Singing in unison to vax the nation

MANY Aboriginal prisoners in NSW prisons feel they have been left as ‘sitting ducks’ following outbreaks of the COVID-19 Delta strain inside the state’s jails.
An outbreak inside Parklea Correctional Centre had reached almost 100 inmates last Friday, with almost a dozen of those Indigenous, and another cluster had been detected at Bathurst Prison, and also at Silverwater Prison.

Keenan Mundine, a prison advocate who has a brother inside, told the Koori Mail that he was “blown away” to learn that prisoners were still being transferred between prisons across the state, and that inmates were being denied basic protection…

A RECORD number of performers applied for MusicNT’s Bush Bands Bash this year.

MusicNT’s Bush Bands Bash is considered one of Australia’s premier Indigenous music events. Since 2003, the annual concert attracts thousands to gather in central Australia and witness musicians from some of the country’s most remote communities hit the big stage.

The concert is also the culmination of Bush Bands Business, a development program where artists have the opportunity to hone their musical and performance skills along with gaining valuable music business knowledge from selected industry professionals.

WANGAN and Jagalingou tribal leader Adrian Burragubba had a message for Indian mining giant Adani last week.

“Wangan and Jagalingou people are telling Adani to walk away and don’t come back,” he said at a protest outside the Queensland Parliament in Brisbane.

“We’re fighting against corruption, lies, deception, coercion and the rape of our land.”

The Queensland Government is being urged to intervene to ensure Bravus’ controversial coal mine project is not draining a nearby nationally significant wetland.

About 100 protesters rallied outside State Parliament to call for the Government to investigate the Carmichael mine and rail project in central Queensland.

DESPITE forging a successful professional career in football and a boxing, Joe Williams battled the majority of his life with suicidal ideation and bipolar disorder.

Joe is a proud Wiradjuri/Wolgalu man born in Cowra and raised in Wagga Wagga, NSW. Joe played in the National Rugby League for South Sydney Rabbitohs, Penrith Panthers and Canterbury Bulldogs, achieving great things in his sport.

It was during his football career that he suffered his first concussion, which triggered negative dialogue in his mind that plagued him for most of his life.

“I remember from the age of 13 this narrative would be playing out in my thoughts and at the same time trying to juggle what was going on mentally and emotionally and at the same time chasing my football dream,” Joe said…

A NEW exhibition at the Koorie Heritage Trust (KHT) uses jewellery to show connections between past and present.

Blak Jewellery – Finding Past, Linking Present shows a beautiful range of contemporary jewellery anchored by connection to culture, country and family.

The exhibition is the outcome of the Blak Design program.

An Australian first, this four- year program is presented by the KHT to foster First Nations cultural innovation within the Victorian design sector and provide a platform for nurturing sustainable, First Nations design practices…