The Mission

Catherine Liddle, CEO of First Nations Media, talks to Daniel about the new national agreement on Closing the Gap. And Daniel McAullay discusses the threat of the pandemic on urban aboriginal communities. With presenter Daniel James. Website:   https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission

Roxanne Moore, Executive Officer from NATSILS (National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service) discusses why we need to raise the age of criminal responsibility. And Meriki Onus, co-founder of Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance, talks about the recent Black Lives Matter protest in Sydney. With presenter Daniel James. Website:   https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission

Alan Thorpe, Director of Dardi Munwurro (Strong Spirit) 24 hr crisis line 'Brother To Brother' talks about the important work of  on supporting Aboriginal men through COVID; and Fred Hooper, Chairperson, Northern Basins Aboriginal Nations (NBAN), discusses Murray Darling Basin water policy. With presenter Daniel James. Website:   https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission

Marcus Stewart, Co-Chair of the First People's Assembly of Victoria, talks about the Victorian Government’s support for a truth-telling process; and Tracey Hanshaw, founder of Justice Aunties Inc, talks about NITV's premiere of 'Living Black: Aboriginal Lives Matter.' With presenter Daniel James. Website:   https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission

Jill Gallagher AO discusses Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations' (VACCHO) response to the hard lockdown in Melbourne's public housing. With presenter Daniel James. Website:   https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission

Dr Shireen Morris, a McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Melbourne Law School, discusses how public support for the Uluru Statement From The Heart is key to the end of structural racism in Australia; and Telphia-Leanne Joseph, Associate Lecturer, UNSW School of Public Health and Community Medicine at UNSW, explores why there is a low uptake of the flu vaccine amongst Aboriginal people. With presen...

CEO of Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia, Dennis Eggington, talks about law reform in the wake Ms Dhu's tragic death in custody in 2014. And Gunai-Gunditjimara woman Lidia Thorpe discusses her new role as Senator for Victoria. With presenter Daniel James. Website:   https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission

Co-Chair of the National Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, Nerita Weight talks about Coalition of Peaks partnering with Australian governments to close the gap; And Meriki Onus, co-founder of Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance, discusses Aboriginal deaths in custody and the recent nation-wide protests. With presenter Declan Furber Gillick, aka Gizmo D, filling in for Daniel Jame...

Historian, activist and actor Gary Foley talks about the current Black Lives Matter protests and their historical significance, as well as his appearance at the upcoming St Kilda Film Festival. And Nerita Weight, Co-Chair of the National Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, discusses the recent High Court decision that using tear gas on children in Don Dale was unlawful. With presente...

Chief Executive of the National Native Title Council, Jamie Lowe, discusses the recent destruction of an Aboriginal heritage site by Rio Tinto mining company in the Western Pilbara region; and artist Thea Anamara Perkins talks about her artistic processes and inspirations, having just won the 2020 First Nations Arts Dreaming Award for an Emerging Artist. With presenter Declan Furber Gillick, aka G...

On this Sorry Day episode, Dr Andrew Peters talks about the importance of recognition and reconciliation; and former CEO of Aboriginal Housing Victoria, Jenny Samms, provides an update on the Victorian Government's announcement to upgrade social housing for Aboriginal families. With presenter Daniel James. Website:   https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-mission

Writer and director Larissa Behrendt talks about the making of her new film MARALINGA TJARUTJA. And Kellyanne Andy, Elizabeth Morgan House Aboriginal Women's Service Inc CEO,  discusses access to public and social housing for Aboriginal women escaping family violence. With presenter Daniel James.

Visual artist Mayrah Dreise talks about the importance of listening to Elders' wisdom and knowledge; and the Australian War Memorial's Indigenous Liaison Officer Michael Bell talks about the history of First Nations men and women serving in armed forces. With presenter Daniel James.

First Nations lawyer Roxanne Moore and Tanya Day's daughter Apryl Watson discuss the impact of COVID-19 in prisons. With presenter Daniel James.

Reconciliation Victoria CEO Diana David and newly appointed Co-Chair Shane Charles explore a future of respect, justice and understanding; and journalist Amy McQuire reports on the fight against COVID-19 in Aboriginal communities. With presenter Daniel James.

Indigitek Director, Ben Armstrong, yarns about the lack of Aboriginal people in ccience, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers; and Catherine Liddle of First Nations Media Australia discusses digital inclusion and cyber safety awareness in inDigiMOB. With presenter Daniel James.

Karen Heap, Chairperson of the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation discusses the need for personal protective equipment in Aboriginal health settings; and Apryl Watson, daughter of Tanya Day, discusses the findings of the coronial inquest into her mother’s death. With presenter Daniel James.

Dr. Thalia Anthony from UTS's Faculty of Law discusses the potential impacts of COVID-19 in prisons and CEO of Leedal, John Rodriguez informs on the disruption in food supply in remote Aboriginal communities due to panic buying the city.

Dr Tanya Schramm, a board member of Australian Indigenous Doctors Association about patients facing racism during the pandemic. Then Youth Affairs Council Victoria’s Young Thinker in Residence Levi McKenzie-Kirkbright discusses his essay  Sovereignty: A Way Forward.

Daniel is joined on the line by Dawn Casey, Deputy CEO of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, to discuss some of the measures put in place to protect Aboriginal communities from COVID-19. Then, Chair of The Healing Foundation’s Stolen Generations Reference Group, Ian Hamm highlights the historic Stolen Generations Redress Scheme

This week on The Mission, Daniel is joined on the line by co-host of NITV football talk show Yokayi Footy, Tony Armstrong. Then Daniel is joined in the studio by the host of RRR program Still Here, Niel Morris. Finally author and activist Thomas Mayor phones in to chat about Indigenous affairs.

Daniel returns to interview Archie Roach and then is joined on the phone by CEO of Aboriginal Housing Victoria, Darren Smith.

Guest host Rachel Hocking and Lidia Thorpe discuss Invasion Day protests and paying the rent. Then Rachel interviews Sydney singer/songwriter, Akala Newman.

Guest host Gizmo D is joined by co-host Yorta Yorta musician, Allara. First up an interview with Boonwurrung man, Steve Parker, about his work in flora and fauna education. Then Creative Director Caroline Briggs Martin phones in to chat about the upcoming YIRRAMBOI festival.

Guest host Gizmo D presents selected tracks from Arrente language learing tools from the arrernte-angkentye.online resource. Plus, Bundjalung man and Firesticks Alliance Indigenous Corporation CEO Oliver Costello phone in to discuss cultural burning.