved three Dutch people during the Broome Air Raid attacks.

"working with and listening to communities directly has been really fundamental"

Labor's election promise will see 20 per cent of higher education debt cut for three million Australians, with the income threshold to start paying back the debt lifted to $67,000.

Rock wallabies once thought to be extinct in WA, until a pair were spotted in a remote gorge by rock climbers in 2016.

"for me the GO Foundation has been a lot more than financial support, there's a strong community there that does a lot of mentoring"

"Importantly those entrepreneurs are generating that value purely by operating...because there shouldn't be an expectation on Indigenous businesses to go above and beyond, and provide programs that we would not expect the average small to medium enterprise to provide."

Musician, songwriter and music producer, Candice Lorrae is no stranger to the spotlight, but her recent recognition as one of two recipients of the First Nations Fellowship award at the 2025 First Nations Arts and Culture Awards is a powerful reminder of the impact she's having across both industry and community.

"The lack of indigenous people in the commercial fishing industry is so, so unfortunate. If you can create a business that's sustainable, that's culturally directed, you can create jobs and a middle class within small coastal towns."

"I was a appreciative to be a finalist, let alone a winner. I felt like a winner just being a finalist and having my work recognised."

"everything I wanted when I first started performing was to not be the only Blakfulla in the room... it's so rewarding on a personal and community level to have more and more young queer mob coming into these spaces"

Action to further protect children in childcare is set to be among the federal government's first priorities.

The Federal Court delivered its ruling on the case that was lodged in 2015, granting three traditional owner groups the Latji Latji, Ngintait and Nyeri Nyeri peoples, native title in Victoria's northwest.

"It's part storytelling, it's part performance, it's part drag and part drag"

Baleen Moondjan, Tina - A Tropical Love Story, Preparing Ground and The Bogong Song are just some of the First Nations programming in 2025's Brisbane Festival.

A legal complaint has been lodged against Quantas over last months cyber attack that saw millions of customers data stolen.

"My heart is broken for my family and my community. Love has driven us on this journey for the last 5 years, love for our families and communities. That love will keep driving us."

Two years after the Broome air raid—when Japanese Zero fighter planes attacked and more than 80 lives were lost—local Bardi man Charles D'Antoine was awarded a medal by the Kingdom of the Netherlands for saving three Dutch nationals. Now, 83 years on, the Australian government has yet to formally acknowledge Uncle Charlie's act of bravery. In the second episode of this 3-part series, host Paulien Roessink finds out who Uncle Charlie was, and what was the cost of being a hero?