Deadly Voices from the House

Ainoa Tala Gaidan's artwork was selected to be projects onto the Sydney Opera House Sails as part of Badu Gili 2018.

Rhoda Roberts sits down with Ainoa to chat about his style and history in the art scene.

Fervent, fierce and profoundly personal, Gudirr Gudirr is a powerfully emotive solo work by one of Australia's most revered Indigenous dancer-choreographers, Dalisa Pigram.

Rhoda Roberts sits down with Dalisa to chat about the stage show s inception and what it means today.

Playing at the Sydney Opera House 27 - 30 June.

Casey Conway, is a former NRL player from Queensland. Not only is he an advocate for LGBTQI+ inclusion in sport and acceptance within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, but Casey's recognised around the world due to his modelling career with aussieBum.

Episode 2: Partners features Kirstie Parker and De Greer-Yindimicarlie - Kirstie holds a senior position within the South Australian Public Service and is the former CEO of the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence, seasoned political campaigner and representative for Indigenous voices. De is an award-winning Aboriginal artist practising across a variety of mediums and the owner/operator of Yindi Artz, she is also a graphic designer, film and music producer and entrepreneur. Kirstie and De make a formidable team.

Ben Graetz – AKA Miss Ellaneous is an Indigenous queen who co-founded Miss First Nation 2017 which took place in September in Darwin and was a search for Australia's best Indigenous Drag performers – it built on his work with Queens – The Ultimate Drag Crown. Ben is also a Creative Producer, director, writer & performer.

Dameyon Bonson is the founder of the Black Rainbow Foundation – a national advocacy and touch point set up as a social enterprise to prevent intentional self-harm and social isolation among Indigenous young people who identify as LGBTQI+.

Episode 1: Transitioning features Beau James (who was known as Donna Carstens at the time of the recording) - from the Mununjali clan of the Yugambeh Nation from South-East Queensland, with links to Stradbroke Island. Beau is an accomplished physical theatre/circus performer working in the community arts, social justice and education sectors. They have worked extensively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities throughout Australia and is currently employed as the Manager of Indigenous Programs at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney.

Rhoda Roberts is joined by Danielle Ireland-Piper who serves as Co-Convenor of the Transnational, International and Comparative Law and Policy (TICLP) Network. She teaches constitutional law and various aspects of public international law. Her research interests include human rights, transnational crime, comparative constitutional law and public international law. Her employment history includes time as a NSW Ministerial Policy Advisor in Community Services and Aboriginal Affairs, as a legal officer at the Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission, and in private legal practice. Danielle was also an Associate to the Honourable Justice Kiefel. In 2014, she was awarded a 'National Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning' and in 2013, she won the 'LexisNexis / Australasian Law Teachers Association Early Career Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Teaching of Law.

Join Rhoda Roberts in conversation with Linda Burney in this week's Deadly Voices from the House.

Together they discuss Linda's career in politics, growing up not knowing of her Indigenous heritage, and the feeling of marching alongside 350,000 people for social justice and reconciliation.

On today's episode of Deadly Voices from the House Rhoda Roberts is joined by Linda Burney, the Member for Barton and the first Indigenous woman to be elected to the House of Representatives. Together they discuss Linda's illustrious career in politics, her experience growing up not knowing of her Indigenous heritage, and the feeling of marching alongside 350,000 people for social justice and reconciliation.