Bunjil's Fire

Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe gets on the line with Raine Sinclair from Melbourne4Assange to discuss the recent news of Julian Assange's release from imprisonment in the UK, plea deal with the United States court, and return to Australia.

For this episode of Bunjil’s Fire, Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe and guest host puralia meenamatta - Jim Everett are joined by special guests Ruth Langford and Teanau Tuiono.Jim Everett - puralia meenamatta is a Turbuna man from the plangermairreenner clan in so-called Tasmania. He is a writer and activist who has recently been protesting the destruction of forestry in the Styx Valley of the Giants.Ruth Langford is a Yorta Yorta woman living in so-called Tasmanina, with a diverse background in environmental activism, social justice, youth work and the arts.Teanau is an activist, advocate, organiser and the Greens First Pasifika MP, with Cook Islands and Māori heritage. He is working at the intersection of indigenous rights and environmental issues. And will discuss the impacts of AUKUS military pact in Aotearoa and the Pacific Islands.

For this episode of Bunjil’s Fire, Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe and guest host puralia meenamatta - Jim Everett have a chat with Yaraan Couzens Bundle. Yaraan Couzens Bundle is a proud Gunditjmara, Yuin and Bidjara woman and a spokesperson for the Southern Ocean Protection Embassy Collective (SOPEC).  SOPEC is calling for protection for Gunditjmara sea country from seismic blasting for oil and gas.  She’ll also bring us updates on the protection of Djab Wurrung birthing trees.

For this episode of Bunjil’s Fire, Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe and guest host puralia meenamatta - Jim Everett are joined by Uncle Wayne ‘Coco’ Wharton.Uncle Wayne ‘Coco’ Wharton is a Kooma Murri and long-time aboriginal activist.  He will bring us updates on Sovereignty campaigns from Meanjin.

For a special Radiothon edition of Bunjil's Fire, Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe chats with Mohamed Mayara, journalist, political activist, human rights defender and trade unionist who lives in occupied Western Sahara.Press release from Australia Western Sahara Association:"Australia Western Sahara Association is hosting Mohamed Mayara, a journalist, political activist, human rights defender and trade unionist who lives in occupied Western Sahara. Mohamed will visit Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. The tour is generously supported by Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA.Mohamed is the co-founder and coordinator of the collective of independent journalists Equipe Media that aims to document Morocco’s repression against those who work for a free Western Sahara. He has been persecuted, arrested, tortured and unfairly dismissed from jobs. He continues to be threatened and regularly receives death threats.Mohamed is committed to advocating for the rights of the Sahrawi people. His commitment is deeply rooted in personal history, having witnessed the pain of disappearances and persecution within his family." For more information see https://awsa.org.au/

Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe gets on the line with Gomeroi woman, activist, educator, artist and performer, Gwenda Stanley for a special Radiothon edition of Bunjil's Fire.

Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe chats with Palestinian activist Shams Moussa about the ongoing genocide occuring in Palestine, and current campaigns against local weapons manufacturers.

Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe catches up with barrister Len Lindon to discuss and analyse current Aboriginal affairs within the judicial system.

Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe discusses Aboriginal affairs with Gomeroi woman, activist, educator, artist and performer, Gwenda Stanley.

Uncle Robbie Thorpe chats with Sinem Saban, Director, Writer and Producer of the film Ḻuku Ngärra: The Law of the Land. They're also joined by the film's Associate Producer, Pania Edmons. Regular guest, barrister Len Lindon also joins in towards the end of the episode."Winner of the Change Award at Adelaide Film Festival and the Human Rights Awards at Montreal Independent Film Festival, Ḻuku Ngärra: The Law of the Land is the extraordinary story of one Yolŋu elder’s 45 year journey fighting for the political and spiritual freedom of his people.Unflinching in his delivery and integrity, yet soft in his humanity – Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra has a confronting and urgent message for Australians and the world as he questions the long standing paradigm that controls us all.Rev. Dr Djiniyini Gondarra OAM is an initiated clan leader within the Yolŋu Nation who has spent the most part of his 79 years of life as a civil rights activist, a spiritual leader, a cross cultural mediator, an educator and one of few elders who has dedicated his life to upholding the traditional law of his people.Filmed over 5 years in Northeast Arnhem Land and as a result of a 16 year friendship between Dr Gondarra and Director Sinem Saban, Ḻuku Ngärra: The Law of the Land presents an intimate exploration of Yolŋu law and how it has kept their people in balance with the environment and with each other for over tens of thousands of years. With the onset of colonisation and the enforcement of its ideologies and laws, the film illuminates how this foreign system that is so completely at odds with their own has created chaos to their lives, their spirituality and the environment.Through the first-hand experience living between two worlds and the pool of wisdom that comes from such an experience, Dr Gondarra demands that we ask the big questions around what is law, what is freedom and who is really in control of our lives?" - Our Generation MediaḺuku Ngärra: The Law of the Land is screening at Cinema Nova on Friday, May 31st at 6:30pm- purchase tickets here