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The second annual Call it Out report has been released by the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Sydney. The report maps incidents of racism experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Indigenous Australians are most commonly experiencing widespread stereotyping and discrimination - and nowhere is safe for them from racist abuse.

Stan Grant says he always dreamed of being a journalist. And last week he walked away from his dream after facing a systemic racism and vitriol thrown at him.  It's not a new thing. Adam Goodes and Yassmin Abdel-Magied have also experienced overwhelming hate, leading to the pair both stepping away from the spotlight.  In this episode of The Quicky, we take a look at what happened to Stan Grant, how his employer handled a wave of racist trolling and how every Australian is part of the problem...and can be part of the solution.  Subscribe to Mamamia GET IN TOUCH Feedback? We're listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at podcast@mamamia.com.au CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at thequicky@mamamia.com.au CREDITS  Host: Claire Murphy With thanks to:  Nareen Young - Professor for Indigenous Policy at the University of Technology Sydney's Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research.  Voice actors were used for some parts of this episode.  Producer: Claire Murphy Executive Producer: Kally Borg Audio Producer: Thom LionBecome a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Acknowledgement of Country//3CR would like to acknowledge the Kulin Nations – true owners, caretakers and custodians of the land from which we broadcast. 3CR pays respect to Elders, past and present of the Kulin Nation. We recognise their unceded sovereignty./ Martin Hodgson//Martin Hodgson is a Senior Advocate at the Foreign Prisoners' Support Service and co-hosts Curtain the Podcast along with South Sea Islander and Darumbal writer and academic Amy McQuire. Martin spoke with Priya about the shameful crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Australia and the work he has been doing with Amy and the families of these women to fight for justice and draw attention to systemic discrimination. Please be aware that this interview contains distressing content- if you need to speak with someone about this, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14. Bhiamie Williamson//Bhiamie Williamson, Research Associate and PhD candidate at the Australian National University, speaks with us about the disporportionate vulnerability of Indigenous peoples to climate change, and the need for Indigenous-centred disaster management and climate change mitigation strategies in Australia.// Fiona Allison//Dr Fiona Allison, Senior Research Fellow at Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, joins us to speak about the Call It Out racism register released this week by the National Justice Project and Jumbunna Institute, which aims to track instances of racism against First Nations people. She has worked on national and other projects related to improving justice outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including in the area of race discrimination and racism and in the criminal justice system. Find out more https://callitout.com.au/ Gary Foley//Professor Gary Foley joins us to speak about the upcoming national cinema release of the fully restored documentary NINGLA-A'NA. NINGLA-A'NA is the inside story of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, which celebrated its 50th year of continued occupation and resistance this year. The documentary is the only film shot inside the Embassy, up close and personal with the people who established it. The film will screen at Cinema Nova in Carlton this coming Friday 30th September, Saturday 1st October and Sunday 2nd October (details here). There will be special panels on Friday with Professor Gary Foley, Lidia Thorpe and Tony Birch, and on Sunday with Professor Gary Foley, Rulla Kelly Mansell and Rachel Maza. Sue-Anne Hunter//Sue-Anne Hunter is a proud Wurundjeri and Ngurai (Nu-Ray) Illum Wurrung woman and Deputy Chair and Commissioner with the Yoorrook Justice Commission. Sue-Anne is a child and family services practitioner who has focused her career around using culture as a foundation for healing trauma and addressing the impacts of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families and communities. She joins us today to speak on the The Yoorrook Justice Commission's upcoming investigation into the impact of the child protection and criminal justice systems on First Peoples in ''Victoria''. Yoorrook's public hearings will be livestreamed on the Yoorrook website from December 5. Songs//Blak Matriachy - Barkaa/Indigenous Land - DRMNGNOW/Finesse - Pania/Black Child - Birdz and Mo'ju/  

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW -  AUGUST 22ND 2022Produced by Vivien LangfordT I P P I N G  P O I N T S - IN NATURE AND SOCIETY Guests:Music by Tom Hume - "Petition" and Tambah Project " Our Song"- https://environmentalmusicprize.com/ Erica Chernoweth with Shankar Vedantam  - https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/how-to-change-the-world/ August 7th Climate Rally in Sydney organised by Knitting Nanas and Water for Rivers Alison Boyd - Greens MLC NSW Parliament Rilka   -   Blockade Australia Paul Keating - Sydney Branch Secretary of Maritime Union of Australia Paddy Gibson - Workers for Climate Action &  Jumbunna Institute https://www.uts.edu.au/research/jumbunna-institute-indigenous-education-and-research David Spratt - Research Director for Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restorationhttps://www.breakthroughonline.org.au/climatedominoes Nick Breeze - Producer of Climate Genn. Please check out these fine podcasts from UK https://genn.cc/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9wB0P3Y5d0 TIPPING POINTS IN NATURE AND SOCIETY The burning question is what forms of Climate Action  work? Are the harsh new anti protest laws a sign that Government fears the huge changes demanded by campaigners?  Is  ABC  RN turning up at a Blockade Australia safe place a sign? I was delighted. It was daring for the ABC. Geoff Thompson's Background Briefing is well worth a listen, though 3CR has been reporting on this movement for ages.  We are looking for social tipping points when the majority of people understand that direct action is needed.  Nature understands the tipping points of hot house gasses, the Antarctic Ice shelf just crumbles..... and you know the rest.PODCAST :  https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/inside-the-climate-activists-plan-to-shut-down-australia/101324992  In search of what climate action works, I quote from Erica Chernoweth's study on how Non Violent Action has more lasting effects than Violent revolution, especially if we all get behind it. Then I go to the Sydney Climate Rally of August 7th. The harsh new anti protest laws and imminent opening of new gas wells are upermost in our minds.Paddy Gibson talks about the hopes of the Gommeroi people that the new government will stop the Santos Gas project in the Pilliga. Yet Santos is attempting to overide their Native title to establish  850 gas wells in the Pilliga Forest.Paul Keating and Abigail Boyd voice the massive opposition from unions and civil society groups to the new police powers over protesters and Rilka speaks about how harshly they had been applied to Blockade Australia. Then we hear from David Spratt talking to Nick Breeze about climate risk. He says that the IPCC is giving policy makers the wrong message.   For him the only question is "What is the worst that can happen and what do we need to do to prevent it? Breaking news : Paul Gilding's comments on changing our focus from reducing emissions to slowing the RATE of warming by cancelling methane."Much of the climate debate and its central arguments were formed in the 1990s when we perceived we had decades to get things under control. The context has now dramatically changed. The 2020s already see unprecedented heatwaves, wildfires, floods, emerging food crises and related geopolitical conflict – and yet this process has just begun. Every fraction of a degree of warming now brings us closer to climate tipping points that if breached, could lead to a runaway process we cannot control. We are teetering on that edge.Therefore, we need to reset the debate to have a laser focus on the immediate rate of warming and everything that influences it.This will not be easy. History shows that most large-scale global change happens with many distributed actions. Rather than ‘death by a thousand cuts', it's more like ‘life by a thousand little victories.' Thus, most arguments about the merits of different possible actions on climate change, end up with the same conclusion – we need an ‘all of the above' strategy. We see no silver bullets or amazing heroes, just all of us, and all that we do.Sometimes, though very rarely, an idea comes along which is not like that. A single action that could literally change the course of history.I believe slashing methane emissions urgently, with large reductions this decade, is such an action. Methane is a climate weapon of mass destruction if we don't act, but a silver bullet if we do. It will not stop climate change - not even close - but it might buy us the time to do so. Success in rapid methane reduction could be the singular difference between achieving some level of messy but manageable global change vs the descent into chaos and economic collapse.However, we will only take this action if we shift our mindset and focus from the ‘level of emissions' to the ‘rate of warming'.It's a hard argument to make because of the deeply entrenched focus and momentum on emissions reduction – towards which all progress is then seen as additive. As a result, everyone agrees methane is important, but its singular power to change the path we are on is not yet recognised.Let me be very clear - my key argument is not ‘methane vs CO2', it is ‘warming vs emissions.' They're connected, but very different. And it's the difference that defines the importance.If we are to reduce the existential risk of runaway climate change, we must slow the 'rate of warming' in less than 10 years. Even drastic reductions in CO2 emissions - while essential and urgent for different reasons - will simply not get us there. Firstly, because CO2 warms the climate slowly (and thus cutting it reduces the rate of warming slowly) and secondly because cutting fossil fuel use also reduces the aerosol pollution which currently has a temporary ‘cooling' effect.Given all the above, we can see that slowing the ‘rate of warming' is our single most critical task and urgent methane reduction is the most viable way to achieve it.We must therefore throw everything at this task – including faster elimination of fossil fuels, especially gas, and a dramatic focus on food and agriculture, particularly livestock. And we must deliver this change in less than 10 years.It's a tall order. The good news is that, while not easy, it's completely doable. Everything we require is available - we just need to decide. As with fossil fuels, the incumbent players will argue it's complicated and difficult, bad for jobs and the economy, that ‘sure we need to change, just not so fast!'.They are completely wrong. The science is clear that the path we are on – unprecedented climate events, geopolitical chaos, food crises and the risk of runaway warming - is immeasurably and incomparably worse than anything we can do to slow it down.If you want to understand the detail behind this argument, I explored it all in a recent discussion paper at the University of Cambridge. It covers the emergency nature of the task, the actions available and the economic opportunities that result. In particular, I explain why a focus on food and agriculture – particularly livestock – should now be our priority task.This detail matters, but don't let it distract you from the simplicity of the idea. The path we are on today is accelerating climate change with the risk of runaway warming and global economic chaos. We can choose a different path, but only if we slash methane emissions to slow the rate of warming. The future may well be determined by our decision."~ Paul Gilding, 15 August 2022PDF:https://www.paulgilding.com/s/CC-emissions-v-warming-20220815-FINAL.pdfDiscussion paper:https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/resources/publications/methane-markets-and-food-how-climate-emergency-will-drive-urgent-focus Source:https://www.paulgilding.com/cockatoo-chronicles/shifting-focus-from-emissions-to-warming      

 7:15am - Prof Lyndall RyanAn eight year long project to map the massacres of people on the Australian frontier is the “first sustained effort to break the code of silence” on the violence of colonisation. The map is not definitive, because so many massacres were hidden and people have never talked about them, but this is the first time we have a national map that has a clear method of investigation. The true picture may never be known because the code of silence about massacres has been universal. Prof Lyndall Ryan, the academic and historian who led the massacres map project at the University of Newcastle joined Marisa Sposaro on Doin Time earlier in the week     CONTENT WARNING:  A warning that the audio contains information about acts of violence that may cause distress.(There are no images of people on this website) 7:30am - Emma Macey-StorchEmma Macey-Storch is the director of the film GEETA. A film about a mother's heartfelt attempt to support herself and her daughter after an acid attack. The Melbourne premiere is scheduled for this Wed 30th of March at 7pm at the Astor Theatre. You can find tickets on :https://www.astortheatre.net.au/films/geeta Please be advised that this interview contains discussion of intimate partner violence, physical assault, and acid attacks. If you need support please contact 1800RESPECT(1800 737 732) or Safe Steps on 1800 015 188. 7:45am - Matt KunkelMatt Kunkel is the CEO of the Migrant Worker's Centre and joins us today to discuss visa and migration pathways. We will discuss the Centre's recent Lives in Limbo report and the recent news that Australia will begin recognising degrees from India. 8:00am - Tilde Joy3CR producer extraordinaire Tilde Joy comes on to chat about our special Trans Day of Audibility 2022 broadcast, 7 hours of trans radio this Sunday the 27th of March from 12-7PM in the lead up to Trans Day of Visibility on 31 March. 8:15am - Fiona AllisonDr Fiona Allison, Senior Research Fellow at Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, joins us to speak about the Call It Out racism register released this week by the National Justice Project and Jumbunna Institute, which aims to track instances of racism against First Nations people. She has worked on national and other projects related to improving justice outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including in the area of race discrimination and racism and in the criminal justice system.

Marisa interviews Tiffany Overall, Policy, Advocacy & Human Rights Officer at Youthlaw about raising the age of criminal responsibility in Australia to at least 14, in order to reflect international medical standards.  They discuss the ongoing battle by various legal organisations in the space of youth incarceration in this country, including Youthlaw's submissions to a national review, a disappointing plan for a proposal by Attorneys-General to raise the age to 12 years. Later, Marisa reads An Interview With the Jumbunna Institute's Paddy Gibson by Paul Gregoire, from Sydney Criminal Lawyers, highlighting the level of intimidation by the far-right that's currently happening in activist spaces. 

A huge repatriation effort has been ongoing for decades, in an attempt to return the ancestors and sacred objects of Indigenous people back to their homeland. We speak to two men who've helped develop a digital archive - to support that movement.Featured:Steve Hemming, associate professor, Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, UTSDaryle Rigney, a citizen of the Ngarrindjeri nation, Director of the Indigenous Nations and Collaborative Futures Research hub, Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, UTSProducer/Presenter: Julia Carr-CatzelMusic: Epidemic Sound, Blue Dot Sessions

Professor Larissa Behrendt discusses her public education experience and what schools can do to improve learning outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

 Warraburra Nura Native Garden In Conversation with Alice McAuliffe Creative Producer You may not know of garden in on the 6th floor of a building that you the public can visit. From the website, “Waraburra Nura is a public medicinal plant garden at the University of Technoly (UTS) Sydney, developed by UTS ART in partnership with Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research (JIIER). Established in 2018, the garden is located on level 6 of the UTS Tower.  'Nura' is a local word meaning country or the place that you are from. Let’s find out more.I’ve being talking with Alice McAuliffe who is a creative producer . Alice recalled that Waraburra Nura didn't start so much as a garden but as a way of creating a third dimension for artworks by various aboriginal and torres strait islander artists. Alice put forward a proposal the idea to put in a few boxes with plants initially but the idea grew. The process to create the garden involved designer Nicole Monk. Garden boxes were sent up from Melbourne. Garden soil had to be light so that the weight would not be too heavy for the balcony plus a possible 100 people. Aunty Fran Bodkin  (Dharawal Senior and botanist) advised that the soil should contain pumice. Plants were chosen because they had medicinal properties, and together created associations which increased their medicinal properties. This garden is open to the public on weekdays during student hours  'About the garden' section on the website states that “Waraburra Nura (Happy Wanderer’s Place) is a space for visitors to connect to Country in an urban environment. The garden utilises combination planting, an Indigenous agricultural practice which enhances the rich medicinal value of each plant. All of the plants in Waraburra Nura are native to Wa’ran (Sydney) and have been cultivated by Darug, D’harawal and Gadigal peoples for generations. If you have any questions about Waraburra Nura, drop us a line to realworldgardener@gmail.com or write to 2rrr PO Box 644 Gladesville NSW 1675

Lindon Coombes, Professor of Indigenous Policy at the Jumbunna Institute at the University of Technology Sydney is perfectly placed to provide an informed Indigenous perspective on the hits and misses in the federal budget.

Lindon Coombes, Professor of Indigenous Policy at the Jumbunna Institute at the University of Technology Sydney is perfectly placed to provide an informed Indigenous perspective on the hits and misses in the federal budget.

August 28th was Equal Pay Day or rather the day that brings into focus that there is still a 14% gap between women’s pay for comparative work of men’s and that there is a systemic bias in favour of men that leaves women carrying the weigh of social cohesion but in poverty in old age. Today’s program follows part of the panel discussion hosted by Victorian Trades Hall Council and will be facilitated by the co-Leads of the Women's Team, Jodi Peskett and Pia Cerveri. We hear from panel members Tanja KovacCEO Genvic, Melbourne, Victoria  Andrea CarsonPolitical scientist and an Associate Professor in journalism in the Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria  Nareen YoungIndustry Professor, Indigenous Policy (Indigenous Workforce Diversity) at Jumbunna Institute of Indigenous Education and Research at University of Technology, Sydney, NSW. 

Photo: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Courtesy Unsplash fezbot2000 #RaiseTheAgeIn 2019, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child recommended 14 years as the minimum age of criminal responsibility, but in Australia it's still 10 years old. Aboriginal organisations, human rights groups, youth advocates, doctors and lawyers have been urging the Council of Attorneys-General (CAG) to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 but at a meeting held on July 27th, the Council failed to act.Chris Cunneen is a professor in criminology at Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Sydney. His article in The Conversation, Ten-year-olds do not belong in detention. Why Australia must raise the age of criminal responsibility makes the case for immediate action. For the Hibakusha: ICAN marks 75 years since the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago this week, on August 6th, 1945, the first nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, followed by another bomb on Nagasaki on August 9th. Since then nuclear testing has had devastating effects on Aboriginal peoples in Australia and the Pacific. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN, begun in 2007 and succeeded in introducing a nuclear weapons ban treaty in the United Nations in 2017. ICAN won the Nobel Peace Prize that same year for their work on this issue. Gem Romuld, Australian Director of ICAN, tells us about events organised across the Australia to mark the anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and to acknowledge the Hibakusha, survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and their pledge to make sure it never happens again.  

Caring for kids, funding cuts threaten the viability of the peak community-controlled child protection service in NSW.

Caring for kids, funding cuts threaten the viability of the peak community-controlled child protection service in NSW.

In episode eight of Frontier War Stories Boe Yarns with Paddy Gibson activist and Senior Researcher, from Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Sydney. Preventing the Punitive Expedition Planned (Massacre) in Arnhem Land in 1933, after the killing of a police officer by Yolngu leader Dhakiyarr Wirrpanda who fatally speared a NT police officer Constable McColl. Now, both the NT Administration and the Department of the Interior in Canberra began to prepare a “punitive expedition” that would ride into Arnhem Land and “teach the natives a lesson”. Dhakiyarr's act of resistance inspired an unprecedented movement of support for Aboriginal rights across broad sections of Australian society.  

In episode eight of Frontier War Stories Boe Yarns with Paddy Gibson activist and Senior Researcher, from Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Sydney. Preventing the Punitive Expedition Planned (Massacre) in Arnhem Land in 1933, after the killing of a police officer by Yolngu leader Dhakiyarr Wirrpanda who fatally speared a NT police officer Constable McColl. Now, both the NT Administration and the Department of the Interior in Canberra began to prepare a “punitive expedition” that would ride into Arnhem Land and “teach the natives a lesson”. Dhakiyarr's act of resistance inspired an unprecedented movement of support for Aboriginal rights across broad sections of Australian society.  

In this two part episode we're exploring Indigenous connection to place. How can we interpret and give life to Indigenous significance, culture and stories in our design for places and infrastructure? How does this help us create better places for everyone, and how does this help us achieve our sustainability goals?Special guests: Ailsa Walsh, a proud indigenous woman of the Yuggera, Lardil, and Kullili Countries.  Ailsa is an incredible aboriginal artist who helped us bring our new Brisbane office to life with her paintings. Michael Hromek, Technical Executive in WSP's Indigenous Specialist Services team.  Michael is also a researcher and Professional Tutor at the University of Technology, Sydney's Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research.Ben Gibbs, an associate in our Sustainability team whose work helps many different organisations to achieve their sustainability goals.Show-notes01:02 - Incorporating Indigenous design into places, to meet sustainable design objectives02:31 - Indigenous culture reflected in public spaces and its impact on future generations 04:07 - Using Indigenous designed to enrich online spaces

In this two part episode we're exploring Indigenous connection to place. How can we interpret and give life to Indigenous significance, culture and stories in our design for places and infrastructure? How does this help us create better places for everyone, and how does this help us achieve our sustainability goals?Special guests: Ailsa Walsh, a proud indigenous woman of the Yuggera, Lardil, and Kullili Countries.  Ailsa is an incredible aboriginal artist who helped us bring our new Brisbane office to life with her paintings. Michael Hromek, Technical Executive in WSP's Indigenous Specialist Services team.  Michael is also a researcher and Professional Tutor at the University of Technology, Sydney's Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research.Ben Gibbs, an associate in our Sustainability team whose work helps many different organisations to achieve their sustainability goals.Show-notes: 02:00  What is Indigenous knowledge?03:12  About 900 Anne Street04:08  The origins of the Aboriginal led co-design methodology adopted to 900 Anne Street06:06  An Aboriginal artist's experience of the co-design methodology09:28  What is a yarning circle?10:31  The yarning circle in a corporate space

Aunty Glendra Stubbs has dedicated her life to helping some of society's most marginalised to overcome the trauma resulting from past injustices, from victims of child sexual abuse to survivors of the Stolen Generations.

Aunty Glendra Stubbs has dedicated her life to helping some of society's most marginalised to overcome the trauma resulting from past injustices, from victims of child sexual abuse to survivors of the Stolen Generations.

Alison Whittaker pens a queer Aboriginal love letter to Barnaby Joyce and long-standing Gunnedah haven, the Chip Inn. Alison Whittaker is a Gomeroi writer and lawyer born and raised in Gunnedah. She is Senior Researcher at the Jumbunna Institute. From 2017-18, she was a Fulbright recipient at Harvard Law, where she was Dean’s Scholar in Race, Gender and Criminal Law. Alison’s latest book, BLAKWORK (Magabala 2018), was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards and the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, and received the Queensland Literary Award for Poetry. @AJ_Whittaker Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and follow Queerstories on Facebook. The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be purchased on Booktopia. To support Queerstories, become a patron at www.patreon.com/ladysingsitbetter And for gay stuff and insomnia rants follow me - Maeve Marsden - on Twitter and Instagram.

After sustained disappointment on a national level, several states and territories have progressed their own discussions on Indigenous treaties. So what can the Commonwealth learn from those processes?

After sustained disappointment on a national level, several states and territories have progressed their own discussions on Indigenous treaties. So what can the Commonwealth learn from those processes?

Australia remains the only commonwealth country yet to sign a Treaty with it’s First Peoples, but with discussions progressing in a number of States and Territories focus has shifted towards developing a Treaty framework and identifying how best to streamline the process.

Australia remains the only commonwealth country yet to sign a Treaty with it’s First Peoples, but with discussions progressing in a number of States and Territories focus has shifted towards developing a Treaty framework and identifying how best to streamline the process.

What role do GLAM institutions have in activism? Should GLAM workers be creating activist spaces?Anna Clarke, host of 2SER 107.3’s GLAMcity, speaks to a panel of GLAM workers about what how cultural institutions should engage with social issues.Kirsten Thorpe, Worrimi woman, professional archivist and senior researcher at the Jumbunna Institute; Sheona White, director of the Penrith Regional Gallery and Jennifer Newell, manager of climate change projects at the Australian Museum, talk about their own thoughts on the place of activism in GLAM institutions, and where the sector should go from here.

The challenge for Minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, is to develop a Treaty model that will take a majority of Australians forward in support, so what are the options?

The challenge for Minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, is to develop a Treaty model that will take a majority of Australians forward in support, so what are the options?

Is the Australian public ready for an open and honest discussion on the pros and cons of an Indigenous Treaty? Our expert panel believes it is, but true leadership is needed.

Is the Australian public ready for an open and honest discussion on the pros and cons of an Indigenous Treaty? Our expert panel believes it is, but true leadership is needed.

As the state of Victoria pushes ahead with plans to develop a Treaty with Traditional Owners, our expert panel examine best strategies to advance a similar process nationally.

As the state of Victoria pushes ahead with plans to develop a Treaty with Traditional Owners, our expert panel examine best strategies to advance a similar process nationally.

Mukurtu is a Warumungu word meaning “dilly bag” or a safe keeping place for sacred materials. Nina Maile Gordon/The Conversation CC-NY-BDReader advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article may contain images of people who have died. A few years ago, the State Library of NSW was working with Moree’s Dhiiyaan Centre to pull together archival photographs of the 1965 Freedom Rides, an Aboriginal-led protest against racist segregationist policies in NSW. Moree – where Aboriginal people were once banned from swimming in the public pool – was an important site in the history of protest against official segregation in Australia, and a key stop on the Freedom Rides route. Demonstrating outside the Council Chambers at Moree, February 1965 Photo from the Tribune archive, State Library of NSW. Courtesy the SEARCH Foundation. Digital ID: 5606003. Photo from the Tribune archive, State Library of NSW. Courtesy the SEARCH Foundation, Author provided (No reuse) Kirsten Thorpe - a Worimi woman, professional archivist and now a researcher at UTS – was then at the State Library, working with Mitchell Librarian Richard Neville to dig out old protest photos to share with the Moree community in the lead up to an exhibition. But in practice, collecting, sharing and storing such digital archives in perpetuity is no simple matter. Surveying at Bowraville, February 1965. Photo from the Tribune archive, State Library of NSW. Courtesy the SEARCH Foundation. Digital ID: 5606019. Photo from the Tribune archive, State Library of NSW. Courtesy the SEARCH Foundation., Author provided (No reuse) How to ensure the material is stored safely, so the whole process doesn’t need to be repeated in a few years time? How to capture the outpouring of memories and stories that such an exhibition evokes? What if the exhibition inspires more people to come forward with important historical material or accounts – where does that material end up? And how to ensure Indigenous people are empowered to tell their own stories and have a say over how digital archives are managed? Enter Mukurtu. Moree residents look on as the students protest outside the Moree Council Chambers, February 1965. Photo from the Tribune archive, State Library of NSW. Courtesy the SEARCH Foundation. Digital ID: 5606004. Photo from the Tribune archive, State Library of NSW. Courtesy the SEARCH Foundation., Author provided (No reuse) Mukurtu (pronounced MOOK-oo-too) is an online system that aims to help Indigenous communities conserve stories, videos, photographs, songs, word lists and other digital archives. Mukurtu is a Warumungu word meaning “dilly bag” or a safe keeping place for sacred materials. It’s a free, mobile, and open source platform built with Indigenous communities in mind to manage and share digital cultural heritage. Kirsten Thorpe says it’s the kind of thing that would have been really useful back when she was collating Freedom Rides material for the Moree community. Conserving Indigenous archives for future generations Mukurtu is/are already being used by Native American communities to store and preserve digital archives, and Kirsten Thorpe – now a senior researcher at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at UTS – is involved in making Mukurtu more widely accessible in Australia. She works with other key players, such as Professor Kimberly Christen at the Centre for Digital Curation and Scholarship in the US and Richard Neville at the State Library of NSW, to ensure the Mukurtu Project has the institutional support it needs to help Indigenous communities protect their cultural heritage for generations to come. On today’s episode of the podcast, Kirsten Thorpe and Richard Neville explain why Mukurtu is needed, how it’s being used and what’s at stake if we don’t find better ways to empower Indigenous people with the skills and tech to conserve and manage digital archives. Freedom rider Charles Perkins (right) surveying members of the Moree community about living conditions, February 1965. Photo from the Tribune archive, State Library of NSW. Courtesy the SEARCH Foundation. Digital ID: 5605027. Photo from the Tribune archive, State Library of NSW. Courtesy the SEARCH Foundation., Author provided (No reuse) New to podcasts? Podcasts are often best enjoyed using a podcast app. All iPhones come with the Apple Podcasts app already installed, or you may want to listen and subscribe on another app such as Pocket Casts (click here to listen to Trust Me, I’m An Expert on Pocket Casts). You can also hear us on Stitcher, Spotify or any of the apps below. Just pick a service from one of those listed below and click on the icon to find Trust Me, I’m An Expert. Additional audio Kindergarten by Unkle Ho, from Elefant Traks ABC News 1965 intro music. Lee Rosevere, Betrayal. Lead image: Nina Maile Gordon

The cultural safety of Indigenous inmates and patients scrutinised, as two separate coronial inquests highlight injustices of both the legal and health sectors.

The cultural safety of Indigenous inmates and patients scrutinised, as two separate coronial inquests highlight injustices of both the legal and health sectors.

As part of Indigenous Business Month in October, the UTS Business School and Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, hosted a panel event called UTS Women Mean Business. The panel featured three Indigenous business women who discussed and reflected on their experiences working in and founding their own commercial organisations. On this episode, we drop in on the panel discussion to hear about Indigenous women’s experiences in the business world. Plus, David and Nicole are joined in the studio by Robynne Quiggin, a Professor of Practice in Indigenous Business and Director of Indigenous Strategy at UTS Business SchoolFurther Reading:You can find more information on Robynne’s work at the UTS Business School here. Dean Jarrett is a proud Gumbaynggirr man and Lecturer in the Management Discipline at the UTS Business school. You can find more information on Dean here.

New research has highlighted why language matters in Deaths in Custody cases.

New research has highlighted why language matters in Deaths in Custody cases.

Are you aware of your legal rights? A new report by the Law Council of Australia has tabled a number of key recommendations, in the hope it’ll lead to better outcomes for the country’s most vulnerable.