The Mission

Bandjalung artist, writer, curator and activist Djon Mundine discusses the King and Wood Malleson contemporary First Nations Art Award and exhibition, which is showing at 45Downstairs. With presenter Vanessa Morris, filling in for Daniel James.

Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission

ANU Emeritus Professor Jon Altman discusses his recent article on the harmful policy legacies of the Northern Territory Intervention, which was instilled fourteen years ago. With presenter Daniel James.

Article: https://arena.org.au/lest-we-forget-the-harmful-policy-legacies-of-the-northern-territory-intervention/

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Gamilaraay man, founder and CEO of Indigenous X, Luke Pearson, joins presenter Daniel James to discuss an article that he and Natalie Cromb wrote for Indigenous X about Critical Race Theory. 

Article: https://indigenousx.com.au/critical-race-theory-what-isnt-it/

Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission

Victorian Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People and Gooreng Gooreng man, Justin Mohamed, joins presenter Daniel James to discuss the ‘Our Youth, Our Way’ report, the result of a three year inquiry looking at solutions into the crisis of the over-representation of Aboriginal kids in custody.  

Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission

Report: https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/upholding-childrens-rights/systemic-inquiries/our-youth-our-way/

Grant Hansen, Taungarung man, broadcaster, footy commentator and co-host of the Marngrook Footy Show discusses Adam Goodes declining the AFL Hall of Fame invitation; and Tanna Draper Nagas, a teacher at Lilydale Heights College, talks about teaching kids, role models, and how her Indigenous identity feeds into her teaching. With presenter Daniel James.

Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission

Catherine Liddle, Arrernte/Luritja woman and CEO of SNAICC, the National Voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, discusses the crisis of the over representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out of home care; and Selwyn Button, Board Member of the Lowitja Institute, talks about the fourth anniversary of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and the significance of it winning the Sydney Peace Prize. With presenter Daniel James. 

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CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Services, Yorta Yorta woman Nerita Waight, talks about how Victoria’s bail laws disproportionately affect Aboriginal women, and also what the recent Budget cuts have meant for the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Services; and Kado Muir, Chairperson of the National Native Title Council, discusses what the one-year anniversary of the destruction of the Juukan Caves, and what needs to be done to ensure devastation like this doesn’t happen again. With presenter Daniel James. 

Website:  https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission

Newly Appointed Chair of Victoria's Historic Truth-Telling Commission, the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission, Professor Eleanor Bourke, discusses the importance of truth-telling for our collective history; and Ian Hamm, Chair of the Board of Directors at First Nations Foundation, discusses his recent article for The Age in which he outlines why it is so crucial to move the conversation about truth telling from a place of deficit. With presenter Daniel James. 

Website:  https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission

Professor Sandy O’Sullivan, a Wiradjuri person and an expert on critical race theory, discusses anti-racism and why there has been pushback from the Right; and Dr Emma Lee explores the proposed changes to the school curriculum in Australia, which would include more First Nations content. With presenter Daniel James. 

Website:  https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission

Tati Tati man Brendan Kennedy, a delegate for Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations,  talks to Daniel about The Murray Darling River Basin and what has gone wrong; and Professor Bronwyn Carlson from Macquarie University discusses Australia’s silence on violence against Indigenous women.’ With presenter Daniel James. 

Website:  https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission