Grandmothers Against Removals and Raise the Age - Taking Children Away

Wednesday, 29 December 2021 - 7:00am

In this show we play two full length interviews with guests through the year, Aunty Hazel from the Grandmothers Against Removals and Sophie Trevitt from Change the Record. 

 

7:15 - Aunty Hazel Part 1 - Alice speaks to Aunty Hazel about the continuous removal of children and the ongoing stolen generations. Aunty Hazel talks about her own experience with the Welfare/child protective services, the effect on families, culture and community, and the inter-generational trauma of the stolen generations.

 

 

7:30 - Aunty Hazel Part 2 

 

7:50 - Sophie Trevitt Part 1 - Alice speaks to Sophie Trevitt, Executive Officer of Change the Record and the ACT Co-Chair of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights. About the Raise the Age campaign, and the damage removing children does to families and communities.  

 

8:00 - Sophie Trevitt Part 2 

 

Songs

Allara - Rekindled Systems 

Lydia Fairhall - Free 

Ngaiire - Moonshine 

Spinifex Gum - No Longer There 

Small Island Big Song - Ta'u Tama 

Small Island Big Song - Naka Wara Wara To'o