With higher death, suicide and infant mortality rates than their non-Indigenous counterparts, death is a constant companion for Indigenous Australians.

We explore Sorry Business - the cultural protocols for death in Indigenous communities - and how workplaces can better understand and support this practice.

Mundanara Bayles of The Black Card is both storyteller and expert.

Produced and written by: Andrea Maltman Rivera and Sam Loy. Researched and hosted by: Andrew Maxwell. Executive produced by: Lisa Annese.

Sorry Business: death in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

Flipping the script on who we include, who we don’t, and how we can do better - in everything from gender, race, mental health and disability, through to the inclusion of LGBTQI+ and Indigenous communities.  

You'll hear stories from fascinating  people of all stripes, with reflection from experts and policy makers, who'll help you master The Art of Inclusion. 

Brought to you by Diversity Council Australia, or DCA.

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Current debates about religion in Australia balance the right to faith with protection of other groups, such as the LGBTIQ+ community, from discrimination.

So we ask: what's it like to be a believer amid such fervent discussions of faith? And how can we get the balance right?

Produced and written by: Andrea Maltman Rivera and Sam Loy. Researched and hosted by: Andrew Maxwell. Executive produced by: Lisa Annese.

In good faith: religion in Australia

We explore what exactly constitutional recognition means to Australia's Indigenous peoples, and more importantly what role wider Australian workplaces play in making recognition a reality.

Thomas Mayor, Branch Secretary for the Northern Territory Branch of the Maritime Union of Australia, helps us understand the complexity of the issue at hand. Ann Sherry, Chairman of Carnival Australia, makes the case for business involvement.

Produced and written by: Andrea Maltman Rivera and Sam Loy. Researched and hosted by: Andrew Maxwell. Executive produced by: Lisa Annese.

Unfinished business: the case for constitutional recognition

Men are the breadwinners, women are the caregivers. But shared care models being rolled out in some of Australia's top companies flip that script.

We hear form one dad taking on a more active caring role, and get expert comment from academic Victor Sojo, as well as Catherine McNair, QBE's Head of Diversity and Inclusion.

Produced and written by: Andrea Maltman Rivera and Sam Loy. Researched and hosted by: Andrew Maxwell. Executive produced by: Lisa Annese.

Sharing is caring: shared care policies in Australia's workplaces

Autism advocate Yenn Purkis shares their experience of being an employee with autism. Expert comment from leading autism researcher Darren Hedley of LaTrobe University. Note: since recording, Yenn Purkis has affirmed a non-binary gender identity and uses they/them pronouns. 

Produced and written by: Andrea Maltman Rivera and Sam Loy. Researched and hosted by: Andrew Maxwell. Executive produced by: Lisa Annese.

Thinking outside the box: neurodiversity and autism at work

All of us will die. Yet we don't think or talk about it.That changes in this episode.

Lisa Gallate, author of Hitting My Reset, shares how multiple losses informed her book.

Expert comment comes from Christopher Hall, a psychologist and CEO of The Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement.

Produced and written by: Andrea Maltman Rivera and Sam Loy. Researched and hosted by: Andrew Maxwell. Executive produced by: Lisa Annese.

Sorry Business: death in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

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