The Mission

Jill Gallagher, CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO), reflects on how the Victorian State Budget impacts Aboriginal Communities; and Victorian Attorney-General Jill Hennessy discusses the repeal of public drunkenness as a criminal offence. With presenter Daniel James.

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

Professor Hugh Taylor AC, Melbourne Laureate Professor, talks about Closing The Gap on Indigenous eye health; and Damian Griffis, CEO First Peoples Disability Network, talks about First Nations people with disability raising injustice, discrimination, at the Disability Royal Commission. With presenter Daniel James.

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

Sue-Anne Hunter, Chair of Family Matters, talks about 'The Family Matters Report 2020' findings of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children taken away from their families at alarming rates; and Lisa Annese CEO, Diversity Council Australia, speaks about the experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australian workplaces. With presenter Daniel James.

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

Social justice trailblazer Pat Anderson AO talks about sharing the Uluru Statement from the Heart with multicultural communities, and working toward translating it into more than 60 languages; and Justin Mohamed, Victorian Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People, discusses the increasing use of remand to detain Aboriginal children.  With presenter Daniel James.
Website:  https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission

SBS Director of Indigenous Content Tanya Denning-Orman talks to fill-in host Paul Gorrie about NITV's NAIDOC Week lineup.

With presenter Paul Gorrie, filling in for Daniel James.

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

Kent Morris, CEO of The Torch, talks about the online exhibition ‘Future Dreaming’ featuring artworks created within Victorian prisons during the pandemic; and Djab Wurrung woman Sissy Eileen Austin expresses her grief for the destruction of a sacred tree on Djab Wurrung country.

With presenter Paul Gorrie, filling in for Daniel James.

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

Dr Brian Martin talks about a new project aiming to produce an Indigenous-led study on the significance of trees in southeast Australian Aboriginal cultures; and Luke Briscoe, aka DJ DIMULJI (MYSTIC) chats about his 'Music Culture Change' podcast series. With presenter Paul Gorrie, filling in for Daniel James.

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

Architect Jefa Greenaway reflects on the United Nations sustainable development goals; and Lee Sheppeard, PhD candidate, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, chats about her research into Sports for Development (SfD) for Aboriginal people, and the recent Federal Budget. With presenter Daniel James.

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

Lawyer and researcher Eddie Synot comments on the Greens changed position on the Uluru Statement From The Heart; and NSW 2020 Young Australian Of The Year Corey Tutt chats 'Deadly Science' and his Eureka Award nomination. With presenter Daniel James.

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

Writer Jack Latimore shares his response to the Black Lives Matter movement, discussing his new essay for 'Meanjin Quarterly' called ‘Through a Mask, Breathing’. Then author Thomas Mayor joins Daniel to discuss his latest book ’Finding Our Heart: A Story about the Uluru Statement for Young Australians’. With presenter Daniel James.

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