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

Neil Morris discusses the illegal felling of trees at The Flats on Yorta Yorta country. With presenter Daniel James. Website:   https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission

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

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 in...

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. Website:   https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/pr...

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. Website:   https://w...

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...

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

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

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. Website:   https://www.rrr.org.au...

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://ww...

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...

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...

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

Nerita Waight, Co Chair of National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS), discusses a proposal for an independent police oversight body for investigating instances of police brutality. And journalist Rachael Hocking talks to Daniel about First Nations connection to country music and the cancellation of the Tamworth Country Music Festival. With presenter Daniel James. Webs...

Professor Barry Judd, Director of Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne, talks to Daniel about racism and the AFL. And Jamie Lowe, CEO of the National Native Title Council, talks about new consequences facing Rio Tinto after their destruction of the Juukan caves. With presenter Daniel James. Website:   https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission

Professor Marcia Langton AM discusses the impact of mining companies on Aboriginal heritage sites, ahead of the WA Government releasing its draft Aboriginal Heritage Protection Bill.  With presenter Daniel James. Website:   https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission

Michael Bell from the Australian War Memorial talks about Aboriginal servicemen in the Vietnam War; and Torres Strait Island man Yessie Mosby talks about the legal action and  fight to save the Torres Strait Islands from climate change. With presenter Daniel James. Website:   https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission

Academic and anti-racism campaigner Dr. Stephen Hagan discusses his 20 year campaign to re-name a brand of cheese. With presenter Daniel James. Website:   https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission