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Breaking through barriers
Australia’s first Aboriginal pharmacist Faye McMillan is passionate about the opportunities education can offer Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people. Faye, a Wiradjuri woman from Trangie NSW, was among the first graduates to receive a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from Charles Sturt University (CSU) in 2001. “I came to university as a mature age […]
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Barramundi – A good catch
The name ‘Barramundi’ is an Aboriginal word meaning “large-scaled river fish”. Barramundi or Barra as it’s known, is found across the Northern Territory and the Kimberley coast and throughout the river systems in Queensland. Barra lives in a variety of locations from open water, creeks, rivers and billabongs and can be both wild-caught and farmed. […]
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Namas
Made from fresh fish fillets pickled in vinegar, namas is fresh, tasty and simple to make. You can even make it while you’re out fishing, just bring the ingredients you need readymade from home, some ice and an esky, and add some fresh fish caught right from the ocean – a delicious and healthy snack! […]
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Butt out and feel good
We all know the potentially disastrous toll smoking can take on the body. We see it every night on TV, in newspapers, on billboards – the graphic pictures of someone coughing up blood, the whistling airways as a young person is diagnosed with lung cancer, the blackened lips, teeth and tongue from mouth cancer…. The […]
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Going your own way
Two prominent Indigenous men who never smoked say they are glad they never started, considering other family members around them did smoke as they were growing up. They both offer their advice about staying off the smokes to achieve better health. Both former Rugby Sevens’ footballer, Matt Sonter, and founder of Black on Track, Brian […]
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I quit because
Pastor Ray Minniecon* is well-known around Redfern and greater Sydney. As such he was a perfect choice to be one of the faces of the I Quit Because campaign, an anti-smoking campaign that is making inroads into smoking by Indigenous people. The campaign website has a series of videos of people talking about their experiences […]
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Breathe easy
The Tackling Indigenous Smoking Initiative measures success through the engagement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in their program. And people have begun to listen to the information, campaigns and messages that are making their way into homes and communities under the Initiative. There’s good reason to listen given smoking is responsible for one […]
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Circus Oz
Circus Oz is Australia’s internationally acclaimed circus that presents breathtaking feats, serious fun and irreverent Australian humour for audiences of all ages. Circus Oz’s audience is mainly adults and their children looking for entertainment that they can enjoy together. It is an animal free circus. Live music is an important element of the show. There’s […]
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Class act
The dreams of young people wishing to run off and join the circus have become a step closer, with Circus Oz offering internships to budding Indigenous circus performers. Each year, the internationally-renowned circus company runs a masterclass from which two interns are selected. This year a bunch of talented Indigenous performers attended the Circus Oz […]
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Smooth moves
Move It Mob Style®, Australia’s latest dance-based youth, health and fitness television show is bursting out of TV screens to showcase young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s culture through dance and music WITH DEADLY BEATS TO get you up off the couch and moving. In fact, that’s what Move It Mob Style® is about, […]
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Yulu-Burri-Ba Medical Centre
The Yulu-Burri-Ba Medical Centre has been providing health related services to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities on stradbroke island for over 25 years. CEO of Yulu-Burri-Ba Medical Centre, Jan Lember, says the medical service aims to provide a safe, friendly, confidential and culturally appropriate primary health care service that recognizes community control and […]
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Celebrity Health: Joshua Bond
How do you stay fit? “You need to stay fit in the circus. As an acrobat there is a whole lot of cardio and strength training that goes along with it,” Joshua says. “To become good at it (acrobatics) and to be able to throw yourself around up in the air, your body adapts but […]
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In the Studio with Warren H. Williams
Warren H. Williams is one of the most celebrated indigenous identities in the local music scene. He has released many albums and recorded and performed with the likes of John Williamson, Greg Champion, Jimmy Little, Johnny Chester, Amos Morris and Ted Egan. He won a golden guitar at the country music awards of Australia in […]
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Barefoot Sports hops to it
In the Barefoot Rugby League and the Marngrook Footy shows, NITV proved its chops in producing sports programming equal to and even surpassing that of mainstream counterparts. Marngrook became so popular in fact that it earned itself a gig on SBS television, and Barefoot is well regarded as A place league fans go to for […]
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Getting the message across
The popular Message Sticks Festival is on again at the Sydney Opera House from 27 March until 1 April. This year the festival is broadening to include music, talks, dance, storytelling and exhibitions as well as its customary film screenings. Popular media personality and creative producer, Rhoda Roberts, is the Artistic Director of Message Sticks […]
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In the big league
A young lady who enjoys organising social events and who loves rugby league has been able to blend these two passions into a career by landing a traineeship with the NRL. Tanika Perry, from the mid-north coast of NSW, is now a trainee in events management with the NRL. She is working with the NRL […]
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