Acknowledgement of country

News headlines with Cait Kelly

Dr Nikki Moodie, Gomeroi woman and sociologist based at the University of Melbourne, joins us to discuss recent changes to the university sector in Australia. This conversation focuses on the intersection between impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and austerity measures such as fee hikes, and the effects that this is likely to have on teaching and learning.

We hear part of Writing Blak an event presented online by the Wheeler Center in partnership with the Emerging Writers Festival last Thursday. Hosted by Evelyn Araluen, four emerging First Nations writers from The Next Chapter writers’ scheme – Jasmin McGaughey, Racheal Oak Butler, Lorna Munro and Meleika Gesa-Fatafehi – discuss the creative process, writing for Blak and settler readerships, and how they respond to expectations of genre, character and identity.

Reyvi Marinas, secretary of The Philippines Australia Solidarity Association (PASA) and Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne Law School, shares his grave concerns about the proposed Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2020 which threaten to severely limit democratic rights.

Songs

Sachém - Gemini

Hoodzy - Hardcase