Truth Telling with Lidia Thorpe: Recent Episodes
Senator Lidia Thorpe
Lidia Thorpe is a proud Djabwurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara woman, a human rights, climate, and forest activist; a mother, grandmother and survivor of family violence. She is the first Aboriginal Federal Senator for Victoria. In this podcast Senator Lidia Thorpe yarns with First Nations Elders and Activists about the injustices facing First Nations people and importantly, the solutions and opportunities that can come from self determination through the right policy.
Lidia yarns with Dr Mohammed Mustafa (Dr Mo) after his recent return from humanitarian work in Gaza. They discuss the Genocide happening in Gaza and Dr Mo gives an eyewitness account of the atrocities, particularly the loss of innocent lives at the hands of the Israeli Defence Force.
Dr Mo is a Palestinian Australian emergency medicine physician who has been to Gaza twice since October 7, 2023, on humanitarian missions to support the people with in need of critical healthcare.
In this episode Lidia yarns with Uncle Robbie Thorpe and Lawyer Len Lidon, about genocide happening around the world, the ongoing genocide here in this country, and what needs to change to achieve justice.
Uncle Robbie Thorpe Robbie, a Krautungalung Elder of the Gunnai people, is an activist who has been fighting for First Peoples and against genocide for decades. He hosts Bunjil's Fire on 3CR Radio.
Len Lindon is lawyer who has fought alongside Robbie for decades pursuing various genocide cases, including recently against Charles Windsor King of the United Kingdom.
LEARN: Go Robbie Thorpe's Crime Scene Australia website here
LEARN: The United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide here
TAKE ACTION: Make a submission to the Genocide Inquiry, learn how here
These recordings took place on the unceded sovereign lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.Music by Associate Professor Ted Wilkes, respected Nyungar Elder.
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In this episode Lidia yarns with Uncle Jack Charles about the importance of Truth telling in order to move forward as a Nation. In this yarn Lidia and Uncle Jack explore what a National Treaty(ies) could look like in this country and the opportunities a modern Treaty(ies) could bring.
Uncle Jack Charles is a Boon Wurrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Palawa and Yorta Yorta man, an Elder, accomplished actor and co-founder of the first Indigenous theatre company in this country. Uncle Jack is a member of the stolen generations and was taken from his mother when he was only a few months old. Put into institutional care and separated from family and culture, this trauma would heavily impact the course of his life. Uncle Jack struggled with drug addiction and experienced homelesseness. He has been incarcerated 20 times and describes himself as a ‘serial pest’. Today, Uncle Jack is a respected Elder in Melbourne.
LEARN: Watch Truth Telling and Treaty Circle recording
TAKE ACTION: Add your name to support the campaign for Truth and Treaty
DONATE: To Pay the Rent
These recordings took place on the unceded sovereign lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.
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CONTENT WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this podcast includes discussions about First Nations deaths in custody and incarceration. Reach out to your local Aboriginal health service if you are struggling with grief and trauma associated with these issues.
In this episode Lidia yarns with Biripi and Wakka Wakka man and co-founder of Deadly Connections, Keenan Mundine. In this yarn Keenan shares his personal story and speaks about the importance of building communities not prisons.
Keenan is a proud First Nations man with connections to the Biripi Nation and the Wakka Wakka Nations. Keenan had a rough start to his childhood after losing both parents at a young age, being placed in care, separated from his siblings. Keenan faced his own difficulties in life and made some poor decisions in his adolescence which resulted in his lengthy involvement with the justice system. Keenan found his passion in giving back to his community and working with people who have similar experiences to him. Keenan is the Deputy CEO and Co-Founder of Deadly Connections, an innovative, community led solution and response to the current mass incarceration and child protection crisis of First Nations people.
TAKE ACTION: Add your name to support the campaign for Truth and Treaty
LEARN: Listen to Thin Black Line (podcast): Presented by Muruwari man, Allan Clarke, this podcast tells the true story of the infamous 1993 death in custody of Aboriginal teenager Daniel Yock.
DONATE:
- Deadly Connections works with Aboriginal children, young people, adults, families and communities to break intergenerational cycles of disadvantage and trauma – particularly those impacted by the child protection and/or justice systems.
- Dhadjowa Foundation is a national grassroots organisation that's been established to provide strategic, coordinated and culturally appropriate support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families whose loved ones have died in custody.They are a not-for-profit organisation that's independent from all government funding and rely solely on donations, fundraising and philanthropy. The Dhadjowa Foundation delivers grassroots support for families through three key activities, Peer Support; Financial assistance and Campaign capacity building. All of which will be family-led and founded in self-determination.
These recordings took place on the unceded sovereign lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.
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In this episode Lidia yarns with Boonwurrung and Wemba Wemba lawyer, Jason Briggs about the complexities and flaws of Native Title laws and highlights the importance of support for First Nations legal defence.
Jason Briggs is of Boonwurrung and Wemba Wemba Ancestry and he Chairs the Boonwurrung Land & Sea Council in Melbourne. Jason is a practising lawyer with over 20 years experience in legal practice and business. Jason has recently launched the Boonwurrung Native Title Claim in the Federal Court and convenes the Victorian Pan Nationalist group known as the Black Friday Resurgence; to raise public awareness and black consciousness about issues affecting First Nations communities in Victoria - especially in relation to our Cultural Heritage and Native Title affairs.
TAKE ACTION: Add your name to support the campaign for Truth and Treaty
LEARN: Listen to Dr Anne Poelina's work on protecting water on Country
DONATE: To Pay the Rent
These recordings took place on the unceded sovereign lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.
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In this episode Lidia yarns with Nyungar man, Associate Professor Ted Wilkes and long time First Nations health activist (and her mum), Gunnaikurnai woman Marjorie Thorpe about the importance of holistic and First Nations led health services as well as healing spaces.
Professor Ted Wilkes is a Nyungar man and has spent most of his life working in public health for better First Nations health outcomes. Professor Wilkes has engaged at many forums and committees at the state, national, and international level, and is involved in many research initiatives dealing with alcohol and drugs in Indigenous Australia.
Marjorie Thorpe is a Gunnaikurnai woman and daughter of one of the founders of Victorian Aboriginal Health Service in 1973. Marjorie was a co-commissioner on the Bringing them Home stolen generations inquiry. More recently, Marjorie has campaigned to save the Grandmother trees on Tjapurong.
TAKE ACTION: Add your name to support the campaign for Truth and Treaty
LEARN: Read Professor Chelsea Watego's Book "Another Day in The Colony"
DONATE: To Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS)The Greens' plan for First Nations Health:
- $371m to self-determined, community-led First Nations health services to increase their capacity to care for their own communities
- Ensure people have early access to preventative programs and provide funding of $1.07b to build First Nations owned healing places
- Expand Gold Card access to First Nations Elders aged 60 and above so they can access the healthcare, treatment and services they deserve
- Grow the First Nations health and wellbeing workforce to provide culturally appropriate care to their communities
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In this episode Lidia yarns with Arabunna Elder and long time environmental campaigner Uncle Kev Buzzacott about what caring for Country actually means and the importance of First Nations led solutions.
Uncle Kev Buzzacott is an Elder from the Arabunna Nation and long time campaigner for First Nations justice and land rights. Uncle Kev has been a leader in the campaigns against uranium mining and for a nuclear free Australia.
LEARN: Read Sand Talk: How Indigenous thinking can save the world by Tyson Yunkaporta.
TAKE ACTION: Add your name to support the Greens’ plan for caring for Country and protecting sacred sites.
DONATE: SEED is Australia’s first Indigenous youth climate network building a movement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people for climate justice with the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. Their vision is for a just and sustainable future with strong cultures and communities, powered by renewable energy. https://www.seedmob.org.au/donate
The Greens plan for Caring for Country:
- Strong laws to protect First Nations cultural heritage, knowledge and intellectual property
- $767m over the forward estimates to expand the First Nations ranger programs and Indigenous Protected Areas to heal Country by returning land to First Nations management and providing long-term sustainable jobs
These recordings took place on the unceded sovereign lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.Connect with Senator Lidia Thorpe
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This is a trailer for the new podcast, Truth Telling with Lidia Thorpe.
In this series Senator Lidia Thorpe yarns with First Nations Elders, experts and activists about the injustices facing First Nations people and importantly, the solutions and opportunities that can come from self determination through the right policy.
Lidia Thorpe is a DjabWurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara woman and Greens Senator for Victoria.
These recordings took place on the unceded sovereign lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.Connect with Senator Lidia Thorpe
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