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In the north of Australia, enormous amounts of money are being invested in plans to irrigate using water from some of our wildest rivers.
Wangki Radio’s Dylan Storer explores the situation in Australia’s North West and the lessons to be learnt from the failures in the Murray Darling Basin.
Produced for the 2019 CBAA National Features and Documentary Series.
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Bernard Namok Senior designed the Torres Strait Flag, 27 years ago, but despite its continued use, it’s still not clear who owns the copyright to the design.
Join Bernard Namok Junior from TEABBA as he embarks on a journey to resolve the copyright issues surrounding the flag that his father designed.
Produced for the 2019 CBAA National Features and Documentary Series.
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The so-called national homeless crisis continues to impact communities everywhere, from cities to regional Australia.
Bay FM’s Mia Armitage shares stories from the Byron area on the Northern Rivers of New South Wales.
Produced for the 2019 CBAA National Features and Documentary Series.
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Pregnancy often involves prenatal screening and testing, that can be mystifying and confusing.
3CR’s Amy McMurtrie explores the potential impact prenatal tests have for our society through the lens of two parents.
Produced for the 2019 CBAA National Features and Documentary Series.
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Accessing transport can be a struggle for many, particularly if you have a disability.
Transport engineer, David Brown, from Northside Radio, explores what is required from planners to overcome common barriers to access.
Produced for the 2019 CBAA National Features and Documentary Series.
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The Country Women’s Association is at the heart of rural traditional values, so when a young, urban feminist comes knocking on their door, will there be a place for her in the organisation?
Find out as Alice Ansara gives us a personal insight into a woman’s place in a small country town.
Produced for the 2019 CBAA National Features and Documentary Series.
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Aguer Athian brings us some stories from South Sudanese youth in Australia to give voice to the voiceless in Hear Our Voices.
Produced by Aguer Athian of 3ZZZ, Melbourne. Supervising production by Maddy Macfarlane.
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In Finding Voice, Bangladeshi poet and journalist Humayun Reza speaks about the challenges some writers face in Australia.
Produced by Mick Paddon of Eastside FM. Supervising production by Sharon Davis.
Discover more at the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) website.
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Aoife Cooke takes us to what’s formally known as a “medically supervised injecting centre", but is known to some as The Shooting Gallery.
Produced by Aoife Cooke of 3CR, Melbourne. Supervising production by Georgia Moodie.
Discover more at the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) website.
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In Hidden Carers, Meredith Gilmore sits down with two of the quarter million Australians caring for family members living with mental health difficulties.
Produced by Meredith Gilmore of Coast FM 963. Supervising production by Ian Crouch.
Discover more at the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) website.
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From the publisher's feed
From water and drought to coal mines in small towns, a neighbourhood's safe-injecting room to the Country Women's Association's brand of feminism, each year these and more stories are told by Australian communities in their own words through the National Features and Documentary Series.
City to the bush, coast to coast, since 2013 the NFDS has commissioned audio works from all over Australia by budding community radio producers.
Produced for the Community Radio Network at the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia with training and mentoring from the Community Media Training Organisation.