The Mission

Veronica Gorrie, a proud Gunai/Kurnai woman, talks to presenter Daniel James about her new book, Black and Blue; an honest and sometimes harrowing account of her life as an Aboriginal woman in the police force.

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Neil Morris discusses the illegal felling of trees at The Flats on Yorta Yorta country. With presenter Daniel James.

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Priscilla Atkins, Co-Chair of The National Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (NATSILS) discusses Black Deaths in Custody. Then, social worker and social justice advocate Sue-Anne Hunter on the March For Justice movement.
With presenter Daniel James.
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Healing Foundation CEO Fiona Petersen discusses the Aged Care Royal Commission and its implications for members of the stolen generations. Then, Aunty Geraldine Atkinson, First Nations People of Assembly Co-Chair and Bangerang and Wiradjuri woman, talks about the establishment of the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission by the Victorian Government, which will be the nation’s first truth-telling process into injustices experienced by Aboriginal people since colonisation. With presenter Daniel James.

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Dr Damien Finch from the University of Melbourne's School of Earth Sciences, tells Daniel how Australia's oldest rock art painting has been identified. Then, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar talks about racially-motivated violence, and issues confronting Aboriginal women and girls. With presenter Daniel James.

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Naomi Moran, First Nations Media Australia Vice-Chair, discusses how the Facebook ban on Australian media content affects First Nations communities; and Dr Jason Agostino, National Aboriginal Controlled Community Organisation (NACCHO) Medical Advisor, talks about plans to roll-out the COVID-19 vaccine to First Nation communities across the country. With presenter Daniel James.
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Jadah Pleiter discusses providing the Victorian public with a deeper understanding into the State’s true history with the new campaign, 'Deadly And Proud.' And Nala Mansell, Campaign Coordinator at the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, reflects on the decade-long campaign agitating for The Royal Society of Tasmania and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery to return 14,000-year-old Aboriginal artefacts to their original site. With presenter Daniel James.

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UNSW Engineering Associate Professor Fiona Johnson discusses her recent report regarding up to 22 sacred Indigenous sites and important river systems being under threat in the Northern Territory. With presenter Daniel James. 

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New SNAICC CEO Catherine Liddle talks about the challenges facing Aboriginal children in 2021; and Archie Roach talks about his memoir 'Tell Me Why: the Story of My Life and My Music', which recently won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing. With presenter Daniel James.

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Productivity Commissioner Romlie Mokak explores the release of the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report; and Dr. Lois Peeler discusses William Cooper's legacy with respect to the German government officially apologising for its refusal to accept the Australian Aborigines League letter of protest about the Nazi persecution of Jews. With presenter Daniel James.

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