Mililma May is a Danggalaba Kulumbiringin Tiwi woman and Advocacy & Campaigns Manager at Change the Record, Australia's only First Nations-led coalition of legal, health + family violence prevention experts. She recently spoke to Jodi Ryder on Noongar Radio's Our Voices to talk about the work of Change the Record, an organisation that seeks to dismantle unjust systems that criminalise, oppress and violate the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This interview was first broadcast on 29 September and will be played in two parts.
Kimberly Riskas is an environmental scientist at the Australian Marine Conservation Society, where she works on issues that affect threatened marine species, including bird flu. Kim joins us on the program to discuss the latest updates concerning the H5N1 bird flu and how it is impacting sea lion colonies in SA and WA. You can visit their website https://www.
Ching Ching Liang, also known as Ching2 Liang, a contemporary ontological art practitioner and multi-disciplinary storyteller practicing in Naarm since 2003. Ching is a recent graduate of Fine Arts at Monash University. Her work embraces the feminine side, seeking to illuminate forgotten narratives and redefine traditional perspectives, often using a childlike lens. Ching is currently exhibiting in the show Cultural Inheritance: Fracture, Change and Transformation at ACAE gallery in Collingwood. This is the inaugural exhibition hosted by an4aa the Australasian Network for Asian Artists for graduates of Australian and New Zealand universities. Ching joins us to discuss the exhibition, her visual arts practice and a panel discussion over the weekend. he exhibition is running until Saturday 17 October at ACAE Gallery at 82A Wellington Street in Collingwood. You can follow Ching @YouMeUs2cism and @acaegallery
Stella Butzkueven is an emerging choral musician and the director of the upcoming Melbourne Fringe show Virgin: The 11 Movements. Stella has been conducting and leading groups of singers for the past three years in various roles with the Keytones Choir, SHOU Youth Chorus and Melbourne Pride Chorus. Virgin: The 11 Movements is a dynamic, original interpretation of Lorde's 2025 album Virgin. The 11 Movements, which is showing at the Melbourne Fringe Festival from 14-17 October at the Motley Warehouse.
Alycia is a member of FIGJAM, a collective of formerly incarcerated women, trans, and gender diverse people living and working across Victoria. FIGJAM, which stands for Formerly Incarcerated Girls Justice Advocates Melbourne is a collective of women, trans, and gender diverse people that are living and working across Victoria. Today we discussed how the members of FIGJAM use their voices and experiences to change community attitudes and push through barriers of stigma and discrimination.
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