First Marisa spoke with Sam Watson, Indigenous Elder from Queensland, about the rising heart rates in Aboriginal children.  He also gave an update about what he is doing for his people, which was very informative. 

 

Marisa interviewed  Carmel Guerra CEO of the Centre for Multicultural Youth, about how the government speaks about African youth like they are in gangs.  She spoke about demonisation, and the importance of supporting young people. 

 

Marisa spoke with Lucy Honan from the Refugee Action Collective about a reportback from a recent Melbourne rally: , held at 2pm, Sat Oct 27, at the State Library, 328 Swanston Street City. Lucy spoke about how thousands of refugee supporters rallied in Melbourne and Sydney to demand an end to the crisis on Nauru, by bringing children and all the refugees and asylum seekers to Australia.