How do we make events like Fashion Week more culturally safe? Hire Black. In this episode Mundanara yarns with award-winning artist and photographer, Bobbi Lockyer about pursuing your dreams despite the doubters, honouring our Elders and making events more culturally safe.

Bobbi is a self-described “true mermaid queen”. The artist and Ngarluma, Kariyarra, Nyulnyul and Yawuru woman says she is obsessed with the ocean and in love with rainbows and colour. In 2021 she was named NAIDOC Artist of the Year and her art has been featured in Vogue and on the Paris Fashion Week runway, with her work described as ‘groundbreaking’, ‘revolutionary’ and ‘artistic’. With her eclectic style and distinctive content, Bobbi has amassed a following of thousands across her social media accounts where she shares her real life as a solo mother and tips and tricks in photography and art.

Recommendations throughout this episode:

https://www.bobbilockyer.com/

Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au

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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do. If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, [email protected]

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Has there been progress in the Australian media industry?

Antoinette is a multi award-winning journalist, author, broadcaster, TEDx speaker, mental health ambassador. If that wasn’t enough she’s also the co-founder of Media Diversity Australia - a not for profit that seeks to increase cultural and linguistic diversity in mainstream media.

In this episode, Mundanara and Antoinette discuss what it’s like to work in the Australian media as a Lebanese woman from a working-class family, her book ‘How to Lose Friends and Influence White People’, the role of non-black people of colour in dismantling structures and using humour to navigate the conversation of racism in Australia. 

Recommendations throughout this episode: 

Book: https://www.booktopia.com.au

Tedtalk: https://www.youtube.com

Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au

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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities.  Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.

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How can technology be used to enrich a young person’s connection to identity and culture?

Leanne Sanders is a Kamilaroi, Tati Tati, Wadi Wadi and Mutti Mutti woman and the CEO of First Nations female-led tech company, Visual Dreaming. Through the development of their Visual Dreaming app, Leanne and her team aim to utilise technology to build a future based on individual and community visions and give youth the tools to shape a positive future for themselves through sharing the richness of Aboriginal Spiritual Wellbeing. 

In another installment of the Indigenous Business Australia partnership series, Mundanara yarns with Leanne about how she sees technology and business as tools to create opportunities and shape a better future for our communities.

Recommendations throughout this episode: 

https://visualdreaming.au/

Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au

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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities.  Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.

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This episode is proudly sponsored by Indigenous Business Australia who serves, partners and invests with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who want to own their own future.

June Oscar AO is a proud Bunuba woman from the remote town of Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. She is a strong advocate for Indigenous Australian languages, social justice, women’s issues, and has worked tirelessly to reduce Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

June has held a raft of influential positions including Deputy Director of the Kimberley Land Council, chair of the Kimberley Language Resource Centre and the Kimberley Interpreting Service and Chief Investigator with WA’s Lililwan Project addressing FASD. She led a successful community driven campaign for alcohol restrictions in Fitzroy Crossing and is an international advocate on the impacts of intergenerational trauma and the need to restore societal wellbeing through the revitalisation of cultural practices, languages and connection to land and water.

In 2013 June was awarded an Officer of the order of Australia for distinguished service to the Indigenous community of Western Australia, particularly through health and social welfare programs. In 2015, June received the Menzies School of Health Research Medallion for her work with FASD. In 2016, she was the recipient of the Desmond Tutu Global Reconciliation Award, she was named NAIDOC person of the year in 2018, and in 2019 she was bestowed the honorary role of a Distinguished Fellow of ANZSOG.

June began her five-year term as Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner in 2017, and in April 2022 she was reappointed for a further two years. She published the landmark Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) Report in December 2020 and continues to pursue its full implementation to advance First Nations gender justice and equality in Australia.

Recommendations throughout this episode:

https://humanrights.gov.au/about/get-involved/events/wiyi-yani-u-thangani-national-summit-we-are-change-9-11-may-2023

Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au

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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.

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Born in Warrnambool, South West Victoria 1963 Fiona Clarke is a Kirrae Whurrong Aboriginal woman.

For over 30 years Fiona has depicted her Aboriginal culture through the visual arts, including tapestry, painting, public art and through children’s literature. Fiona has created a variety of artworks using uncomplicated symbols, juxtaposed against rich earthy backgrounds and colours, producing vibrant contemporary works of art.

Today Fiona is quite well known, and her work is in collections nationally and internationally. More recently her focus is on public arts and has been commissioned to create works, in Warrnambool, Colac, Camperdown, Terang, and Melbourne.

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This episode is proudly supported by Monash University, promoting the Masters of Indigenous Business Leadership program, delivered by Monash Business School & The William Cooper Institute.

A proud Dunghutti man, Josh has over eight years’ experience providing professional services to a wide range of clients across Australia including Federal Government, listed and non-listed entities. Josh is a highly accomplished Chartered Accountant and was the recipient of the 2021 ACT Young Chartered Accountant of the Year award and the Indigenous Leaders Program Scholarship through the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Josh is currently a Senior Manager within Deloitte’s Indigenous Services Group.

Josh is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and currently holds and has held a number of Directorships including Bangarra Dance Theatre, the YMCA Canberra, Inaugural Chair and founding member of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Panel for Charted Accountants Australia and New Zealand, Ausdance ACT, Deputy Chair of the Young Chartered Accountants’ Committee. Josh also sits on the National scholarship panel for Chartered Accountant’s Australia.

Recommendations throughout this episode: 

https://www.monash.edu/study/courses/find-a-course/2023/indigenous-business-leadership-b6024

https://www.bangarra.com.au/about/people/joshua-duke/

https://www2.deloitte.com/au/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/home.html

Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au

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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities.  Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.

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Lisa Sarago is a proud Yidinji/Yalanji woman and the CEO leading the Goanna Group which includes Goanna Solutions, Goanna Solutions Education, and Yapang (charitable organisation). Goanna is a unique brand and boasts the ability to provide education to employment for diverse cohorts, with Goanna Education being the only Indigenous ICT RTO operating in Australia.

Working across many industries, Lisa started her career in Queensland Government, and led teams in a variety of programs. Lisa was integral as a trailblazer in advocating for and supporting the establishment and development of various community-based organisations and initiatives across the Cape York, Torres Strait and broader Queensland communities.

A focus across all of her roles has always centred around strong leadership and advocating for disadvantaged groups to access services and opportunities. Bringing this passion to the digital sector focusing her efforts on ensuring disadvantaged and marginalised groups have access to training and employment opportunities.

Recommendations throughout this episode: https://goannasolutions.com

Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au

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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities.

Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do. If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, [email protected] 

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This episode is proudly sponsored by Indigenous Business Australia who serves, partners and invests with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who want to own their own future.

Lacey Long is a proud Kamilaroi woman on Barada Barna Country, Middlemount Central QLD. She’s a wife and mother, and the owner and founder of Buck Wild Country and Friends of The Wild Collective.

Buck Wild Country was founded in 2018. Starting with one design for men, the range quickly grew to over 20 designs for men, women and children. Today, Buck Wild Country is a proudly Australian Lifestyle and Fashion brand, built with love for the whole family.

When Lacey is not at home being a Mumma, you can find her designing for future collections in the magical space she has created for her work and community: Friends Of The Wild, where Buck Wild Country lives alongside other beautiful, small Australian brands.

Recommendations throughout this episode: 

https://buckwildcountry.com/

Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au

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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.

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Mayála-Bol is a social enterprise focused on holistic social and emotional wellbeing for First Nations women and youth in Darwin, NT. 

We are 100% Aboriginal owned and run for the purpose of wellness & healing for First Nations women. 

They develop and facilitate holistic wellbeing workshops, culturally safe healing circles and wellbeing resources. Mayála-Bol was co-created by Noni Eather and Menah Mckenzieaim to encourage and increase Social & emotional wellbeing protective factors via mindfulness, story telling and creating space for connections.

Noni is recognised as Njawámud/Godjan belonging to Kunibídji / Kunbarlang families in the west Arnhemland, balancing French anglo-celtic lineage.Noni's life includes manoeuvring between the city of Meanjin (Brisbane) with her fathers guidance around artists and creatives of the 'Campfire Group' collective and also her mothers homelands of and around remote coastal community Maningrida. The fusion of two different world-views embedded into her realities has allowed Noni a unique insight as well as lived experience which she is learning to harness, to work towards bridging gaps and cross-cultural connections. She acknowledges the privilege gained from mainstream opportunities & education alongside matrilineal responsibilities in community via relationships, families, language and environment. She also recognises the challenges in these spaces.

Menah Mckenzie known as Bulanjyan is from the community of Maningrida of West Arnhem Land.

Following her fathers side she belongs to the Anbarra Diyama people and speaks the Burarra language. Her mothers lineage tracks to central Australia and to the Kimberley's in Western Australia. Menah proudly holds bloodlines from saltwater to Desert. Menah has worked in community services, Youth work, suicide prevention and event work for many years. Developing and delivering a vast arrange of workshops to youth across Arnhem Land & the Darwin region including social and emotional wellbeing, sexual health, women's Empowerment, youth re-engagement, Leadership workshops, & music and song writing.

Recommendations throughout this episode: 

https://www.mayalabol.com/

Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au

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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities.  Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.

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This episode is proudly sponsored by Indigenous Business Australia who serves, partners and invests with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who want to own their own future.

Priscilla Mason is a proud Worimi woman from Port Stephens, NSW and is the director of Indigeco, a Supply Nation certified business that offers a range of specialised services to the construction industry. Indigeco are passionate about promoting employment opportunities for Indigenous individuals and communities within the sectors they operate. For more info please see links below.

Recommendations throughout this episode:

https://indigeco.com.au/about-us/

https://supplynation.org.au

Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au

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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.

If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, [email protected]

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/black-magic-woman.

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