In this final episode of Koori Mail News (formerly The BLAKroom podcast) for 2021, your host Nick Paton yarns with pop music sensation Isaiah Firebrace about his petition on change.org which has more than 293 thousand signatures so far.

Nick talks to Bundjalung woman Kylie Caldwell, and Gamilaraay woman Sophie May about their involvement with the Art on Bundjalung Market coming up on December 18 in Lismore, NSW.

Nick also has a yarn with Sophie and Kylie about both women being selected as finalists in the first ever Koori Mail Indigenous Art award, worth $10,000. 

The Koori Mail News podcast is a Koori Mail production.

The music featured in this podcast is ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ by Isaiah Firebrace.

Sign Isaiah’s petition here: www.change.org/p/aboriginal-history-class-to-be-implemented-into-primary-and-secondary-education?signed=true

More on the Art On Bundjalung Market: www.artonbundjalung.com

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