In a career spanning over 30 years, Gomeroi (Gamilaraay)/Murri photojournalist Barbara McGrady has built up a long list of achievements. “I have always been interested in our mob, connected to our own surroundings,” she told Koori Radio’s Lola Forester. In particular, Barbara is noted for sports photography. “I’m interested in how and why we play the game.” Among Barbara’s famous …
Writer and fire practitioner Victor Steffensen says he hopes his new book The Trees: Learning Tree Knowledge with Uncle Kuu will encourage people to look after the land better. “The key is adaptation and understanding the land and how we adapt to changing times and how we adapt to changing landscapes the right way, by caring for them the right …
2023 marks 20 years since asbestos was banned in Australia, but campaigners warn that there’s still a huge amount of asbestos out there making people sick. As this week is National Asbestos Awareness week, Australian renovation queen Cherie Barber had a yarn with Koori Radio’s Lola Forester about asbestos and its risks both short and long term. “It can lurk …
The 2024 Koori Knockout will be held on October 4th to 7th at the newly completed Hereford Street Rugby Complex in Bathurst. Walgett Aboriginal Connection won the rights to host next year’s knockout after defeating Wiradjuri Aboriginal Rivers 22-12 in the final at Tuggerah. Walgett player George Rose told Koori Radio Bathurst was selected because of it’s proximity to Western …
Multi-platform storyteller Lucas Proudfoot has stressed the importance of First Nations educators and his concern at their under representation in an interview with Koori Radio’s DJ BrothaBlack. The Minyungbal and Goodjinburra story teller from Bundjalung Country is touring his new interactive children’s show, which he describes as “connection through story”, and a way to help build up our future generations …
Disability support provider Live Big CEO Juliet Middleton says she sees her role as helping people figure out what their potential is and how they can achieve it. “The people we care for are just as capable as anyone else, it’s just about being able to do different things to different abilities,” Juliet told Koori Radio’s Lola Forester. It’s been …
Gomeroi Artist and story teller Kobie Dee’s latest single is a haunting and uplifting ode to Aboriginal fathers. Called Father’s Eyes, and created in collaboration with Stan Walker, Kobie Dee says the track is the result of him trying to understand his relationship with his own father. “It was a time when parenting was pretty hard for me,” he told …
Eminent Worimi historian John Maynard has called for a truth telling process to begin in the wake of the failed Voice to Parliament Referendum. Australians last month voted against the proposal, which would have enshrined an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the constitution. “Where we go next is truth telling,” Professor Maynard told Koori Radio’s Lola Forester. “If …
After a near half decade hiatus, the home of Aboriginal Hip Hop is coming back to Koori Radio. Wiradjuri rapper ChillCheney will take to the airwaves every Wednesday night from 8pm to showcase the best in emerging and established Aboriginal Hip Hop. “I really want to help the emerging Indigenous artists around,” ChillCheney told BrothaBlack on Making Tracks. “Hip hop is …
SXSW Sydney has come and gone and among the hundreds of shows, talks, gigs, and parties, a little slice of Aotearoa/New Zealand made its home on Gadigal Country. Aotearoa House celebrated dozens of artists, performers, programmers, and entrepreneurs and highlighted Kiwi creativity at the hugely successful inaugural SXSW Sydney. MOHI, Jordyn With A Why, and Rebel Reid swung past Koori …
