VAN Talks Podcast
By Victorian Aboriginal News
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Heading back to our roots and building on the work we undertook in the leadup to the 2023 Referendum, Victorian Aboriginal News (VAN) Talks focuses on the positivity that is Aboriginal Victoria. Covering everything from Voice, Treaty and Truth and Reconciliation through to Aboriginal businesses and Traditional Owner initiatives, the VAN Talks podcast is the only podcast that travels across the State to deliver interviews and stories that are the truth of Aboriginal Victoria.
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S05-E05: Can multicultural Australia lead the way in First Nations reconciliation?: the connection between new arrivals and 65,000 years of First Nations history
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May 07, 2026 |
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S05-E04: Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung join list of TOs ready for Treaty
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May 03, 2026 |
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S05-E03: Removal of the whitewash over Australia's military history
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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S05-E02: Taungurung signifies intent to commence local Treaty negotiations
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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S05-E01: Travis Lovett on the National Walk for Truth
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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S04-E40: Ensuring the legacy of the Yoorrook evidence and submissions
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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S04-E39: Treaty in Ink: Understanding the Victorian Treaty Scroll
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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S04-E38: The $1 Billion benefit: Why investing in Traditional Owners pays off
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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S04-E37: A new era of shared governance for Dja Dja Wurrung and Bendigo
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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S04-E36: Simple executive decision: The fix for Australia Day
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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S04-E35: Unlocking the potential of the Indigenous business sector with Paul Paton
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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S04-E34: The rise of reform - tracking the shift toward Treaty and Truth
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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S04-E33: Self-determination in the Aboriginal legal service space
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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S04-E32: Federal advocacy at last for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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S04-E31: Election 2026 - The future of Treaty in Victoria
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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S04-E30: Blak firefighters taking prominence across Victoria
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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S04-E29: Supporting growth in the Victorian Blak business space
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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S04-E28: Advocating for a strong Victorian Blak music industry
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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S04-E27: Blak media - Koori Mail editor Todd Condie
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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S04-E26: Elections 2026 - Setting the stage for the future of Treaty in Victoria
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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S04-E25: Join the 2026 Walk for national truth-telling
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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S04-E24: The path to Treaty from the Minister's perspective
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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S04-E23: First Nations story-telling carries culture and lore
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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S04-E22: Victorian Traditional Owners speak out on Victoria's critical minerals mining
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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S04-E21: The realities and implications of misinformation and disinformation
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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S04-E20: Honest allyship with reconciliation groups in regional Victoria
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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S04-E19: Local Treaties in Victoria - what you should know
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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S04-E18: Blackfire hits the ground running with new album
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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S04-E17: First Nations businesses encouraged to break into export markets
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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S04-E16: Stolen Generations survivor Aunty Evajo Edwards sheds new light on Victoria Police
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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S04-E15: Victorian Treaty Deep Dive with Rueben Berg (Part 3 of 3)
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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S04-E14: Victorian Treaty Deep Dive with Rueben Berg (Part 2 of 3)
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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S04-E13: Victorian Treaty Deep Dive with Rueben Berg (Part 1 of 3)
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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S04-E12: Taking a political and social stand through your choice of clothing
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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S04-E11: Voice of youth empowered in local governments across Australia
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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S04-E10: Victorian Treaty - Reflections from the Commissioner, Aunty Jill Gallagher
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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S04-E09: Victorian LGAs encouraged to meet Closing the Gaps oblligations
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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S04-E08: Blak-led, queer-led. A unique success story in Victoria's healthcare system
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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S04-E07: Treaty support building at a grassroots level across Victoria
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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S04-E06: First Nations media establishes trust in a dubious Australian media landscape
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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S04-E05: Australia's first Treaty legislation tabled in Victorian Parliament
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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S04-E04: Victorian Local Governments prepare themselves for Local Treaties
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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S04-E03: A valuable look inside the workload experienced by the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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S04-E02: Closing the education gap for First Nations students
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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S04-E01: Traditional Owners and Local Governments work together to achieve common goals
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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S03-E40: Keeping the Treaty process on the straight and narrow
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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S03-E39: Uplifting and advocating for the voice of Victorian Traditional Owners
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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S03-E38: Victorian Government failing Aboriginal community with outdated bail laws
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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S03-E37: Protecting Aboriginal data from weaponisation
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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S03-E36: Victoria to expect a Treaty by the end of 2025
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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S03-E35: Dja Dja Wurrung Clans ready for Treaty with Victorian State Government
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May 29, 2025 |
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S03-E34: Travis Lovett 18 hours before Walk for Truth
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May 26, 2025 |
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S03-E33: Aboriginal cultures and histories in the Australian educational curriculum
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May 11, 2025 |
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S03-E32: The Koorie Heritage Trust 40 years on - its relevance and role
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May 01, 2025 |
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S03-E31: The man behind the force that is IndigenousX
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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S03-E30: Shining the light on Australian indigenous entrepreneurship
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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S03-E29: Australian War Memorial to recognise Frontier Wars
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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S03-E28: Breathing new life into the Bangerang language
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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S03-E27: Bringing and seeking cultural change in Australian Senate
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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S03-E26: All Victorians invited to join in an historic Walk for Truth
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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S03-E25: Equal footing for Traditional Owners in the Treaty process
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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S03-E24: Welcome to Country - a cultural and contemporary perspective
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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S03-E23: Deep diving into the current Victorian Treaty negotiations
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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S03-E22: Summing up a catastrophic year for the Victorian dingo population
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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S03-E21: “Sham consultation” claim on government from Victorian Farmers Federation
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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S03-E20: Yoorrook Commissioner Sue-Anne Hunter reflects on Victoria’s truth-telling process
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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S03-E19: Dja Dja Wurrung barely considered in Victorian Government’s dingo planning
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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S03-E18: A yarn by the mighty Murray River with Uncle Col Clark
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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S03-E17: Victorian Government continues to ignore First Nations on cultural matter
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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S03-E16: Reflecting on five years of Treaty work with Assembly co-chair Rueben Berg
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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S03-E15: Bringing Aboriginal cultural safety and influences into the education system
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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S03-E14: Victoria's dingoes barely protected under legislation
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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S03-E13: The science and facts supporting the need to protect Victorian dingo populations
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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S03-E12: Bringing Aboriginal culture into our daily lives
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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S03-E11: The harsh reality of "black-cladding" of businesses
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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S03-E10: One year on from the referendum - a yarn with Thomas Mayo
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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S03-E09: Victorian Government signs dingo death warrant
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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S03-E08: We visit Budj Bim on Gunditjmara Country and learn more about the story behind this cultural site
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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S03-E07: Talking Treaty - Reconciliation Victoria turns the table on Charles Pakana from Victorian Aboriginal News
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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S03-E06: "Treaty". A fairly generic word that can either be weaponised or seen as an amazing opportunity
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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S03-E05: Putting Blak into philanthropy through decolonisation of attitudes and practices
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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S03-E04: Sky News' Peta Credlin and Senator Jacinta Price mislead on Treaty event and Victorian Treaty
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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S03-E03: When the multicultural communities take the lead in reconciliation across Victoria
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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S03-E02: The changing Blak face of Ballarat and the need for local truth-telling
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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S03-E01: Time closing in on community's dispute window regarding the Assembly and a statewide Treaty
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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S02-E40: Despite colonial efforts, the Woi-wurrung language is alive and growing
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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S02-E39: Bruce Pascoe - at 77 he’s nowhere near ready to sit back and take it easy
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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S02-E38: City of Merri-Bek Mayor’s ambitions to enter into Treaty negotiations
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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S02-E37: Yoorrook Commission Truth Receives speak out on challenges and goals
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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S02-E36: Victorian Treaty - the Framework, treaty readiness and ongoing truth-telling
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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S02-E35: Wurundjeri Elder and lore man Uncle Bill Nicholson speaks out about education
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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S02-E34: Aunty Esme Bamblett on Reconciliation - it's the role of every Australian
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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S02-E33: Aboriginal singer/songwriter Pirritu (Brett Lee) talks of music as a social tool
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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S02-E32: Victoria's Anglican church moves forward with commitment to Reconciliation, Recognition and Treaty
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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S02-E31: The Torch - Empowering Victorian Aboriginal prison inmates through art
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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S02-E30: A Victorian Treaty process that benefits all Victorians
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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S02-E29: Inside Fire Rescue Victoria - a 44-year Aboriginal veteran's perspective
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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S02-E28: Taungurung wins first legal round against Goulburn Murray Water
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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S02-E27: Inside the Bendigo and District Aboriginal Corporation
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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S02-E26: The First 1,000 Days Australia Project with Kerry Arabena
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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S02-E25: In Conversation with Activist Artist Uncle Richard Bell
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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S02-E24: Inside the Koorie Heritage Trust with CEO Tom Mosby
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May 20, 2024 |
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S02-E23: Dja Dja Wurrung and land set to benefit from new agreement with gold miners
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May 13, 2024 |
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S02-E22: Bringing Aboriginal content and relevancy into the curriculum
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May 13, 2024 |
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S02-E21: Practising cultural art on another mob’s Country
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May 08, 2024 |
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S02-E20: Reconciliation Perspective - Wotjobaluk woman Aunty Janine Coombs
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May 05, 2024 |
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S02-E19: Victorian Treaty - sharing political decision making and embracing allies
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May 01, 2024 |
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S02-E18: Seeking to identify and recognise all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander personnel
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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S02-E17: Fighting to recognise the service and sacrifice of First Nations service personnel
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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S02-E16: 50 Aboriginal trackers left behind after Boer War? Busting the myth.
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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S02-E15: Coranderrk truth-telling with Uncle Dave Wandin (Part 2)
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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S02-E14: Coranderrk truth-telling with Uncle Dave Wandin (Part 1)
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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S02-E13: Aboriginal business - the realities, the challenges and the way forward
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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S02-E12: Thomas Mayo discusses ways forward post referendum
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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S02-E11: Sky News’ Andrew Bolt launches attack on Wurundjeri Elder and traditional medicine
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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S02-E10: Racism, RAPs and Substantive Reconciliation. A yarn with Professor Andrew Gunstone.
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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S02-E09: Cultural Safety and a new way forward post referendum
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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S02-E08: Treaty in Victoria - the government prepares for Treaty negotiations
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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S02-E07: William Barak cultural artwork returns home to Wurundjeri Country
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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S02 E06: A Visit to the Willum Warrain Gathering Place
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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S02-E05: Discussing the Victorian Aboriginal and Local Government Strategy
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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S02-E04: "Land, Sky and Waters". The next stage of Yoorrook's truth-telling investigations
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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S02-E03: Uncle Alan Thorpe, forging ahead to help build stronger men, families and communities
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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S02-E02: Progressing towards Treaty in Victoria - an interview with the Assembly Co-Chairs
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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S02-E01: Reconciliation in Victoria discussion with Professor Andrew Gunstone
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Episode 40: Co-Chair of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria reflects on the campaign and post referendum
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Episode 39: How The Voice can deliver billions of dollars savings to the Federal Government every year
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Episode 38: The Point’s JP Janke calls out the “flooding the zone” campaign tactic
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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Episode 37: Yorta Yorta Elder Uncle Andrew Jackomos Casts His Eye of Experience on the Voice
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Episode 36: Victoria’s Taungurung People in Support of “Yes” for All First Nations Communities Across Victoria
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Episode 35: A “Cautious Yes” Approach from Gunditjmara Man Jason Mifsud
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Episode 34: A Totally Different - and Refreshing - Perspective on the Voice to Parliament
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Episode 33: Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Elder Uncle Andrew Gardiner Talks of the Positives
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Episode 32: Aboriginal childcare, Treaty and a Voice to Parliament
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Episode 31: Victoria’s Dja Dja Wurrung People Say Yes to the Voice
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Episode 30: Paul Paton, CEO of the Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Episode 29: Youth Speaks Out on the Referendum, Voice and Misinformation
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Episode 28: Very Real and Positive Health Outcomes for Aboriginal People
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Episode 27: Five months on the road. Experiences shared from a referendum and Voice campaigner
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Episode 26: Disproving Peta Credlin’s claim that the Uluru Statement is 26-pages
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Aug 12, 2023 |
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Episode 25: Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-Operative
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Episode 24: CEO of Reconciliation Australia Karen Mundine advocates for respectful conversation
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Episode 23: Nyikina man Charles Prouse on a Voice to Parliament
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Episode 22: Psychiatrists come out in force in support for a Voice to Parliament
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Episode 21: ANMF's Support for an Enshrined Voice to Parliament and Closing the Gap
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Episode 20: Uluru Dialogue Participant and Education Advocate, Cara Peek
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Episode 19: Important Perspectives from a Leading Reconciliation Authority
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May 11, 2023 |
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Episode 18: Dissecting the Proposed Referendum Question and Constitutional Amendment
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Episode 17: Exposing more misinformation about local and regional Voices
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Episode 16: Sky News Australia and Andrew Bolt Caught Out
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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Episode 15: South Australia Demonstrates the Reality of Voice to Parliament
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Episode 14: An insight into the Referendum Working Group
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Episode 13: Fred Hollows Foundation one of 144 Social Justice organisations coalition in support of a First Nations Voice
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Episode 12: National Party leader David Littleproud advocates for a more effective option
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Episode 11: Proposing changes to the mechanics of voting in a Referendum
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Episode 10: SBS/NITV launches strategic plan for coverage of the Referendum
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Episode 9: Ged Kearney, MP, on the Campaign Trail for a First Nations Voice
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Episode 8: The Anglican Church’s Reverend Canon Glenn Loughrey Advises on Good Information and Discussions
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Episode 7: Luke Russell, Chairperson, City of Newcastle Guraki Aboriginal Advisory Committee
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Episode 6: From The Heart National Field Organiser, Emily Holm
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Episode 5: Local Governments from across Australia commit to a First Nations Voice to Parliament
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Episode 4: Australia’s Ethnic Communities Lend Full Support to a First Nations Voice to Parliament
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Episode 3: Reconciliation Victoria Supports the First Nations Voice to Parliament
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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Episode 2: The Australian Constitution, University of Melbourne’s Professor Cheryl Saunders
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Episode 1: Uluru Statement From the Heart Campaigner, Thomas Mayo
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Jan 27, 2023 |