Doctor Aunty Lyn McIness, First Nations Trail Blazer in Community Controlled Health

Wednesday, 12 August 2026 - 7:30am to Wednesday, 19 August 2026 - 8:00am
Amy and Aunty Lyn sitting next to each other on a couch smilling for a photo graph. Amy has an opened, black zipper hoodie with a 3CR T-Shirt. She has brown hair in a bob with bangs. Aunty Lyn is smiling away in a purple poncho with short dark hair with light purple hair dye.

It is with pride and pleasure that we bring an interview with an important figure First Nations Health in Australia AND a staunch unionst, Dr Aunty Lyn McIness. Below is the yarn between Amy and Aunty Lyn as it happened. The interview has been chopped up into parts to make it easier for you the listerner to navigate. The total legnth of the interview is 1 hour and 45 minutes.

Who is Dr Aunty Lyn McIness? (3 minutes and 6 seconds)

 

Mentors, The Early Days, Dangers of Government Funding and Stolen Gen (28 minutes and 49 seconds)

 

Child Removals and Younger Generations (10 minutes and 39 seconds)

 

Working Life, Building the Health Service, Government Money in ACCO's  and Unionism (26 minutes and 14 seconds)

 

Stolen Gen, Racism, Working Life Stories and Politics (17 minutes)

 

Legacey and More Life Stories (16 minutes)

 

VALS and Aboriginality (9 minutes and 9 seconds)

 

Interviewer, Amy Aednat Ciara

Guest, Dr Aunty Lyn McInnes

Special thanks to Tim Gooden

 

Wednesday 8:30am to 9:00am
Australia's only national radio show focusing on industrial, social and workplace issues. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.

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Annie McLoughlin, James Brennan, Tobia Severi, Amy Ciara.

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