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Program: Word Up: Aunty Beth Wright
Wiradjuri Elder and TAFE Teacher Aunty Beth Wright has been sharing one of her many languages, Wailwan. This week, she's sharing the Wailwan word for an insect that's often a symbol for transformation: the butterfly.
Program: Word Up: Aunty Beth Wright
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Program: Word Up: Aunty Beth Wright
For Word Up this month, Aunty Beth Wright shares some words from one of her languages, Wayilwan. This week, she shares the meaning of Wayilwan itself.
Program: How Nyasha Ogden scored big with new play
Larrakia woman Nyasha Ogden explains how her love of theatre and footy collide in her new role. Strong is the New Pretty is on a national tour. To find tickets and show dates click here.
Program: Word Up: Aunty Bronwyn Chambers
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Program: Word Up: Aunty Bronwyn Chambers
Aunty Bronwyn Chambers is a proud Darkinjung woman and language legend from the central coast region of New South Wales. For Word Up this week, she shares the Darkinjung word for "children".
Program: Word Up: Bronwyn Chambers
For Word Up this month, Elder Aunty Bronwyn Chambers shares some words from her language Darkinjung. This week, Bronwyn shares the Darkinjung word for "mother".
Program: What does it mean to care for spirit?
Head back to the Sydney Festival last January, to hear from two inspiring women about how they navigate culturally unsafe situations and find inner-peace. Creative powerhouse Larissa Behrendt and accomplished counsellor and social worker Jen Stephenson, speak at the Sydney Festival about the importance of caring for spirit. One of Larissa Behrendt's tips to caring for spirit involves returning to country.
Program: Word Up: Lavinia Napaltjarri Heffernan
For the past month, Lavinia Napaltjarri Heffernan has been sharing her language Luritja-Pintupi. This week she shares the Luritja-Pintupi word for "maybe".
Program: DOBBY talks his futuristic concept album MARSHMALLOW
The first album Murrawarri rapper DOBBY ever made has been sitting under his bed for almost 20 years. Written and recorded when he was just 14 years old, it's a relic of a time when DOBBY was still learning how to rap and make music. Now he's using that early album to ground his latest (and incredibly ambitious) album MARSHMALLOW — a concept album that see DOBBY travel back in time to right some of his childhood wrongs. "MARSHMALLOW" is available on all platforms, and on CD.
Program: Word Up: Lavinia Napaltjarri Heffernan
For Word Up, interpreter and translator Lavinia Napaltjarri Heffernan shares more of her language. This week, Lavinia reveals the Pintupi-Luritja word for 'caring'.
Program: Jorjia Gillis welcomes parents to Mum Club
Playwright Jorjia Gillis, shares about finding humour in the strife of early motherhood through her hilarious new play Mum Club. To see the world premiere of Mum Club at Sydney's Belvoir Street Theatre on August 22, click here.
Program: Word Up: Lavinia Napaltjarri Heffernan
For Word Up this month, interpreter and translator Lavinia Napaltjarri Heffernan shares words from her language, Luritja Pintupi. This week, she shares the Luritja Pintupi word for 'straight'.
Program: Word Up: Lavinia Napaltjarri Heffernan
For Word Up this month, interpreter and translator Lavinia Napaltjarri Heffernan shares words from her language, Luritja Pintupi. This week, she shares the Luritja Pintupi word for 'important'.
Program: Gina Williams shares her new and bittersweet album
Noongar songwoman Gina Williams is an award-winning, international touring artist with a reputation for bringing a fresh take on ancient traditions and merging evocative sounds. Her latest album Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse: Live at the Ellington is a bittersweet endeavour, not only was it an electric gig that was captured by pure chance, it marks the last time she shared the stage with her late husband and long time collaborator.
Program: How Sherry Lee Watson fell in love with acting
Arrente actor Sherry Lee Watson discusses how her love for the performing arts began and why she's ready to make her theatre debut in the play 'Break of Day'. You can catch Sherry perform in 'Break of Day' at Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre from August 7-29, for more information click here. Sherry Lee Watson in rehearsals for her new play 'Break Of Day' Melbourne, Alice Springs, Community Organisations, Indigenous Culture, Arts, Culture and Entertainment, Theatre, Television, Popular Culture, Actor
Program: Celebrating Bronwyn Bancroft's artistic legacy
Bronwyn Bancroft is an acclaimed artist who has been exhibiting nationally and internationally for over 30 years. Having developed a passion for art as a teenager, Bronwyn has spent her life cultivating her artistic practice and fiercely advocating for mob. After being awarded a Red Ochre Award for Lifetime Achievement in Art, Bronwyn discusses her journey to becoming one of the country's most recognised artists, and why advocacy is the cornerstone of her artistic practice.
Program: Marking 50 Years of Deadly with Carmen Glynn-Braun
In the lead up to NAIDOC week, Awaye has been chatting with First Nations artists from across the country about the past 50 Years of Deadly and their visions for the future. Bringing the series to a close is visual artist Carmen Glynn-Braun, who speaks with Awaye's Ruby Ritchie about highlighting Blak resilience. Carmen Glynn-Braun's latest work 'To Hold the Line of Ware' was a key installation at the Biennale of Sydney.
Program: Beau Dean Riley Smith wins exciting fellowship
Award-winning dancer, actor and choreographer Beau Dean Riley Smith discusses winning the inaugural Shaun Parker and Company Choreographic Fellowship. Designed to recognise leading choreographers, Beau will receive $300,000 to create a major new work over the next three years. Beau Dean Riley Smith is the first ever Shaun Parker and Company Choreographic fellow, and will be given three years to choreograph a major new work.
Program: Exploring 50 Years of Deadly with Thomas Kelly
Awaye continues it's special NAIDOC series looking back on 50 years of Deadly, by interviewing First Nations artists from across the country. This week, the award-winning choreographer Thomas Kelly shares how he became the host of the ABC Kids series 'Dance with Tom'.
Program: How Evelyn Araluen envisions 50 Years of Deadly
Awaye continues its NAIDOC celebrations and 50 years of deadliness, by interviewing First Nations artists from across the country. This week, critically acclaimed writer Evelyn Araluen shares why it's important to create spaces for Blak audiences.
Program: Ian Michael reflects on 50 Years of Deadly
Awaye kickstarts this year's NAIDOC celebrations with a series interviewing some of the nation's Blak artists to look back on 50 Years of Deadly. This week, award-winning director Ian Michael reflects on the future of Blak creativity.
Program: How Nunga Screen shares films with our regions
Filmmaker and producer Joshua Treverrow is the programmer for the Nunga Screen short film festival. He chats about how Nunga Screen showcases short films made by Blak filmmakers to regional audiences across South Australia. To check out more information about Nunga Screen, click here. This shot is from Red Dirt Riders, one of the short films playing at this year's Nunga Screen short film festival in South Australia.
Program: How objects can tell the stories of their makers
Renowned designer Alison Page shares the importance of Blak storytelling in her design process, as she features works from her long-spanning career in her first solo exhibition 'Creative Shape Shifter'. 'Creative Shape Shifter' is free to the public and being held at the University of Melbourne, as part of Melbourne Design Week. For all the details about Alison's exhibition, click here. House of BLAK, is one part of designer Alison Page's exhibition 'Creative Shape Shifter'.
Program: How trials gets vulnerable in new album 'hendle'
Most recognised as being one half of A.B Original, trials discusses how his new solo project 'hendle' draws upon his most personal moments and memories. 'Hendle' is comprised of a 10 track album, 24 painted portraits and a memoir all entirely crafted by trials himself. You can check out trials performing live at his album launch, for tickets click here. Rapper and producer trials gets deeply personal in his new album 'hendle'.
Program: Retelling 'The Drover's Wife' through opera
Renowned playwright, actor and creative powerhouse Leah Purcell shares how she retells her acclaimed work through a new medium in 'The Drover's Wife: The Opera.' The opera's leads, Nina Korbe and Marcus Corowa discuss how they re-imagine the story through their voices. 'The Drover's Wife: The Opera' opens this month at Brisbane's Glasshouse Theatre before heading to the Sydney Opera House in August. To find tickets, check out Queensland Performance Arts Centre or Opera Australia.
Program: Marking 20 years of the Coloured Digger Project
As a warning, this episode of Awaye contains the names and voices of people who have died. Kabi Kabi and Gurang Gurang man, Pastor Ray Minniecon reflects on two decades of leading the Coloured Digger Project. He discusses how Blak veterans and their families are still fighting for proper recognition and respect. Pastor Ray Minniecon in Redfern Sydney, is the organiser of the Indigenous Anzac March.
Program: Reflecting on The Sapphires with Welsey Enoch
Quandamooka playwright and director Wesley Enoch reminisces on directing the stage debut of The Sapphires. He also chats about why he's returning to direct the show 20 years later, this time to work with a brand new cast. You can watch The Sapphires at the Billie Brown Theatre in South Brisbane. For more information click here. Wesley Enoch is returning to direct The Sapphires, more than 20 years since he directed it's stage debut.
Program: Word Up: Daisy Allen
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Program: How a dad and daughter share their bond on stage
Real life father-daughter performers, Derek and Shaquita Nannup discuss what it was like to play a dad and daughter road tripping to Country. They are the leading stars of Katie Beckett's play 'Which Way Home', set to premiere in Western Australia for the first time at the Subiaco Arts Centre later this month. For tickets and more information about Which Way Home click here.
Program: Word Up: Daisy Allen
For Word Up this month, language worker Daisy Allen from lutruwita/Tasmania shares a little bit of her language, palawa kani. This week, Daisy shares the name for a river reed used in weaving.
Program: Angelica Lockyer reflects on lead role in Yokai
Angelica Lockyer is the star of Yokai, a digital series about a young woman navigating queer love and self-acceptance. Angelica reflects on the role and how the series celebrates Blak love. Watch the first episode of Yokai here
The culinary mastery of Aunty Beryl Van-Oploo
In this episode Gamilaraay woman and culinary master, Aunty Beryl Van-Oploo shares the inspiration behind her latest cookbook, which features dishes from around the world. Then Narrunga and Kaurna artist, Jacob Boehme explains how the story told at his cousin's birthday party led to his latest international production, Guuranda X. Plus for Word Up, you'll hear from cultural tutor and Yolngu woman Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga. Aunty Beryl Van-Oploo shares her latest cookbook.
Reflecting on the visual anthropology of Gary Lee
Larrakia artist Gary Lee reflects on his life and his most acclaimed works. His work "Nice Coloured Boys" is being exhibited again as part of this year's Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras celebrations. The renowned photographer has exhibited "Nice Coloured Boys" from 1993 into the early 2000s, curating portraits of men in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. Gary Lee chats with us about his passion for visual anthropology, and how the origin story of his art began.
Developers desert plans for new apartments in Sydney's west due to construction costs and interest rates
After renting in Western Sydney for almost a decade, Dave Anderson fears his aspirations of buying a home in the region are becoming even more out of reach. "Unless I suddenly win the lottery, I'm not going to own a house in Sydney," Mr Anderson said. While new free-standing homes are being constructed across parts of his neighbourhood, the 38-year-old public servant feels locked out of the market, due to a lack of affordable apartments.
'Led with humanity': The remarkable life of Dame Marie Bashir
The life of Dame Marie Bashir was simply extraordinary. In her 95 years, she was a respected public servant, a fierce advocate for mental health resourcing and held esteemed titles across the education and psychiatry sectors — cementing her position as a highly accomplished Australian.
NSW government unveils $3 billion plan to combat debris balls washing up on Sydney beaches
Western Sydney will undergo a $3 billion wastewater infrastructure overhaul following an investigation into debris balls that washed up on the city's popular beaches. Sydney Water's Malabar wastewater treatment system services the entirety of south-western Sydney, including Campbelltown, Fairfield, Glenfield and Liverpool.
Menorah to light up Sydney Harbour Bridge on New Year's Eve after open letter from Jewish creatives
The City of Sydney has made last-minute changes to Sydney's New Year's Eve tribute to the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack following an open letter signed by Jewish creatives. More than 30 Jewish-Australian artistic and cultural figures wrote to Lord Mayor Clover Moore on Monday morning, urging for a "Jewish-specific symbol" to be projected on the pylons of Sydney Harbour Bridge to commemorate the 15 people killed in the Bondi shootings on December 14.
Benedict Bryant found guilty of dangerous driving causing the death of Jai Kalani Wright
A NSW Police officer charged over a fatal collision that killed an Indigenous teenager has been found guilty. Benedict Bryant pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving occasioning death over the crash in inner Sydney in February 2022. Sixteen-year-old Jai Kalani Wright died in hospital after suffering serious head injuries when the motorbike he was riding collided with an unmarked police car in Alexandria.
Woman in custody for allegedly cutting gas services at Sutherland hospitals in Sydney
A woman is in police custody as officers investigate the cutting of essential medical gases at two Sydney hospitals, in what the state's health minister has called "deliberate sabotage". NSW Police said a woman allegedly entered the hospital grounds of Sutherland Hospital in Caringbah about 12:20am and cut both the water and gas mains, before she turned on the fire hoses. Police said about an hour later a woman the went into a private hospital on the same street and switched off the gas supply.
Shared e-bike operators could be fined up to $55,000 for dumped bikes under new laws
Share bike operators could face tough penalties for not cleaning up e-bike "eye-sores" dumped on Sydney's streets, under a new scheme proposed by the state government. Under a bill being introduced to parliament today, the state government and councils will establish dedicated e-bike parking bays in town centres and near transport hubs. Operators who fail to remove poorly parked e-bikes could be met with fines of up to $55,000 plus $5,500 for each day they leave them in place.
Qantas hacker ransom risky, experts say
Qantas is one of around 40 companies negotiating with hackers to try and stop the personal data of millions of its customers being shared on the dark web. If Qantas does not pay the ransom by tomorrow, a cybercrime collective will leak the stolen data. The situation has once again raised questions over the responsibility of big companies to protect data, and whether paying a ransom just exacerbates the problem.
Optus bungled email on day of outage
As the fallout from the Optus triple zero outages continues, it has emerged the telco botched an attempt to notify the federal communications department on the day of the biggest failure last month. A Senate Estimates hearing was told today that Optus sent the notification to the wrong email address.
Rowdy wartime behaviour revealed as Sydney's Luna Park celebrates 90th birthday
For generations of Sydneysiders, Luna Park evokes childhood memories, but in some of the city's darkest days it was also renowned for being an adults' playground. The iconic harbourside landmark celebrates its 90th anniversary this weekend, but its inspiration began 16,000 kilometres away on Coney Island, New York. "It changed amusement parks around the world. It really was a smash hit," historian Sam Marshall said of the American theme park.
NSW Police can monitor phones of DV offenders under new protections for victim-survivors
From Monday, NSW courts can impose wide-ranging orders on high-risk domestic violence offenders, including allowing police access to phone login details.
Arts industry leaders call for tax reforms to help struggling sector
Arts industry leaders, experts and government ministers have convened to discuss tax reforms for creative industries. Hundreds of submissions were written for the Art Tax Reform Summit held at Sydney Opera House on Thursday. The summit is part of a federal review into cultural policy, which is open for consultation next year. The art sector says bold tax reforms could be key to supporting a rapidly changing industry during "challenging times".
Former superyacht worker Ethan Davis sentenced for kidnapping ex-girlfriend
A former superyacht worker from Sydney has avoided jail after pleading guilty to intimidating and kidnapping his ex-girlfriend. District Court Judge Miiko Kumar ordered Ethan Davis to be subject to an Intensive Correction Order (ICO) for the next three years. In June, the 24-year-old pleaded guilty to charges of kidnapping, using a carriage service to harass, intimidation, threatening to distribute an intimate image, using an offensive weapon and possessing MDMA.
Robyn Smith to run bare chested in Sydney's City2Surf after double mastectomy
About 90,000 runners will take part in Sydney's City2Surf from the CBD to Bondi Beach. Professor Richard Scolyer will be among the runners raising funds for various cancer organisations. The race is due to start at 7:35am, with the final runners expected to reach the finish line by 2pm. Robyn Smith believes there is nothing wrong with "living flat", and plans to make the message clear at the City2Surf.
NSW GPs can soon train to refill ADHD medication to 'streamline' care
Donna Nichols was in primary school when she was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, more commonly known as ADHD. She remembered how difficult it was to fit in. "I found it really hard to make friends. I think I was too much socially for some people in the playground," Ms Nichols said. The stigma was so challenging her parents thought she would benefit from weaning off medication and not disclosing her diagnosis to avoid bullying from other students.
Digging at Parramatta's Metro West restarts after halt due to concerns it could impact telco building
Work on the Sydney Metro West line at Parramatta was halted over reported concerns digging could damage the nearby Telstra building's foundations. Sydney Metro says they, and the companies involved, were aware of matters before the contract was awarded and digging started. Sydney Metro says work on the line recommenced on Monday morning. Digging of Parramatta's Metro West project has resumed after it was stopped over concerns it was getting too close under the Telstra Exchange building.
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