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Mundanara Bayles
Hosted by Mundanara Bayles who was born and raised in Redfern (Sydney) Australia and currently lives in Queensland. The Black Magic Woman Podcast is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly First Nations people from Australia and around the world sharing their stories about their journey to highlight the diversity amongst First Nations peoples and the resilience of her people. She hopes these stories inspire her listeners and also create a better understanding of what First Nations Peoples culture and history.
Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do. Mundanara makes people feel relaxed and comfortable as if they were sitting around the kitchen table just having a yarn. It’s the way First Nations people have been building relationships and getting to know each other for tens of thousands of years. She draws from a long family history in the media industry and has grown up in culturally strong, politically active family who have been at the forefront of the Aboriginal Rights movement since the 1960’s.
Mundanara sees this platform as an opportunity to share her cultural knowledge and insights to her audience in a non confrontational way that brings people along with her to create change for a better Australia. To connect more with Mundanara check out the work she does with her elders at www.theblackcard.com.au.
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This episode is proudly brought to you by ANZ. A new series of conversations with different mob around the country to yarn about, meaningful career opportunities within ANZ, building the capacity of Indigenous businesses and organisations, and helping individuals in the broader community to achieve financial wellbeing and resilience.
If you’d like to know more about how ANZ can help improve your financial wellbeing, or help you start, run or grow your business, visit anz.com or call 13 13 14.
Join us on the episode 2 of the ANZ partnership series for an inspiring yarn with Catherine Gibson, a proud Dharug woman from the Central Coast who is the sales and marketing leader at E‑Bisglobal. Listen to Catherine’s heartfelt journey of discovering and embracing her Indigenous roots after learning about her family’s rich Dharug heritage. 🌿✨
From uncovering hidden stories of racial challenges and her great-great-grandmother’s legacy as one of the last survivors of the Holsworthy Barracks on the Georges River, Catherine’s family’s story is a testament to the power of heritage and resilience. 📜💪
Learn about the majority owned and operated Aboriginal print management company E-Bisglobal and their mission to uplift Indigenous suppliers within their supply chain. This episode emphasises the vital role of large corporations in fostering these relationships. 🌍🛠️
Once again, ANZ’s approachable and collaborative spirit is highlighted, with stories of supporting Aboriginal women in business. It’s all about connections, opportunities, and building each other up!! 💼👩💼
Recommendations throughout this episode:
Indigenous small business banking services: https://www.anz.com.au/business/indigenous-banking/
https://ebisglobal.com/
Call ANZ’s dedicated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander customer support line on 1800 037 366 https://www.anz.com.au/support/contact-us/customer-support-line/
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Opportunities https://www.anz.com.au/careers/programs/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-opportunities/
For general enquiries visit anz.com or call 13 13 14
When we reference ANZ in this episode, we are referring to Australia and New Zealand Banking Group operating in Australia and New Zealand.
Given the nature of this podcast, all comments are general in nature and do not take into account the listeners’ financial circumstances, goals or objectives. Please think about what is right for you and seek independent advice.
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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This episode is proudly brought to you by ANZ. A new series of conversations with different mob around the country to yarn about, meaningful career opportunities within ANZ, building the capacity of Indigenous businesses and organisations, and helping individuals in the broader community to achieve financial wellbeing and resilience.
If you’d like to know more about how ANZ can help improve your financial wellbeing, or help you start, run or grow your business, visit anz.com or call 13 13 14.
Welcome to the first instalment of the ANZ Partnership series! In a conversation that traverses the rich traditions of the Torres Strait, including totems and traditional diets, to the vibrant multicultural influences shaping the community, Jack opens up about his life’s voyage. He discusses the challenges faced by island communities, the power of family and resilience, and the entrepreneurial spirit that led him to establish a successful cybersecurity consultancy.
What a deadly way to celebrate NRW week 2024 by showcasing a success story like this! Your dose of inspiration awaits! ✨
Recommendations throughout this episode:
Indigenous small business banking services: https://www.anz.com.au/business/indigenous-banking/
https://baidam.com.au/
Call ANZ’s dedicated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander customer support line on 1800 037 366 https://www.anz.com.au/support/contact-us/customer-support-line/
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Opportunities https://www.anz.com.au/careers/programs/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-opportunities/
For general enquiries visit anz.com or call 13 13 14
When we reference ANZ in this episode, we are referring to Australia and New Zealand Banking Group operating in Australia and New Zealand.
Given the nature of this podcast, all comments are general in nature and do not take into account the listeners’ financial circumstances, goals or objectives. Please think about what is right for you and seek independent advice.
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
Follow us on Instagram - @blackmagicwomanpodcast
The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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Dive into the inspiring journey of Meg & Walter McGuire Junior on this very special episode.
Discover how Walter and his partner Meg turned their passion into the award-winning Go Cultural Aboriginal Tours, offering a bridge to understanding and appreciating Aboriginal culture 🏆. Learn about their commitment to heritage preservation, education, and expanding knowledge through storytelling. 📖✨
Through city tours and experiences, Go Cultural Aboriginal Tours & Experiences 'tell the first story' of Noongar people in culturally significant Perth locations.
Walter and Meg are guided by a deep connection to their ancestors, culture and heritage. Go Cultural tours and experiences are designed to reflect ancient protocols and practices
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://gocultural.com.au/
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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Episode 145 features an inspiring yarn with Lorraine Pryor, a Whadjuk Noongar Woman with connections to Ballardong and Gnaala Karla Booja. A mother and grandmother, she is a passionate advocate and an important voice for local Aboriginal women, particularly those marginalised by society.
This episode sheds light on the systemic barriers faced by Aboriginal women, including high incarceration rates and the struggle for post-release support. We explore the transformative work of grassroots initiatives like Lorraine's businessVoice of Hope Aboriginal Corporation and Karna Communities, which are making strides in providing holistic and culturally attuned support.
Black Magic Woman is produced by Clint Curtis and brought to you by the BlakCast Network.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://voiceofhope.org.au/
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
Follow us on Instagram - @blackmagicwomanpodcast
The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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In this compelling episode of the Black Magic Women Podcast, I yarn with special guest Amanda Healy. We dive deep into the powerful intersection of Aboriginal culture with the mining and fashion industries.
This episode is a vibrant discussion that spans across personal journeys, economic empowerment, and the global representation of Aboriginal culture.
Amanda, a proud Wonnarua woman from the Hunter Valley in NSW, has over 35 years of experience in the mining industry, working with renowned companies like BHP, Rio Tinto, and WMC.
In 2014, she founded Kirrikin as a social enterprise to address the shortage of authentic Indigenous products. Kirrikin digitally prints stunning Aboriginal artwork onto luxurious cashmeres and silks, creating exquisite scarves and ties. With a growing international reputation, Kirrikin is loved not only in Australia but also in the USA and Europe.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://kirrikin.com/pages/amanda-healy
https://linkedin.com/in/amanda-healy-0a03a115/?originalSubdomain=au
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities.
Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do. If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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In this enlightening episode, Oral Mcguire and I delve into the significant theme of recognising and valuing the unique contributions of Aboriginal people to society. Our discussion centers around the importance of shifting the narrative from reconciliation to negotiation, highlighting the immense value Aboriginal perspectives bring to various sectors and communities.
Oral McGuire is a Noongar leader and landholder who is strongly skilled at cross cultural mentoring and education.
Oral has extensive experience in traditional land and fire management practices, as well as 20 years’ experience running his consulting business. He has worked across government, private enterprise and the not-for-profit sector bridging the divide between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.ncci.com.au/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/oralmcguire/?originalSubdomain=au
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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In this episode, Nyoka shines a light on the urgent and ongoing challenges that Aboriginal communities in Western Australia face. With a focus on the impact of systemic issues on children and families, we delve into the critical topics of inadequate care services, funding shortages, and the repercussions of these deficits.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyyani/
https://nyyani.com/
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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Kelly Mundine co-founded Mibayn, a 100% Koori-owned business, driven by the urgent need to fill the gaps within the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for Indigenous Australians. This is not just a service; it’s a movement. With a strong cultural heartbeat, Mibayn provides culturally sensitive disability support that not only understands but also respects and uplifts the community it serves.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.pc.gov.au/ongoing/overcoming-indigenous-disadvantage
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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In this episode former NRL player and founder of 'Our Way Academy' Joe Williams delves into deep discussions about racism, abuse, and the societal changes needed to foster human evolution. Joe addresses the effects of modern society on family relationships and parenting, with insights from Gabor Mate’s book “Hold on to Your Kids.” Joe shares personal struggles with suicide attempts, addiction, and also touches on their achievements in sports, while offering words of hope to their younger self.
Our yarn really underscores the importance of cultural education, the preservation of ancient stories, and the creation of a positive present for the younger generation through a strong cultural identity. Joe also tells us about Our Way Academy, which aims to instill core values in youth. This deadly yarn is one of community and familial support being vital for nurturing future generations.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
www.joewilliams.com.au/shop
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-williams-592767123/
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
Follow us on Instagram - @blackmagicwomanpodcast
The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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Rick Macourt is Associate Professor of Practice and Associate Dean, First Nations Strategy and Services in the Faculty of Medicine & Health at the University of Sydney. He is also the founder and Managing Director of First Nations Economics. Rick was previously Director, First Nations Expenditure and Outcomes at NSW Treasury having previously worked in Federal and local government as well as the private and NGO sectors. Rick is currently a Board Member of Black Rainbow and an Indigenous Advisory Committee Member at Siemens Australia. He has published a number of reports, articles and a children’s book on First Nations matters and is committed to supporting the self-determination of First Nations peoples.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://blackrainbow.org.au/
https://firstnationseconomics.com/
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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Jaynaya Winmar is a proud Noongar/Balladong woman from Quairading in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia. She’s also a Cycle breaker, a Glow Getter, and an Indigenous Entrepreneur. As a dual business owner, Jaynaya says her passion in life has always been to make the most of every opportunity.
In this week’s episode, Jaynaya Winmar talks to Mundanara about being part of a network of First Nations investors, advice for when you’re seeking investment and her experiences in the industry.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.minderoo.org/news/blak-angels-investment-network
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaynaya-winmar-b5a24029/
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
Follow us on Instagram - @blackmagicwomanpodcast
The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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Sené Maluwapi is a First Nations and Pasifika model, a proud Malu Kiwai woman of the Samu and Gaidai Clans. Sené uses her modelling career to extend the acknowledgement of First Nations people in creative spaces and platform her passion for protecting her island home of Boigu in Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait Islands) from the impacts of climate change.
In this episode, Sené chats to Mundanara about the effect climate change is having on her home and people, and her experiences in the modelling industry.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/senemaluwapi/?originalSubdomain=au
https://www.tsra.gov.au/the-tsra/programmes/env-mgt-program/adapting-to-climate-change
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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Josh Creamer is a highly accomplished and decorated Waanyi and Kalkadoon barrister who specialises in class actions, human rights and native title. In September Josh was appointed as a Commissioner to the Queensland Law Reform Commission.
In this episode, Mundanara and Josh talk about his integral and groundbreaking work in seeking justice through truth-telling, and how he’s creating pathways for other mob wanting to work in the space.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-creamer-75616749/?originalSubdomain=au
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
Follow us on Instagram - @blackmagicwomanpodcast
The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
Black Magic Woman Podcast is brought to you by the BlakCast Network and is produced by Clint Curtis.
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Jenny Khan is a Wailwan woman and the owner and director of the Unexpected Guest - a breakfast food company that prides itself on creating clean, healthy food, using Indigenous botanicals.
In this episode, Mundanara chats to Jenny about what it takes to succeed in business, leading with Indigenous values and the influence of Country.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://theunexpectedguest.com/about-us/
https://www.kristalkinsela.com/
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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This episode is proudly supported by Sparke Helmore Lawyers.
Billy Dib is a beacon of resilience and determination. Not only is he a notable figure in the boxing realm, securing the IBO Super Featherweight and IBF Featherweight World Championship titles during an illustrious career, he is also a cancer survivor.
Now, standing triumphant in remission, Billy spoke to Mundanara about how he draws on his own experiences to help people build a resilient mindset to navigate through life’s toughest challenges and adversities.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.instagram.com/billydib/?hl=en
https://billydib.com/product/a-true-heart-billy-dibs-autobiography-signed-copy/
https://billyve.com/
https://www.lifeline.org.au/
https://www.sparke.com.au/
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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This episode is proudly supported by Monash University, promoting the Masters of Indigenous Business Leadership program, delivered by Monash Business School & The William Cooper Institute.
The Master of Indigenous Business Leadership, is a cross-disciplinary program with leading units delivered by Monash Business School, complemented by a tailored offering in design thinking, together with a mastery unit from Law.
The partnership series features interviews with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander past and current students, staff and guest speakers from the program.
Bedi Othow is passionate about human resources and brings 10 years of experience in banking, law and the Victorian Public Sector to her own project, as the co-founder of DivTal.
DivTal is an online job platform that connects inclusive employers to Black, Indigenous, People of Colour talent.
In this episode, Bedi and Mundanara talk all things inclusivity and diversity in business. From their own experiences navigating the space to what changes can be made to improve the experience for others starting out.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://divtal.com/
https://www.monash.edu/study/courses/find-a-course/indigenous-business-leadership-b6024?
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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In the age of misinformation and disinformation, Blak journalists have never been more integral for bringing a new perspective and lived experience to the country’s media landscape.
Narelda Jacobs is a Whadjuk Noongar journalist, presenter and commentator with a career that spans more than two decades.
Narelda is passionate about promoting equality, diversity and inclusion and is on the board of the National Justice Project. Narelda also sits on Football Australia’s National Indigenous Advisory Group and is an ambassador for countless organisations and causes.
This week on the podcast, Narelda reflects on her career in journalism, offers advice for mob looking to begin careers in the media, the importance of diversity in storytelling and more.
You don’t want to miss this very special episode.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://10play.com.au/studio-10/hosts/2023/narelda-jacobs/pa200520kpear
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
Follow us on Instagram - @blackmagicwomanpodcast
The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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Kyle Leong wants more mob talking about money and making money!
The Koko-bera man from the small Aboriginal community of Kowanyama was born and raised on Turrabal/Jaggera land and now lives on Giabal/Jarowair land with his 3 children and his wife.
Kyle is also the Senior Manager for Retail Banking Services (RBS) Indigenous Engagement for Commonwealth Bank where he is responsible for the recruitment and retention of Indigenous employees and has recently launched a pilot program that gives mob the knowledge and skills to take control of their finances.
If someone knows a thing or two about hiring mob and financial literacy, it’s this fulla!
This week we sat down and had a yarn with Kyle about the steps businesses can take to ensure they’re doing the right kind of work when engaging with First Nations people. We also talk about how central financial literacy is to changing intergenerational outcomes for all Indigenous people.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-leong-19525149/
https://www.commbank.com.au/about-us/careers/working-here/indigenouscareers.html
https://www.commbank.com.au/guidance/newsroom/indigenous-employment-parity-201606.html
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
Follow us on Instagram - @blackmagicwomanpodcast
The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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This episode is proudly sponsored by Indigenous Business Australia who serves, partners and invests with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who want to own their own future.
Jess is the Founder and Managing Director of Strong Spirit Aboriginal Services – Jess has over 15 years’ experience working in health promotion, public health, mental health, Aboriginal health and management, primary healthcare and has delivered workplace training programs. In 2006, Jess was awarded with a Deans Award for Academic Excellence and in 2021 Jess received parliamentary recognition for her contribution to the local Aboriginal community.
Her business Strong Spirit Aboriginal Services, is an Aboriginal owned and operated business, registered with Supply Nation, First Australians Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FACCI Affiliate) and New South Wales Indigenous Chamber of Commerce (NSWICC).
Strong Spirit provide cultural and professional services to support small to medium First Nations businesses with business and strategic planning services, grant writing, project management services, capacity building programs, Aboriginal employment advisory services and program evaluation. Strong Spirits also deliver a diverse range of cultural programs and services.
Strong Spirit are a recipient of the Social Enterprise Grant and we would love her amazing business development and networking program in Port Macquarie featured on the podcast
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://strongspiritservices.com/about-us
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This episode is proudly supported by Monash University, promoting the Masters of Indigenous Business Leadership program, delivered by Monash Business School & The William Cooper Institute.
The Master of Indigenous Business Leadership, is a cross-disciplinary program with leading units delivered by Monash Business School, complemented by a tailored offering in design thinking, together with a mastery unit from Law.
The partnership series features interviews with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander past and current students, staff and guest speakers from the program.
William is a proud Nucoorilma, Anaiwan and Dunghutti man, born and raised in the Western Sydney suburbs. He is a kinship carer for his two gorgeous nieces and has an incredible Brazilian partner. William currently resides and works on Gadigal Country where he has the honour of raising his family.
A skilled and dedicated professional with a passion for storytelling, social entrepreneurship, collaboration, and facilitation, he is a social change advocate with a focus on promoting First Nations economic development, circular economics, stakeholder engagement, relationship management, and innovative program development.
As a founder and director of Yarnnup, William is committed to building the capacity of First Nations participation and developing courses to build cultural capability by blending neuroscience, Aboriginal philosophy, and ancient knowledge to improve engagement between the wider community and First Nations Australians. He is spearheading Yarnnup's vision to be the first choice for advisory and training services nationally, and his expertise and dedication are invaluable to the success of this mission.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.monash.edu/study/courses/find-a-course/indigenous-business-leadership-b6024?
https://yarnnup.com.au/about-us/william-trewlynn/
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Sasha Kutabah Sarago is a proud Wadjanbarra Yidinji, Jirrbal and African-American woman.
A former model, Sasha, grew frustrated by the invisibility of multicultural women in fashion and media. In 2011, she founded Ascension — Australia's first digital lifestyle platform for women of colour. As a speaker, Sasha raises awareness around culture, diversity and equity in the business, media and lifestyle sectors.
Sasha's TEDx talk The (de)colonising of beauty was selected as TED.com 2021 Editor's Choice (garnering 1.6 million views). Along with the newly released of her debut memoir Gigorou: It’s time to reclaim beauty. First Nations wisdom and womanhood. Sasha is passionate about sparking conversations around femininity from a First Nations woman's perspective.
Appearing on NITV Awaken Black is Beautiful, SBS Insight Growing Up Mixed Race, and the ABC’s The School That Tried To End Racism. Sasha has featured in BuzzFeed, Huffington Post, 10 Daily, Sydney Morning Herald, Frankie and Fashion Journal Magazines. With articles published in The Guardian and SBS Voices. Sasha has also written and directed documentaries Too Pretty To Be Aboriginal and InsideOUT, which premiered at the Melbourne Women's Film Festival 2020.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.sashasarago.com/about
https://ascensionmag.com/
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This episode is proudly sponsored by Indigenous Business Australia who serves, partners and invests with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who want to own their own future.
This week we have a new IBA partnership series episode with proud Yorta Yorta woman Sarai Roe, founder of Wanyara.
Wanyara provides interactive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural experiences to help people understand and embrace an Aboriginal perspective of our country. Their programs draw on the traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that can be tailored to fit in with specific business requirements or existing school programs. Wanyara’s focus is on education and fun, incorporating physical activity while providing cultural learning, teaching inclusion, acceptance, connection and respect.
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https://www.wanyara.com.au/
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Mitchell is a proud Bidjigal man from La Perouse in south-east Sydney. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Muru Office Supplies, a national Workplace Supplies provider, and is passionate about his role supporting the growth of the First Nations business sector and giving back to community. After working in the IT industry for almost 15yr providing technology services to small business customers, Mitchell discovered the emerging supplier diversity trend in late 2011 and pivoted from IT into workplace supplies. Mitchell has grown Muru from the ground up into one of the largest First Nation owned companies in Australia and partnered with leading brands such as CBA, Telstra, Boral, Qantas, Fortescue Metals, and KPMG.
Mitchell helps organisations capture value above and beyond the products they purchase through Muru. He creates partnerships that are more than transactional, offering ongoing mutual value for both parties through social outcomes. Muru means “pathway” in the language of the coastal Sydney region and Mitchell's vision is to create a pathway for future generations, helping to close the gap for First Nation people. A percentage of all Muru profits is donated to First Nations community programs that support Education, Employment and Health & Wellbeing initiatives.
Mitchell is also passionate about sport and created The KO App in 2016, it’s a free mobile app that was designed to provide a free resource for the community that includes live scoring and news about the NSW Aboriginal Rugby League Tournament or Koori Knockout as its more commonly known.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchellrossceo/
https://muruoffice.com.au/
https://www.thekoapp.com/
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This episode is a big one. The inimitable Wiradjuri man and journalist, Stan Grant, joined Mundanara on stage to celebrate BlackCard’s tenth birthday and NAIDOC Week. What unfolded was a very special conversation on survival, love and yindyamarra. Yindyamarra, in Wirajduri language, means respect. More than that though, Stan says: “it means respect even when others don’t respect you. It means the respect that comes from knowing where you are, the country you are from, what has given birth to us.”
Words to hold on to. I hope you enjoy this very special yarn!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEOssW1rw0I
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You probably recognise this week’s guest. Felicia Foxx is a Kamilaroi and Dunghutti storyteller and drag queen, and they are thriving. Starting their drag career at just 16 years old, Felicia set out to inspire young ones to be their most charismatic and authentic selves. Using their platform, they continue to break down barriers, smash stigmas and create awareness for Indigenous and queer rights.
In this episode, Felicia shares their story of discovering their two spirits, the value of connecting with queer mob and how they found confidence in their identity.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://blaq.org.au/
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Why is education important for business?
In this episode, Dr Janine Mohamed, CEO of the Lowitja Institute, tells Mundanara that although we operate in a white system, Blak business owners often aren’t motivated to go into business for the same reasons as non-Indigenous businesses.
Education, she says, taught her a lot about herself - what not to do and who she didn’t want to be.
Dr Janine Mohamed is a proud Narrunga Kaurna woman from Point Pearce in South Australia who has dedicated her career to Indigenous health through roles in nursing, management and policy for over two decades.
This episode is proudly supported by Monash University, promoting the Masters of Indigenous Business Leadership program, delivered by Monash Business School & The William Cooper Institute.
The Master of Indigenous Business Leadership, is a cross-disciplinary program with leading units delivered by Monash Business School, complemented by a tailored offering in design thinking, together with a mastery unit from Law.
The partnership series features interviews with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander past and current students, staff and guest speakers from the program.
You will hear all about what the Masters of Indigenous Business Leadership program has to offer including valuable insight and stories of amazing business journeys and leadership.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.monash.edu/study/courses/find-a-course/2023/indigenous-business-leadership-b6024
https://www.lowitja.org.au/page/about-us/people/our-team/janine-mohamed
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Why do we wait until something is trending to talk about it?
In this episode, rebellious lawyer, storyteller and proud Wiradjuri and Wailwan woman Teela Reid yarns with Mundanara about how our stories matter all the time, land rights and how Australia needs to come to terms with itself as a ‘white racist colony’. Teela also talks about her exciting new podcast, Blak Matters which aims to entertain through education.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.teelareid.com/story
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How do we make events like Fashion Week more culturally safe? Hire Black. In this episode Mundanara yarns with award-winning artist and photographer, Bobbi Lockyer about pursuing your dreams despite the doubters, honouring our Elders and making events more culturally safe.
Bobbi is a self-described “true mermaid queen”. The artist and Ngarluma, Kariyarra, Nyulnyul and Yawuru woman says she is obsessed with the ocean and in love with rainbows and colour. In 2021 she was named NAIDOC Artist of the Year and her art has been featured in Vogue and on the Paris Fashion Week runway, with her work described as ‘groundbreaking’, ‘revolutionary’ and ‘artistic’. With her eclectic style and distinctive content, Bobbi has amassed a following of thousands across her social media accounts where she shares her real life as a solo mother and tips and tricks in photography and art.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.bobbilockyer.com/
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Has there been progress in the Australian media industry?
Antoinette is a multi award-winning journalist, author, broadcaster, TEDx speaker, mental health ambassador. If that wasn’t enough she’s also the co-founder of Media Diversity Australia - a not for profit that seeks to increase cultural and linguistic diversity in mainstream media.
In this episode, Mundanara and Antoinette discuss what it’s like to work in the Australian media as a Lebanese woman from a working-class family, her book ‘How to Lose Friends and Influence White People’, the role of non-black people of colour in dismantling structures and using humour to navigate the conversation of racism in Australia.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
Book: https://www.booktopia.com.au
Tedtalk: https://www.youtube.com
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How can technology be used to enrich a young person’s connection to identity and culture?
Leanne Sanders is a Kamilaroi, Tati Tati, Wadi Wadi and Mutti Mutti woman and the CEO of First Nations female-led tech company, Visual Dreaming. Through the development of their Visual Dreaming app, Leanne and her team aim to utilise technology to build a future based on individual and community visions and give youth the tools to shape a positive future for themselves through sharing the richness of Aboriginal Spiritual Wellbeing.
In another installment of the Indigenous Business Australia partnership series, Mundanara yarns with Leanne about how she sees technology and business as tools to create opportunities and shape a better future for our communities.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://visualdreaming.au/
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June Oscar AO is a proud Bunuba woman from the remote town of Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. She is a strong advocate for Indigenous Australian languages, social justice, women’s issues, and has worked tirelessly to reduce Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
June has held a raft of influential positions including Deputy Director of the Kimberley Land Council, chair of the Kimberley Language Resource Centre and the Kimberley Interpreting Service and Chief Investigator with WA’s Lililwan Project addressing FASD. She led a successful community driven campaign for alcohol restrictions in Fitzroy Crossing and is an international advocate on the impacts of intergenerational trauma and the need to restore societal wellbeing through the revitalisation of cultural practices, languages and connection to land and water.
In 2013 June was awarded an Officer of the order of Australia for distinguished service to the Indigenous community of Western Australia, particularly through health and social welfare programs. In 2015, June received the Menzies School of Health Research Medallion for her work with FASD. In 2016, she was the recipient of the Desmond Tutu Global Reconciliation Award, she was named NAIDOC person of the year in 2018, and in 2019 she was bestowed the honorary role of a Distinguished Fellow of ANZSOG.
June began her five-year term as Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner in 2017, and in April 2022 she was reappointed for a further two years. She published the landmark Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) Report in December 2020 and continues to pursue its full implementation to advance First Nations gender justice and equality in Australia.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://humanrights.gov.au/about/get-involved/events/wiyi-yani-u-thangani-national-summit-we-are-change-9-11-may-2023
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Born in Warrnambool, South West Victoria 1963 Fiona Clarke is a Kirrae Whurrong Aboriginal woman.
For over 30 years Fiona has depicted her Aboriginal culture through the visual arts, including tapestry, painting, public art and through children’s literature. Fiona has created a variety of artworks using uncomplicated symbols, juxtaposed against rich earthy backgrounds and colours, producing vibrant contemporary works of art.
Today Fiona is quite well known, and her work is in collections nationally and internationally. More recently her focus is on public arts and has been commissioned to create works, in Warrnambool, Colac, Camperdown, Terang, and Melbourne.
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This episode is proudly supported by Monash University, promoting the Masters of Indigenous Business Leadership program, delivered by Monash Business School & The William Cooper Institute.
A proud Dunghutti man, Josh has over eight years’ experience providing professional services to a wide range of clients across Australia including Federal Government, listed and non-listed entities. Josh is a highly accomplished Chartered Accountant and was the recipient of the 2021 ACT Young Chartered Accountant of the Year award and the Indigenous Leaders Program Scholarship through the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Josh is currently a Senior Manager within Deloitte’s Indigenous Services Group.
Josh is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and currently holds and has held a number of Directorships including Bangarra Dance Theatre, the YMCA Canberra, Inaugural Chair and founding member of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Panel for Charted Accountants Australia and New Zealand, Ausdance ACT, Deputy Chair of the Young Chartered Accountants’ Committee. Josh also sits on the National scholarship panel for Chartered Accountant’s Australia.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.monash.edu/study/courses/find-a-course/2023/indigenous-business-leadership-b6024
https://www.bangarra.com.au/about/people/joshua-duke/
https://www2.deloitte.com/au/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/home.html
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Lisa Sarago is a proud Yidinji/Yalanji woman and the CEO leading the Goanna Group which includes Goanna Solutions, Goanna Solutions Education, and Yapang (charitable organisation). Goanna is a unique brand and boasts the ability to provide education to employment for diverse cohorts, with Goanna Education being the only Indigenous ICT RTO operating in Australia.
Working across many industries, Lisa started her career in Queensland Government, and led teams in a variety of programs. Lisa was integral as a trailblazer in advocating for and supporting the establishment and development of various community-based organisations and initiatives across the Cape York, Torres Strait and broader Queensland communities.
A focus across all of her roles has always centred around strong leadership and advocating for disadvantaged groups to access services and opportunities. Bringing this passion to the digital sector focusing her efforts on ensuring disadvantaged and marginalised groups have access to training and employment opportunities.
Recommendations throughout this episode: https://goannasolutions.com
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Lacey Long is a proud Kamilaroi woman on Barada Barna Country, Middlemount Central QLD. She’s a wife and mother, and the owner and founder of Buck Wild Country and Friends of The Wild Collective.
Buck Wild Country was founded in 2018. Starting with one design for men, the range quickly grew to over 20 designs for men, women and children. Today, Buck Wild Country is a proudly Australian Lifestyle and Fashion brand, built with love for the whole family.
When Lacey is not at home being a Mumma, you can find her designing for future collections in the magical space she has created for her work and community: Friends Of The Wild, where Buck Wild Country lives alongside other beautiful, small Australian brands.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://buckwildcountry.com/
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Mayála-Bol is a social enterprise focused on holistic social and emotional wellbeing for First Nations women and youth in Darwin, NT.
We are 100% Aboriginal owned and run for the purpose of wellness & healing for First Nations women.
They develop and facilitate holistic wellbeing workshops, culturally safe healing circles and wellbeing resources. Mayála-Bol was co-created by Noni Eather and Menah Mckenzieaim to encourage and increase Social & emotional wellbeing protective factors via mindfulness, story telling and creating space for connections.
Noni is recognised as Njawámud/Godjan belonging to Kunibídji / Kunbarlang families in the west Arnhemland, balancing French anglo-celtic lineage.Noni's life includes manoeuvring between the city of Meanjin (Brisbane) with her fathers guidance around artists and creatives of the 'Campfire Group' collective and also her mothers homelands of and around remote coastal community Maningrida. The fusion of two different world-views embedded into her realities has allowed Noni a unique insight as well as lived experience which she is learning to harness, to work towards bridging gaps and cross-cultural connections. She acknowledges the privilege gained from mainstream opportunities & education alongside matrilineal responsibilities in community via relationships, families, language and environment. She also recognises the challenges in these spaces.
Menah Mckenzie known as Bulanjyan is from the community of Maningrida of West Arnhem Land.
Following her fathers side she belongs to the Anbarra Diyama people and speaks the Burarra language. Her mothers lineage tracks to central Australia and to the Kimberley's in Western Australia. Menah proudly holds bloodlines from saltwater to Desert. Menah has worked in community services, Youth work, suicide prevention and event work for many years. Developing and delivering a vast arrange of workshops to youth across Arnhem Land & the Darwin region including social and emotional wellbeing, sexual health, women's Empowerment, youth re-engagement, Leadership workshops, & music and song writing.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.mayalabol.com/
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This episode is proudly sponsored by Indigenous Business Australia who serves, partners and invests with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who want to own their own future.
Priscilla Mason is a proud Worimi woman from Port Stephens, NSW and is the director of Indigeco, a Supply Nation certified business that offers a range of specialised services to the construction industry. Indigeco are passionate about promoting employment opportunities for Indigenous individuals and communities within the sectors they operate. For more info please see links below.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://indigeco.com.au/about-us/
https://supplynation.org.au
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Jade is a Gooreng Gooreng woman and joins us from her recent experience with the Australian Government as Director of Economic Development and Major Projects based in Darwin.
Jade has over 20 years knowledge and experience with respect to stakeholder, trade and investment relationship building; and developing and implementing programs and initiatives that have led to enhancing Aboriginal engagement and leadership capabilities within both the public sector and in her connections with remote communities in both Arnhem Land and Central Australia.
Jade has qualifications in Business and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Project Management and Adaptive Leadership.
A member of the CSIRO Indigenous Innovation Alliance Steering Committee, Jade advocates for innovative solutions that put culture, land and sea management and social benefit in the forefront of all decision making whilst demonstrating commercial viability. She is also on the North Australia Marine Parks Advisory Committee, working with Parks Australia staff to shape the management of Australian Marine Parks, providing advice matters including tourism, fishing, sea country, marine transport, science, conservation, governance, communications and engagement.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://ulurustatement.org/
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This series is presented in partnership with Black Magic Woman, Cairns Indigenous Art Fair and Bumma Bippera Media 98.7 FM. The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair will run from 13th-16th July 2023 in Cairns, go to https://ciaf.com.au for more information on what’s on and for tickets.
Jack Wilkie-Jans is an artist, arts worker and Aboriginal affairs advocate from Tropical North Queensland. He is of Aboriginal, British, Danish and Vanuatuan heritage and the Tribal Great Grandson of pre-eminent artist, Dr. Thancoupie Fletcher James AO.
Exhibiting as an artist since 2011, in numerous solo & group exhibitions, as well as at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair and the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair over the years, Jack is an alumnus of the National Gallery of Australia’s Indigenous Arts Leadership Programme. In 2011 he was awarded the Senator Jan McLucas Volunteer Recognition Award for his work with youth at risk, youth charities and for his efforts in strengthening the local Cairns arts & cultural scene. In 2011 Jack was a recipient of a Starburst grant which was funded by Youth Arts Queensland. Managed by him, the ensuing project entailed arts mentoring workshops, resulting in the first exhibition opportunity for a number of young & emerging Cairns artists.
Also a writer, Jack’s work includes freelancing as an arts researcher, grant writer and reviewer (as well as an Aboriginal affairs commentator). He served as the Grants Writer, Sponsorship Officer and Media & Promotions Officer for the Australia: Defending the Oceans project. Launching in Monaco in 2016, the project was a series of twelve exhibitions across North America and Europe (including the United Nations headquarters in both New York City and Geneva) and showcased the largest collection of purpose-commissioned contemporary Indigenous sculpture. The project concluded late 2018.
Jack has been acknowledged for his work as an artist and across the art industry many times: In 2013 he was nominated for the Cairns Region Australia Day Awards for the Cultural Award, in 2015 was made an inaugural Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society, in 2018 he was a Baton Bearer for the Commonwealth Games relay.
Jack Wilkie-Jans holds a Bachelor's Degree of Arts, majoring in Political Science & International Affairs from James Cook University. He is currently engaged with the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair as the event's/organisation's Marketing & Communications Manager.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://ciaf.com.au/cairns-indigenous-art-fair-ciaf
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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This episode is proudly supported by Monash University, promoting the Masters of Indigenous Business Leadership program, delivered by Monash Business School & The William Cooper Institute.
A proud Dunghutti man, Joshua Duke has over seven years’ experience providing professional services to a wide range of clients across Australia including Federal Government, listed and non-listed entities. Josh is a highly accomplished Chartered Accountant and was the recipient of the 2021 ACT Young Chartered Accountant of the Year award and the Indigenous Leaders Program Scholarship through the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Josh is currently a Manager within Deloitte’s Finance Consulting team.
Josh is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and serves on the Board of various organisations including the YMCA Canberra, Ausdance ACT, Deputy Chair of Young Chartered Accountants Committee for the Canberra region and a Panelist and founding member of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Panel for Charted Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.monash.edu/study/courses/find-a-course/2023/indigenous-business-leadership-b6024
https://www.bangarra.com.au/about/people/joshua-duke/
https://www2.deloitte.com/au/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/home.html
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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Kristal Kinsela is a proud and passionate Indigenous business leader and owner who is an expert at connecting people and moving them into action.
Through determination, resilience and hard work, Kristal built her own professional career and then a multi-million dollar consultancy business. Today, she channels her experience and energy into helping others succeed.
A descendant of both the Jawoyn and Wiradjuri nations, Kristal brings her personal story and over 18 years of business expertise to every project. She has worked with well-known global businesses and every level of government to drive their supplier diversity efforts, helping them develop procurement plans, up-skill their teams and have a positive impact on their communities.
Kristal authored the first book published in Australia on Indigenous business procurement, Supplier Diversity How, based on her proven approach. It is the ultimate guide on supplier diversity, outlining five simple steps to follow.
In recognition of her impact on Indigenous communities and business leaders across Australia, Kristal was awarded the 2017 NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year, 2017 Supplier Diversity Advocate of the Year, 2019 Indigenous Defence Leader of the Year and appeared in the 2019 AFR 100 Women of Influence list.
Kristal's grounded approach and winning attitude make her the ideal partner and expert advisor for any organisation determined to achieve more.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.kristalkinsela.com/about
https://supplynation.org.au
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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This episode is proudly sponsored by Indigenous Business Australia who serves, partners and invests with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who want to own their own future.
Tanyah Nasir is a descendant of the Stolen Generation with traditional clan connections to the Garrawa, Djugun and Tiwi language groups, born and raised in Darwin in the Northern Territory.
Tanyah is an educator with more than 25 years experience as a teacher, lecturer, program developer, designer and trainer.
A leader in the community, Tanyah is driven by the desire to create change for Indigenous Australians and is passionate about employment, education and lifelong learning.
With a unique ability to gain trust and respect from Indigenous people, Tanyah prides herself on understanding the approach and methodology required to achieve success for First Nations peoples.
Tanyah's program - 'Rise Up' provides the unique opportunity for Indigenous Australians to reflect on their distinctive lived reality and the issues they encounter on a daily basis.
The Rise Up program facilitates critical thinking and self-reflection to encourage and support personal change and social transformation to create the life they want.
The program is designed, developed and delivered by local Indigenous people, who understand the learning needs of our people.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
http://www.tanyahnasir.com.au
http://www.tanyahnasir.com.au/riseup.html
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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This episode is proudly supported by Monash University, promoting the Masters of Indigenous Business Leadership program, delivered by Monash Business School & The William Cooper Institute.
Laura Thompson is a Gunditjmara woman and co-founder of Clothing the Gap and The Koorie Circle with Sarah Sheridan.
Clothing The Gaps is a fresh and dynamic fashion label managed by health professionals that celebrates Aboriginal people and culture. They were recognised for their excellence at the 2020 Dreamtime Awards and was awarded 'Business of the year'.
Clothing The Gaps is a play on the words "Closing the Gap", which is an Australian Government health initiative to help close the life expectancy gap between Aboriginal people and non-Indigenous Australians.
Clothing The Gaps produce merch with a meaning and encourage people to wear their values on their tee. "We influence and unite people through fashion and causes so that Aboriginal people and Communities can thrive. "
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.monash.edu/indigenous-australians/study/master-of-indigenous-business-leadership
https://www.clothingthegaps.com.au/
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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Black Magic Woman Podcast and Monash University are excited to announce a brand-new partnership series, promoting the Master of Indigenous Business Leadership program.
The Master of Indigenous Business Leadership is a cross-disciplinary program with leading units delivered by Monash Business School, complemented by a tailored offering in design thinking, together with a mastery unit from Law.
Graduates will have the skills to produce innovative and multi-disciplinary solutions in dynamic business environments and a diverse global context. The partnership series will feature interviews with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander past and current students, staff and guest speakers from the program.
You will hear all about what the Masters of Indigenous Business Leadership program has to offer including valuable insight and stories of amazing business journeys and leadership.
The Black Magic Woman Podcast and Monash University partnership series, coming soon, wherever you get your podcasts.
2023 applications are still open for the Masters of Indigenous Business Leadership!
Apply here - https://www.monash.edu/study/courses/find-a-course/2023/indigenous-business-leadership-b6024
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Natasha was born and raised in the East Kimberley and is passionate about positive social changes and righting injustices, of which she was aware of, from a very young age. She has lived most of her life in the Kimberley region and is familiar with the challenges. But at the same time, she is solutions-focused and positive about the future.
She has spent the last 25 years working within the Community Development area and has over 20 years of experience in Event Management, often organising and speaking at small to large scale community events.
Her passion for travel and experiencing new cultures began at the age of 20 when she first visited Indonesia. This allowed her to be introduced to new societies and gain a greater awareness and respect for the women in the world around her, and their strength. Further international travel opportunities gave her an appreciation of her own country, its privileges and a desire to share Australian Indigenous cultures with the world. Her interest in learning and sharing led her to organising two separate all Indigenous female teams to PNG (2013) and Zambia (2007) to share, where she was also the invited guest speaker on those occasions.
As a descendant of the Jaru people, she is originally from Halls Creek but now lives on Miriwoong Gajerrong country in Kununurra, East Kimberley with her husband and teenage children.
She feels strongly about creating social change and how women can influence the world for the better.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
www.iba.gov.au
https://kimberleybirds.com.au/
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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I am so excited to announce that very soon, we will be releasing new episodes as apart of the brand new Indigenous Business Australia Series.
Black Magic Woman Podcast and Indigenous Business Australia have once again partnered to deliver 10 episodes with a focus on First Nations women in business and build conversations around economic empowerment, safety and social justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
The partnership is an important element of continuing to highlight the outstanding work of our First Nations women as entrepreneurs and business owners with the aim to to inspire our mob to follow their dreams.
Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and subscribe to our Youtube channel so you don’t miss this very exciting series, proudly supported by Indigenous Business Australia. Coming soon, where ever you get your podcasts!
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/black-magic-woman.
I am so excited to announce that very soon, we will be releasing new episodes as apart of the brand new Indigenous Business Australia Series.
Black Magic Woman Podcast and Indigenous Business Australia have once again partnered to deliver 10 episodes with a focus on First Nations women in business and build conversations around economic empowerment, safety and social justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
The partnership is an important element of continuing to highlight the outstanding work of our First Nations women as entrepreneurs and business owners with the aim to to inspire our mob to follow their dreams.
Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and subscribe to our Youtube channel so you don’t miss this very exciting series, proudly supported by Indigenous Business Australia. Coming soon, where ever you get your podcasts!
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Tom Seymour is the CEO of PwC Australia . As CEO he leads a team of more than 700 partners and 8000 staff across PwC’s three businesses - Assurance, Financial Advisory and Consulting.
Tom is also the Chair of PwC’s Elevate Indigenous Reconciliation Action Plan, and a board member of Top Education Limited. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Queensland University of Technology, a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from Bond University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. He lives in Brisbane with his wife Danielle and 3 children.
Never in a million years did I ever think I would have the chance to sit down and have a yarn with Tom Seymour, a man I talk about most days, delivering BlackCard workshops. You'll hear how our relationship began at Garma 2019 and his and PwC's involvement with BlackCard ever since. A great yarn not to be missed!
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.pwc.com.au/
https://www.pwc.com.au/contacts/t/tom-seymour.html
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
Follow us on Instagram - @blackmagicwomanpodcast
The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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QUT Business and Creative Industries Graduate, AGNT BLAK Founder, 2021 LinkedIn Changemaker, experienced Broadcaster and freelancer, Bianca Hunt has a passion to bring her full-self into every space she enters.
Well known for her Co-Hosting of NITV x AFL's Yokayi Footy she intends to have a positive influence in the media industry. Her newest upcoming project is Co-Host of Going Places with Ernie Dingo which she is excited to share soon.
Bianca is the founder and CEO of Agnt Blak is a talent agency exclusively representing First Nations peoples to provide a culturally safe environment for Blak talent to thrive in the entertainment industry. Agnt Blak is 100% Aboriginal Owned and Operated
Recommendations throughout this episode:
agntblak.com.au/biancahunt
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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Photo credit: https://www.indigenous.gov.au/
The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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Shanell Dargan pulled on the boxing gloves as a way to find resilience due to the domestic violence she was enduring at home. Now, 10 years later, Shanell plans to become the first Indigenous Australian female world champion boxer.
Join us as we have an amazing yarn, overlooking the Darling Harbour, Sydney. Shanell shares her experiences growing up in Campbelltown, her stellar singing career and X factor journey and her new pursuit as a professional boxer.
A really deadly and inspiring yarn not to be missed!
Photo credit: Jonathan Ng - The Daily Telegraph
Recommendations throughout this episode:
Shannel's next fight is this Saturday the 8th of October in Newcastle. Get your tickets here - https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=NOLIMNEC22&ep=DARGAN
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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This episode is proudly sponsored by Indigenous Business Australia who serves, partners and invests with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who want to own their own future.
When Gnaala Karla Booja man Rodney Rankins talks about home ownership, his eyes light up with pride. He became the 19,000th home loan that Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) approved for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people since its inception.
Rodney has constructed his home in a new housing development in the Perth suburbs of Western Australia.
IBA’s home ownership program is one of the longest standing programs successfully supporting economic self-management and self-sufficiency for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
A recent Deloitte Access Economics study surveyed over 1000 people who had been through the IBA home loan program and found that nine out ten reported improved living conditions, self-esteem and overall happiness.
The study also found that since inception, the Indigenous Home Ownership Program has generated $895 million in social and economic benefit for homeowners, $483 million in economic activity through construction and over 1200 full time equivalent jobs.
For Rodney, home ownership was always a dream and he encourages others to put the work in to finding your goals.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://iba.gov.au/
https://iba.gov.au/2019/03/iba-media-release-dreams-can-come-true-a-home-owners-story/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-08/wa-indigenous-inmates-making-the-most-of-binjareb-skills-program/6837666
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
Follow us on Instagram - @blackmagicwomanpodcast
The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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This episode is proudly sponsored by Indigenous Business Australia who serves, partners and invests with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who want to own their own future.
When Gnaala Karla Booja man Rodney Rankins talks about home ownership, his eyes light up with pride. He became the 19,000th home loan that Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) approved for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people since its inception.
Rodney has constructed his home in a new housing development in the Perth suburbs of Western Australia.
IBA’s home ownership program is one of the longest standing programs successfully supporting economic self-management and self-sufficiency for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
A recent Deloitte Access Economics study surveyed over 1000 people who had been through the IBA home loan program and found that nine out ten reported improved living conditions, self-esteem and overall happiness.
The study also found that since inception, the Indigenous Home Ownership Program has generated $895 million in social and economic benefit for homeowners, $483 million in economic activity through construction and over 1200 full time equivalent jobs.
For Rodney, home ownership was always a dream and he encourages others to put the work in to finding your goals.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://iba.gov.au/
https://iba.gov.au/2019/03/iba-media-release-dreams-can-come-true-a-home-owners-story/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-08/wa-indigenous-inmates-making-the-most-of-binjareb-skills-program/6837666
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
Follow us on Instagram - @blackmagicwomanpodcast
The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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This episode is proudly sponsored by Indigenous Business Australia who serves, partners and invests with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who want to own their own future.
When Gnaala Karla Booja man Rodney Rankins talks about home ownership, his eyes light up with pride. He became the 19,000th home loan that Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) approved for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people since its inception.
Rodney has constructed his home in a new housing development in the Perth suburbs of Western Australia.
IBA’s home ownership program is one of the longest standing programs successfully supporting economic self-management and self-sufficiency for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
A recent Deloitte Access Economics study surveyed over 1000 people who had been through the IBA home loan program and found that nine out ten reported improved living conditions, self-esteem and overall happiness.
The study also found that since inception, the Indigenous Home Ownership Program has generated $895 million in social and economic benefit for homeowners, $483 million in economic activity through construction and over 1200 full time equivalent jobs.
For Rodney, home ownership was always a dream and he encourages others to put the work in to finding your goals.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://iba.gov.au/
https://iba.gov.au/2019/03/iba-media-release-dreams-can-come-true-a-home-owners-story/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-08/wa-indigenous-inmates-making-the-most-of-binjareb-skills-program/6837666
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
Follow us on Instagram - @blackmagicwomanpodcast
The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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Brisbane, 2022. Five women, best friends for decades, meet once a month to talk about books, life, love and the jagged bits in between.Dissecting each other’s lives seems the most natural thing in the world and honesty, no matter how brutal, is something they treasure.
Best friends tell each other everything, don’t they? But each woman carries a complex secret and one weekend, without warning, everything comes unstuck.
Tiddas is a page-to-stage adaptation of Anita Heiss’s best-selling novel in a joint La Boite Theatre, QPAC and Brisbane Festival production. I had the absolute pleasure of yarning with theatre goers and the amazing cast members on the second preview night. Join me as we hear from a really diverse range of audience members and hear all about the cast's thoughts and experiences so far.
Tiddas plays La Boite from 5 – 24 September. Get your tickets here - https://laboite.com.au/shows/tiddas
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.anitaheiss.com/tiddas
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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Brisbane, 2022. Five women, best friends for decades, meet once a month to talk about books, life, love and the jagged bits in between.Dissecting each other’s lives seems the most natural thing in the world and honesty, no matter how brutal, is something they treasure.
Best friends tell each other everything, don’t they? But each woman carries a complex secret and one weekend, without warning, everything comes unstuck.
Tiddas is a page-to-stage adaptation of Anita Heiss’s best-selling novel in a joint La Boite Theatre, QPAC and Brisbane Festival production. I had the absolute pleasure of yarning with theatre goers and the amazing cast members on the second preview night. Join me as we hear from a really diverse range of audience members and hear all about the cast's thoughts and experiences so far.
Tiddas plays La Boite from 5 – 24 September. Get your tickets here - https://laboite.com.au/shows/tiddas
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.anitaheiss.com/tiddas
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
Follow us on Instagram - @blackmagicwomanpodcast
The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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Brisbane, 2022. Five women, best friends for decades, meet once a month to talk about books, life, love and the jagged bits in between.Dissecting each other’s lives seems the most natural thing in the world and honesty, no matter how brutal, is something they treasure.
Best friends tell each other everything, don’t they? But each woman carries a complex secret and one weekend, without warning, everything comes unstuck.
Tiddas is a page-to-stage adaptation of Anita Heiss’s best-selling novel in a joint La Boite Theatre, QPAC and Brisbane Festival production. I had the absolute pleasure of yarning with theatre goers and the amazing cast members on the second preview night. Join me as we hear from a really diverse range of audience members and hear all about the cast's thoughts and experiences so far.
Tiddas plays La Boite from 5 – 24 September. Get your tickets here - https://laboite.com.au/shows/tiddas
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.anitaheiss.com/tiddas
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
Follow us on Instagram - @blackmagicwomanpodcast
The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au
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This episode is dedicated to the late Uncle Archie Roach.
Garma is Australia's premier Indigenous event, a celebration of the cultural, artistic and ceremonial traditions of the Yolngu people.
Over four days in remote Arnhem Land, guests are immersed in the rich cultural heritage of Yolngu hosts, experiencing traditional miny'tji (art), ancient story-telling, manikay (song) and bunggul (dance).
The over-riding artistic vision and cultural mission of Garma are to provide a contemporary environment for the expression and presentation of traditional Yolngu knowledge systems and customs and to share these practices in an authentic Yolngu setting.
Garma is a window into a slice of life not often seen outside of remote communities, and guests often describe it as a life-altering experience.
Garma has the ability to transcend colour, creed and race. Many of our supporters recognise how valuable these ingredients are in shaping the future of our nation.
The Garma gathering brings together business leaders, international political leaders, intellectuals, academics and journalists to discuss the most pressing issues facing Australia.
The eclectic mix of Yothu Yindi Foundation stakeholders and Garma participants and guests, despite its very remote location, makes northeast Arnhem Land the place to be each year.
In the afternoon the call of the yidaki (didjeridoo) announces the start of Garma, the largest and most vibrant annual celebration of Yolngu (Aboriginal people of northeast Arnhem Land) culture. The ancient sound of the Yidaki (didjeridoo) is a call to all people to come together in unity; to gather for the sharing of knowledge and culture; to learn from and listen to one another.
Garma incorporates visual art, ancient storytelling, dance – including the famous nightly bunggul and music, forums and education and training programs relevant to cultural tourism, craft, governance and youth leadership.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.yyf.com.au/
Music by Uncle Archie Roach: Song - My Grandmother - https://music.apple.com/au/album/my-grandmother/1365972608?i=1365974285
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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This episode is dedicated to the late Uncle Archie Roach.
Garma is Australia's premier Indigenous event, a celebration of the cultural, artistic and ceremonial traditions of the Yolngu people.
Over four days in remote Arnhem Land, guests are immersed in the rich cultural heritage of Yolngu hosts, experiencing traditional miny'tji (art), ancient story-telling, manikay (song) and bunggul (dance).
The over-riding artistic vision and cultural mission of Garma are to provide a contemporary environment for the expression and presentation of traditional Yolngu knowledge systems and customs and to share these practices in an authentic Yolngu setting.
Garma is a window into a slice of life not often seen outside of remote communities, and guests often describe it as a life-altering experience.
Garma has the ability to transcend colour, creed and race. Many of our supporters recognise how valuable these ingredients are in shaping the future of our nation.
The Garma gathering brings together business leaders, international political leaders, intellectuals, academics and journalists to discuss the most pressing issues facing Australia.
The eclectic mix of Yothu Yindi Foundation stakeholders and Garma participants and guests, despite its very remote location, makes northeast Arnhem Land the place to be each year.
In the afternoon the call of the yidaki (didjeridoo) announces the start of Garma, the largest and most vibrant annual celebration of Yolngu (Aboriginal people of northeast Arnhem Land) culture. The ancient sound of the Yidaki (didjeridoo) is a call to all people to come together in unity; to gather for the sharing of knowledge and culture; to learn from and listen to one another.
Garma incorporates visual art, ancient storytelling, dance – including the famous nightly bunggul and music, forums and education and training programs relevant to cultural tourism, craft, governance and youth leadership.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.yyf.com.au/
Music by Uncle Archie Roach: Song - My Grandmother - https://music.apple.com/au/album/my-grandmother/1365972608?i=1365974285
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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This episode is dedicated to the late Uncle Archie Roach.
Garma is Australia's premier Indigenous event, a celebration of the cultural, artistic and ceremonial traditions of the Yolngu people.
Over four days in remote Arnhem Land, guests are immersed in the rich cultural heritage of Yolngu hosts, experiencing traditional miny'tji (art), ancient story-telling, manikay (song) and bunggul (dance).
The over-riding artistic vision and cultural mission of Garma are to provide a contemporary environment for the expression and presentation of traditional Yolngu knowledge systems and customs and to share these practices in an authentic Yolngu setting.
Garma is a window into a slice of life not often seen outside of remote communities, and guests often describe it as a life-altering experience.
Garma has the ability to transcend colour, creed and race. Many of our supporters recognise how valuable these ingredients are in shaping the future of our nation.
The Garma gathering brings together business leaders, international political leaders, intellectuals, academics and journalists to discuss the most pressing issues facing Australia.
The eclectic mix of Yothu Yindi Foundation stakeholders and Garma participants and guests, despite its very remote location, makes northeast Arnhem Land the place to be each year.
In the afternoon the call of the yidaki (didjeridoo) announces the start of Garma, the largest and most vibrant annual celebration of Yolngu (Aboriginal people of northeast Arnhem Land) culture. The ancient sound of the Yidaki (didjeridoo) is a call to all people to come together in unity; to gather for the sharing of knowledge and culture; to learn from and listen to one another.
Garma incorporates visual art, ancient storytelling, dance – including the famous nightly bunggul and music, forums and education and training programs relevant to cultural tourism, craft, governance and youth leadership.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.yyf.com.au/
Music by Uncle Archie Roach: Song - My Grandmother - https://music.apple.com/au/album/my-grandmother/1365972608?i=1365974285
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
Follow us on Instagram - @blackmagicwomanpodcast
The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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Connect is Supply Nation’s annual flagship event for the Indigenous business sector. The event brings together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses, corporate organisations and government departments to foster strategic opportunities and celebrate the success of the sector.
All industries have been forced to navigate the challenges associated with the pandemic, however as restrictions ease, I was so happy to be apart of the first ‘in-person’ Connect event since 2019.
This year, Supply Nation transformed the format of Connect into a one-day event focused on networking opportunities and showcasing the calibre of diverse Indigenous businesses in May 2022.
The official theme for Connect 2022 was ‘Reconnecting’ – Join me as I do just that, with over 30 guests in a face-to-face environment at the Indigenous Business Tradeshow.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://supplynation.org.au/
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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This series is presented in partnership with Black Magic Woman, Cairns Indigenous Art Fair and Bumma Bippera Media 98.7 FM. The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair will run from 6-10 July in Cairns, go to https://ciaf.com.au for more information on what’s on and for tickets.
Darren Blackman is a proud Gureng Gureng\Gangalu man with maternal South Sea heritage (from Vanuatu) and was born in Nambour, Sunshine Coast.
With a range of practical skills and approaches to art making, Darren generally specialises in printmaking and ceramics but also undertakes improv performance, music and painting. He has wide experience in the arts, as a musician but also as a stage manager and sound technician for cultural festivals from Woodford to Winds of Zenadth Kes festival on Thursday Island. He assisted students as studio technician at Cairns TAFE and is currently working for the senior artists at the Wik and Kugu Art Centre in Aurukun.
Growing up in a main stream community on the Sunshine Coast during the corrupt Bjelke- Peterson State Governement era, constant negative news cycles concerning first nations people, biased policing and Government policy drives Blackmans expression. His work centres around circumstances evoved from a post colonial system, that censors truth while opresses the sovereign rights of his clan.
Language is a powerful tool that is used by institutions to influence, write law and imbed false narratives into the Australian psyche. In the form of text, Blackman uses language in a variety of interpretations to pick apart falsehoods and policies, while passing on messages from elders, that he reworks into contemporary artworks for the future generations of his clan, and the wider community to consider.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
http://northsite.org.au/artists/darren-blackman/
https://ciaf.com.au/
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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This series is presented in partnership with Black Magic Woman, Cairns Indigenous Art Fair and Bumma Bippera Media 98.7 FM. The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair will run from 6-10 July in Cairns, go to https://ciaf.com.au for more information on what’s on and for tickets.
Benita Williams is an Indigenous model based in Port Douglas, Queensland. A proud Kuku Yalanji woman, Benita was approached by a model management agency in 2012 while she was shopping for jewellery in a local shopping centre.
After overcoming her shyness and nerves, Benita has gone on to appear in a range of amazing fashion events including the Australian Indigenous Fashion Week, the launch of Indigenous fashion label MAINIE, the Miss Universe Australia - QLD State Finals and many CIAF fashion performances.
Benita is now a freelance model and loves working with local talent, collaboratively bringing communities together to create and display their art and talents whether it be visual art, dance, fashion and singing. Most of all, Benita has a passion for showcasing Indigenous arts and culture.
Benita is one of Far North Queensland’s most recognised First Nations models, has participated in almost every CIAF Fashion Performance since 2015. This year see's her play a different role. Listen to episode #93 to find out more!
Recommendations throughout this episode:
www.ciaf.com.au
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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This episode is proudly sponsored by Indigenous Business Australia who serves, partners and invests with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who want to own their own future.
James Morgan is the owner and operator of Yibekka Kakadu Tours. He is passionate about protecting sacred sites within Kakadu National Park creating more career opportunities for his family.
As a local Bininj man living and working in Kakadu. James’s experience includes working in the Kakadu National Park Cultural Heritage team conducting rock art surveys and managing the cultural archive. He also has tourism expertise working as a guide on the Yellow Waters Cruise as the Media and Communications Officer for Kakadu National Park. With direct family connections to Kakadu, James can provide personal and first-hand accounts of the history of Bininj people who have lived in Kakadu for thousands of years.
To help develop the for-purpose business model, James was a participant in Indigenous Business Australia’s Accelerate with IBA program, which exists to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entrepreneurs to build and run their social enterprises.
Through the program, delivered by The Difference Incubator, James, alongside six other Indigenous businesses, explored the value proposition and potential revenue streams for the business, while also developing an impact model that ensures measurable, meaningful social return to community.
James’s vision for the future of the Kakadu tourism industry is beyond his business. He wants an industry of businesses wholly (or at least majority) owned and operated by Aboriginal people. He wants to see businesses where Aboriginal people are in the top roles, where employees feel valued, and that Bininj kids grow up wanting to work for.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
https://www.yibekka.com.au/about
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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This series is presented in partnership with Black Magic Woman, Cairns Indigenous Art Fair and Bumma Bippera Media 98.7 FM. The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair will run from 6-10 July in Cairns, go to https://ciaf.com.au for more information on what’s on and for tickets.
Gerry Turpin is a Mbabaram man from north Qld and a renowned Ethnobotanist. He has been employed by the Queensland State Government for about 30 years and has previously been involved in the Queensland Herbarium’s Vegetation Surveys and Regional Ecosystem Mapping Project in Queensland.
Gerry manages the Tropical Indigenous Ethnobotany Centre at the Australian Tropical Herbarium, in partnership with James Cook University, DISITI and CSIRO, and has worked with many Traditional Owner groups on Cape York and other parts of Queensland. He is a member of the Ecological Society of Australia Board of Directors with the role of Indigenous Engagement.
As an Indigenous ethnobotanist Gerry has a strong cultural commitment to facilitating effective partnerships that support Indigenous communities to protect, manage and maintain their cultural knowledge on the use of plants.
Gerry will deliver the keynote speech for CIAF 2022 (and is one of the CIAF Art Awards judges)! He'll speak to this year's theme: 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺: 𝘈𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴’ 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://ciaf.com.au/
https://www.jcu.edu.au/australian-tropical-herbarium/contact/staff-profiles/gerry-turpin
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Janina Harding is a proud Meriam (Erub/Mer) woman, who is currently the Artistic Director of the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF). She has over thirty years of experience in and across the Indigenous art sector (ranging from leading various cultural and employment programs, who has experience in public broadcasting, boasting exceptional prowess in event management and programming).
A daughter of Eleanor Harding, she hails from Melbourne, Victoria but currently lives in Cairns, Queensland where, for the last seven years, she has been reconnecting with her roots and actively bolstering the Indigenous art output of Queensland.
Having served two terms on the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Arts Board of the Australia Council—as well as two terms on the Torres Strait Islander Advisory Board for the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC)— Harding brings a keen national focus, encapsulating contemporary and more traditional insights to her practice as a Cultural Practitioner and Worker.
Prior to her move to Tropical North Queensland, from 2001-2015 Harding worked for the City of Melbourne, managing the Indigenous Arts Program. Throughout her tenure, she curated, established and produced the Indigenous Film Festival Blak Nite Cinema, and the Melbourne Indigenous Arts Festival. Harding also established the City of Melbourne’s inaugural Indigenous Mentorship Program—opening the door for aspiring arts managers, directors and producers, providing professional networks with Melbourne’s major cultural institutions.
In more recent years, Harding assumed the post of Artistic Director of the CIAF. In year’s prior to 2015, audience attendance to CIAF peaked at 27,000. Through Harding’s reinvigorated and expanded programming (brining in new mediums/modes of art and expression, as well as diversifying the creative participation in CIAF), in 2016 visitation numbers soared to 50,000 (a steadily growing figure, until 2020). With Harding’s unique stamp on the event, she has transformed CIAF as being greater than an Art Fair.
CIAF is now celebrated as being Australia’s premier Indigenous art fair, enjoying global interest and wide-reaching domestic acclaim. But, through Harding’s influence, it has become a melting pot of inclusivity, embracing and empowering artists and communities, in celebrating the two cultures of this country’s First Peoples, their artforms and ever-changing cultures.
Janina Harding continues to embrace the broader arts industry, ever curious about creative endeavours and advances in contemporary art movements from across the country. This passion, for the arts and for Indigenous peoples, remains her driving force, forever inspiring her to forge new pathways for their longevity and success, and to inspire the broader arts industry to engage in best practice methods with Indigenous creatives.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://ciaf.com.au
https://ciaf.com.au/people/janina-harding
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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This series is presented in partnership with Black Magic Woman, Cairns Indigenous Art Fair and Bumma Bippera Media 98.7 FM. The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair will run from 6-10 July in Cairns, go to https://ciaf.com.au for more information on what’s on and for tickets.
Francoise Lane is an artist and textile designer that helps lovers of standout textiles and pattern by creating unique textiles inspired by stories of connection to country. Her goal is that her textiles will bring joy to your home and put a delightful spring in your step when you wear them.
Francoise Lane is a Torres Strait Islander woman whose maternal family are from Kerriri. She identifies as both Meriam and Kaurareg. She is married to Andrew Lane and together they are Indij Design; a 100% indigenous owned, award winning architectural and design practice based in Cairns and operating since 2011. In 2013 Francoise developed artworks inspired by her connection to the Torres Strait Islands and exploration of visually storytelling.
Her artworks have been adapted into repeat patterns and specified for upholstery and applied art to architectural designed structural screens. Expanding on the application of the design prints Francoise is designing a feminine A-line dress for women who have lived a loved life, in exclusively designed textiles. She has also designed fashion accessories integrating design elements of the textile art.
"I’m instinctively drawn to subjects whereby patterns can create their own ‘energy’ on a canvas. As an example ‘Sardines under the Wharf’ on a large canvas creates a visual play of movement, like the stylised fish are swimming (pictured above)."
Originally developed as artworks they have been converted into design repeats suitable for textile applications and applied art to the built environment.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://ciaf.com.au/
https://www.indijdesign.com.au/
https://www.francoiselaneart.com/
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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Dean is a proud Quandamooka man who lives on country, Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island).
Having been closely involved in the process that resulted in the historic Uluru Statement From The Heart, Dean continues to advocate for constitutional and structural reform as Director of From the Heart.
Formerly an investment analyst at alternative asset investment firm Tanarra Capital, Dean also has extensive experience in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs.
He has consulted across the public, corporate, not-for-profit and political sectors at national, regional, and local levels. He has advised a range of clients on strategy, engagement and co-design, and has commercial experience both in Australia and the UK.
Dean is from the Quandamooka peoples of Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) in Queensland. He has a Bachelor of Arts (Politics and Journalism) from the University of Queensland and a Graduate Certificate in Education from the University of Melbourne. He is a Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Fellowship for Social Equity and is an ex-officio member of the Business Council of Australia’s Indigenous Engagement Taskforce.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://fromtheheart.com.au/
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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Anita Heiss is a proud member of the Wiradjuri nation of central new south wales, but was born in Gadigal country and has spent much of her life on Dharawal land near La Perouse. She is one of Australia’s most prolific and well-known authors publishing across genres including non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial fiction, and children’s novels. Her latest book is Bila Yarudhanggalangdhuray. Anita is also a marathoner!
Anita’s children’s literature includes Kicking Goals with Goodesy and Magic, co-written with Adam Goodes and Micheal O’Loughlin. She also wrote two kids’ novels with students from La Perouse Public School - Yirra and her deadly dog Demon and Demon Guards the School Yard.
Anita’s other published works include the historical novel Who Am I? The Diary of Mary Talence, Sydney 1937, non-fiction text Dhuuluu-Yala (To Talk Straight) – Publishing Aboriginal Literature, and The Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature which she co-authored with Peter Minter.
Her adult fiction includes Not Meeting Mr Right, Avoiding Mr Right, Manhattan Dreaming, Paris Dreaming and Tiddas. Her most recent books include Harry’s Secret Matty’s Comeback, and Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms which was shortlisted for the QLD Literary Awards and longlisted for the Dublin International Literary Prize.
In 2004 Anita was listed in The Bulletin magazine’s “Smart 100”. Her memoir Am I Black Enough for You? was a finalist in the 2012 Human Rights Awards and she was a finalist in the 2013 Australian of the Year Awards (Local Hero).
As an advocate for Indigenous literacy, Anita has worked in remote communities as a role model and encouraging young Indigenous Australians to write their own stories. On an international level she has performed her own work and lectured on Aboriginal literature across the globe at universities and conferences, consulates and embassies in the USA, Canada, the UK, Tahiti, Fiji, New Caledonia, Spain, Japan, Austria, Germany and New Zealand.
Anita is a Lifetime Ambassador for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, and a proud Ambassador of Worawa Aboriginal College, the GO Foundation and the Sydney Swans.
She is on the Board of the University of Queensland Press, Circa Contemporary Theatre and the National Justice Project, and lives in Brisbane.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.anitaheiss.com/
https://www.bookdepository.com/author/Anita-Heiss
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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Leah Purcell is a proud Goa-Gunggari-Wakka Wakka woman born and bred in Murgon, Queensland. Leah is a multi-award-winning director, actor, writer, producer and showrunner. She has written and directed landmark film, TV and theatrical works such as; Box the Pony, Redfern Now, Cleverman, The Secret Daughter, My Life is Murder, The Twelve and The Drover’s Wife.
She is an AACTA, Helpmann, The Deadly’s, Australian Directors Guild, AWGIE, IF, AFI, Matilda and Logie award winning and nominated artist for her outstanding work on iconic feature film, TV and theatre such as Lantana, Jindabyne and The Proposition; Police Rescue, Janet King and Wentworth; Box the Pony, The Story of the Miracles at Cookie’s Table and The Drover’s Wife.
Her writing has been recognised with NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, a Queensland Premier’s Literary Award, and the Victorian Prize for Literature. In 2017, she received the Sydney UNESCO City of Film Award and in 2021 was made a member of the Order of Australia for significant service to the Performing Arts, to First Nations Youth and Culture, and to Women.
Most recently, she was the 2021 Winner Asia Pacific Screen Awards Jury Grand Prize for her multifaceted role in her directorial debut, writer, producer and lead actor of the feature film, The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson.
Currently she is starring opposite Sigourney Weaver in Amazon Originals, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart produced by Bruna Papandrea and Made Up Stories and in-development on the premium limited series based on The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson novel and film.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://oombarra.com/
https://taxifilm.tv/
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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On episode #85 I have the absolute pleasure of yarning with Professor Chelsea Watego. Chelsea is a Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman with over 20 years of experience working within Indigenous health as a health worker and researcher. Chelsea’s work has drawn attention to the role of race in the production of health inequalities.
Chelsea is a prolific writer and public intellectual, having written for @indigenousx NITV, The Guardian, and The Conversation. She is a founding board member of Inala Wangarra, an Indigenous community development association within her community, a Director of the Institute for Collaborative Race Research, and was one half of the Wild Black Women radio/podcast show, but most importantly, she is also a proud mum to five beautiful children. In 2022, Chelsea's groundbreaking work, Another Day in the Colony was longlisted for the Stella Prize.
We yarn about her academic and career achievements, life as a mother to 5 children and we share stories of the battles we face of justifying our Aboriginality to non Indigenous people. A very long over due yarn that's just the first of many to come.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://icrr.com.au
https://au.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-watego-5349aba9
https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/chelsea.bond
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Bradley Gimbert is a proud Aboriginal man with ancestral ties to the Wailwan mob, and through his adoptive father, also to the Barkindji mob. He has grown up in several suburbs of Western Sydney and identifies proudly with his culture.
As a child, Brad faced much adversity and quickly became aware of the prejudice our people face, with his father losing their family home and being forced into bankruptcy off the back end of bad advice. It was at this point, brad understood the harsh reality our people face, which is that no one is coming to save us, and no-one is going to create the life we want, for us. In fact the opposite is true - If we want something different for our future, it is up to us to create that change
Growing up Bradley sought to be more than his circumstances and wanted desperately to escape the negatives stigmas being placed on our people. Which is why Brad, made it his obligation to help put our people in a better position, starting with his parents. Who he moved out of housing commission by purchasing them a home which they now reside in. Through property investing, Brad was able to change his circumstances and mould the life he wanted for himself & his mob.
Brad started Indigenous Wealth as a means to equip our people with the tools needed to venture into property investing. His experience in residential property and firsthand experience, having his own portfolio and assisting with over 200 million in property for clients throughout his career, brings a great deal of knowledge and expertise. Now Brad has reached a significant milestone in helping other mob purchase property and create sustainable change in our community, including myself! We talk about all this and more on Episode #84. Don't miss it!
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.indigenouswealth.com.au/about-us
https://moneysmart.gov.au
https://firstnationsfoundation.org.au
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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On episode 83 of the podcast I yarn with Ray Kerkhove. Dr Ray Kerkhove is a professional historian and ethno-historian (accredited through PHAQ), specializing in 19th Century Aboriginal social history and material culture, mostly for southern Queensland.
Ray was born in the Netherlands and migrated to Sydney with his family at the age of 4. They arrived with very little and their first home was Villawood Detention Centre. In the mid-1980s, at the end of his University studies in history and archaeology, Ray began associating with FAIRA. He worked - usually voluntarily - as a research assistant under Uncle Bob Weatherall and Les Meleza.
Ray is sometimes engaged for guest lectures and research work with various Universities, but mostly works independently for a number of Aboriginal organisations, Councils, heritage and art organisations.
Ray’s key interest is reconstructing Contact-period Aboriginal lifestyles and site histories. His work has informed thematic Indigenous histories for Councils, Master Plans for towns, public art, exhibitions, public signage and cultural revitalisation projects.
A truly fascinating yarn and I feel like we barely scratched the surface. We definitely have to do part 2. Don't miss the episode!!
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://harrygentle.com.au/projects/mapping-frontier-conflict-in-south-east-queensland/
https://uniqld.academia.edu/raykerkhove
https://qldhistorians.org.au/consultants-register/business-directory/870/ray-kerkhove/
https://au.linkedin.com/in/ray-kerkhove-06b37a57
https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=mM6IYhoAAAAJ&hl=en
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Welcome to the latest instalment of the IBA Partnership series. On this episode, I yarn with the amazing Liandra Gaykamangu.
Liandra is a Yolŋu woman from North-East Arnhem Land and the Founder and Creative Director of Liandra Swim, an eco-conscious designer swimwear label that fuses contemporary Aboriginal art and swimwear fashion. Liandra Swim allows people, from all walks of life, to authentically engage and connect with Australian Indigenous culture in a new and exciting environment. Only four years old, Liandra Swim has already been featured in Vogue US, Elle Italy, Harper’s Bazaar and Marie Claire and it was also recently showcased at the 2021 Australian Afterpay Fashion Week. Liandra scaled her label whilst operating from Milingimbi in North-East Arnhem Land, a region where she has strong familial ties.
Liandra Gaykamangu is the co-CEO and a Board Director of Enterprise Learning Projects; a not-for-profit organisation that is 100% Indigenous controlled. Through her role at Enterprise Learning Projects, Liandra works closely with to support the growth of remote Indigenous entrepreneurship, stretching from north Queensland and throughout the Northern Territory.
Liandra is also a qualified English/History high school teacher and has seven years’ experience in the education industry, with teaching stints in metro New South Wales and remote Northern Territory. She is passionate about education and strongly believes knowledge is power.
On a personal level, we yarn about family and the important role models in her life who set the foundations for her to create and operate a successful business. We of course yarn about IBA, her affiliation with the Strong Women, Strong Business program and why it’s so important for First Nations women to support each other in their business journeys. We find out how the IBA Accelerator Program helped Liandra to take Liandra Swim to the next level and so much more!
Recommendations throughout this episode:
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
https://liandraswim.com
elp.org.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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Episode #81 Part 3 - Professor Megan Davis
Professor Megan Davis is a Cobble Cobble woman of the Barrungam nation in southwest Queensland.
Megan is the Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous. As PVCI, she leads UNSW's Indigenous Strategy and is the Director of Nura Gili: Centre for Indigenous Programs.
Megan is a Professor of Law and the Balnaves Chair of Constitutional Law. She is a renowned constitutional lawyer and public law expert, focusing on advocacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Her work extends internationally, through roles at the United Nations, focusing on global Indigenous rights. In this capacity, she was elected by the UN Human Rights Council to the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples based in Geneva in 2017 and again in 2019 (2019-2022). She is currently the Chair of the Expert Mechanism.
Megan Davis is an Acting Commissioner of the NSW Land and Environment Court, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences. She is also a member of the NSW Sentencing Council and an Australian Rugby League Commissioner.
In part 3 of our yarn, we wrap our yarn about constitutional reform and the Uluru Statement From The Heart.
Acast description
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://ulurustatement.org/the-statement/
https://www.indigenous.unsw.edu.au/about/pro-vice-chancellor-indigenous
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Episode #81 Part 2 - Professor Megan Davis
Professor Megan Davis is a Cobble Cobble woman of the Barrungam nation in southwest Queensland.
Megan is the Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous. As PVCI, she leads UNSW's Indigenous Strategy and is the Director of Nura Gili: Centre for Indigenous Programs.
Megan is a Professor of Law and the Balnaves Chair of Constitutional Law. She is a renowned constitutional lawyer and public law expert, focusing on advocacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Her work extends internationally, through roles at the United Nations, focusing on global Indigenous rights. In this capacity, she was elected by the UN Human Rights Council to the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples based in Geneva in 2017 and again in 2019 (2019-2022). She is currently the Chair of the Expert Mechanism.
Megan Davis is an Acting Commissioner of the NSW Land and Environment Court, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences. She is also a member of the NSW Sentencing Council and an Australian Rugby League Commissioner.
In part 2 of our yarn, we dive deep into the Uluru Statement From The Heart and what you can do to get involved.
Acast description
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://ulurustatement.org/the-statement/
https://www.indigenous.unsw.edu.au/about/pro-vice-chancellor-indigenous
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
Follow us on Instagram - @blackmagicwomanpodcast
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Episode #81 - Professor Megan Davis
Professor Megan Davis is a Cobble Cobble woman of the Barrungam nation in southwest Queensland.
Megan is the Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous. As PVCI, she leads UNSW's Indigenous Strategy and is the Director of Nura Gili: Centre for Indigenous Programs.
Megan is a Professor of Law and the Balnaves Chair of Constitutional Law. She is a renowned constitutional lawyer and public law expert, focusing on advocacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Her work extends internationally, through roles at the United Nations, focusing on global Indigenous rights. In this capacity, she was elected by the UN Human Rights Council to the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples based in Geneva in 2017 and again in 2019 (2019-2022). She is currently the Chair of the Expert Mechanism.
Megan Davis is an Acting Commissioner of the NSW Land and Environment Court, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences. She is also a member of the NSW Sentencing Council and an Australian Rugby League Commissioner.
We had such an amazing yarn! So good, that we have to split this episode into 3 parts! 🤣 In part 1, we really get to know WHO Megan Davis is.
Acast description
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.indigenous.unsw.edu.au/about/pro-vice-chancellor-indigenous
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
Follow us on Instagram - @blackmagicwomanpodcast
The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focuses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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For episode #80 we bring to you the 7th instalment of the @indigenous_business_australia partnership series. I have the pleasure of yarning with Caitlin Hicks from Hicks Civil and Mining, a 100% Aboriginal owned civil and earthworks business operating in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Hicks Civil and Mining was established in 2010 by Caitlin’s father, Peter Hicks, a Ngarluma man who has a long-standing career in the civil construction and mining industry. Backed by the experience and support of Lisa Hicks (wife), Keryn Kalzee and Caitlin Hicks (daughters), Hicks Civil and Mining has positioned itself as a reputable Aboriginal family business.
Caitlin commenced work with Ngarda Civil and Mining at the age of sixteen and later worked inside BHP’s Rail and Community departments. All roads would then lead to the family business, where she took on office-based management roles with her mother, Lisa.
Hicks Civil and Mining began as a small equipment hire business and has now developed its capabilities to service both minor and major works contracts, increased fleet size and positioned the business to be stand alone and fully self-funded within nine years of operation.
Together the Hicks family have (a combined) 40 years of experience, are highly respected within the industry and wider communities and maintain an excellent safety record on all projects.
Caitlin’s shares her insight and experiences with IBA, specifically their invoice finance product. We share stories and commonalities as working mothers and learn all there is to know about Hicks Civil & Mining, the journey and success stories, both independently and with the help of IBA.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://iba.gov.au
https://www.hickscivilandmining.com.au
Website: https://www.blackmagicwoman.com.au/iba-partnership-series/
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On Episode #79 of the podcast I have a deadly yarn with Megan Cope. Megan is a Quandamooka (North Stradbroke Island in South East Queensland) artist. Her site-specific sculptural installations, video work and paintings investigate issues relating to identity, the environment and mapping practices.
Megan’s work often resists prescribed notions of Aboriginality, and examines psychogeographies that challenge the grand narrative of ‘Australia’ and our sense of time and ownership in a settler colonial state. These explorations result in various material outcomes. Megan’s work has been exhibited in Australia and internationally including at the Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art; Art Gallery of New South Wales; Para Site Contemporary Art Space, Hong Kong; Careof Art Space, Milan; the Australian Embassy, just to name a few.
In 2020, Cope presented newly-commissioned work at the 2020 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Monster Theatres. She has also featured work in the NGV Triennial 2020, the 2021 TarraWarra Museum of Art Biennial: Slow Moving Waters and in the 2021 exhibition, OCCURRENT AFFAIR: ProppaNOW at the University of Queensland Art Museum. Recent solo exhibitions include Fractures and Frequencies presented at UNSW Galleries as part of Sydney Festival 2020/21, and Unbroken Connections at Canberra Glassworks, following an artist residency.
Join our yarn as we dive deep into Megan's story. It's fascinating! We learn all about her journey as an artist, travelling the world and some of the exciting projects she currently has in the works. Don't miss this one!
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.megancope.com.au/about
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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On Episode 78 and the first episode for 2022 I yarn with Tanya Hosch. Tanya is the Executive General Manager of Inclusion and Social Policy at the Australian Football League and 2021 South Australian – Australian of the year.
Tanya has a long and distinguished history in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy, advocacy, governance and is an accomplished public speaker. Before joining the AFL as the first ever Indigenous person and 2rd woman in their Executive ranks in August 2016, Tanya was the Joint Campaign director of the Recognise movement for constitutional recognition.
At the AFL Tanya’s portfolios include – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues, Gender Equality, Sexuality and Gender Diversity, racism and sexism. Tanya is tasked with the implementation of the AFL’s enhanced Indigenous strategy, advising the AFL National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Council, maintenance of the Respect and Responsibility Policy, 2017, and the Gender Diversity Policy.
Tanya is a Co-Chair of the Indigenous Advisory Group of the National Australia Bank and is a Board Director of Circus Oz, and the Australian Film, Television and Radio School and was a member of the Referendum Council that led the process and final recommendation that resulted in The Statement from the Heart in May 2017. A career highlight was contributing as a Consultant on the ABC drama, Total Control.
We exchange stories of identity issues growing up, about family, her work for the AFL and of course her many impressive career achievements. What a deadly way to kick off the year!
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/tanya-hosch/2265/
https://www.boardlinks.gov.au/our-champions/tanya-hosch
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-hosch-ab3b775/?originalSubdomain=au
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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Last episode for 2021! What a year!! And what a deadly way to finish it off. I have the absolute pleasure of yarning with Gina Williams! Ginais a proud Balladong (Noongar, South West) woman, with links through her grandmother’s line to the Gitja people of the East Kimberley. She is an award-winning singer-songwriter and journalist, who has spent the past three decades committed to sharing stories and writing songs for her community, and with collaborator and best friend, Guy Ghouse.
Gina’s accolades include: 2018 Inductee, West Australian Women’s Hall of Fame; Winner, Aboriginal Category, 2017 West Australian of the Year; and Winner, Indigenous Act of the Year, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2018 West Australian Music Industry (WAMi) Awards. Gina is an Ambassador for the Australian Performing Rights Association, a member of the British Council’s ACCELARATE Arts and Cultural Leadership Alumni and is a Patron of Fairbridge Folk Festival.
It was such an honour to yarn with someone who I listened to on Murri Country Radio 98.9fm. A really inspiring woman who’s doing deadly things!
Recommendations throughout this episode:
http://www.ginawilliams.com.au
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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On Episode 76 of the podcast I had the absolute pleasure of yarning with Kendall Macdowell and Hayley Dickinson from Eat For You, a business that makes delicious, raw, organic wholefood snacks with a vision to deliver generational change in health outcomes.
Hayley and Kendall believe it’s their job to take us back to basics, before we move forward. Back to the pillars of real food, movement, sleep and community. Back to our foundation for longevity. A place where health and healing resides in abundance, no matter what life stage we are in. Why? Because everyone deserves to feel like this. And it’s our responsibility to pay it forward to future generations, using what we’ve learned from those who’ve come before us.
Eat For You offer Delicious and simple recipes so you can DIY and Pre-made food that is delicious, made using whole ingredients that are minimally processed and handled in a way that is as close to nature as possible. Eat For You also have a commitment to return 50% of their company profits in food donations, community and individual grants, research, and more.
Wow!! How deadly is that?! If you haven’t tasted one of their delicious wholefood bars head to @eatforyou for more info! I can attest, I have one a day and they are hands down the best snack food I have ever tasted! Not to mention how nutritious they are! YuUUmm!
Ok…back to the podcast! We had a really amazing yarn, once again on the deck of my home on lush Kabi Kabi Country. We ALSO had a very special guest join us. Uncle Benny Mills!! We shared many stories, laughs and insight into Hayley and Kendalls amazing journeys which led to the creation of Eat For You.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://eatforyou.com.au
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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On episode 75 of the podcast I yarn with my good friend Erin Woolford.
Erin is a Kuyani Arrernte woman and multi-award-winning Aboriginal Affairs specialist with 25 years’ experience across the for-purpose, Aboriginal community controlled, corporate, academic, government and professional services sectors working within regional, remote and metropolitan communities.
Erin’s specialisation is in community and economic development, policy reform, strategy co-design, development of reconciliation action plans, governance, consultation and negotiations, and leading large transformation projects.
A few of Erin’s career achievements include winning the Gladys Elphick Regional Award for active contribution to Aboriginal communities and initiating positive change to the lives of others, the PwC Australia Diversity and Inclusion Award for development and implementation of the firms first Elevate RA in 2019 and winner of the SACOME’s Exceptional Woman in South Australian Resources in 2015.
What a deadly yarn we had on the deck, surrounded by the lush greenery here at my home on kabi kabi country, Sunshine Coast. Please feel free to share, rate and review! Would love to hear from you! xx
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.pwc.com.au/indigenous-consulting.html
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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Episode 74 is here! I yarn with the deadly brother, Luke Briscoe. Luke is a proud Kuku-Yalanji man from Daintree in Far Northern Australia and for the past twenty years he has been leading cultural change and organizational transformation across numerous sectors.
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Luke is an Indigenous Science Educator, Broadcaster and App Developer, he is the CEO and Founder of an award-winning startup, INDIGI LAB. He founded INDIGI LAB to create innovative solutions for social and environmental change through digital culture and he uses his platform to advocate for Indigenous and Environmental Rights. His vision for a sustainable world is one that places First Nations Science and Innovation at the forefront of providing positive solutions to the vast Environmental, Cultural, and Social issues facing Humanity.
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The INDIGI LAB framework and principles into researching and project planning is guided by the United Nation Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and The Seventh Generation Principle. We believe that these frameworks support real sustainable approaches to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advancement in sciences and technology.
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Our yarn was amazing, and we connect on so many different levels. A really deadly interview not to be missed. To give you a taste, I’ll leave you with this quote from Luke –
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“Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honour your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.” - Luke Briscoe
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Recommendations throughout this episode:
http://www.indigilab.com.au
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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On episode 73 of the podcast I have an amazing yarn with Gali Blacher. Gali is the Co-founder of a social enterprise called ‘The Good Box’, who help thousands of Australians experiencing homelessness receive beautiful boxes with firsthand quality items.
The boxes are a vehicle to an important conversation which can help some of the most isolated people in society to be more likely to seek and accept assistance. The Good Box also provides school and corporate engagement programs to educate staff and students on the important social issue of homelessness.
Gali believes that all human beings deserve an equal chance and that if we all work together, a big difference can be made. With a Bachelor of Media, Communications and Journalism, Gali is a social media guru, a content wiz and an active volunteer for different causes.
Listen to our yarn as Gali shares her personal journey and what led her to creating the @thegoodboxenterprise with co-founder Maddy Jones. We highlight some of the preconceived ideas and stigmas about why people experience homelessness in Australia, the amazing work that Good Box does and how you can get involved and help someone in desperate need.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.thegoodbox.com.au
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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This episode is proudly sponsored by Indigenous Business Australia who serves, partners and invests with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who want to own their own future.
On episode 72 of the podcast I yarn to husband and wife duo Adam and Carmel Wooding from Empower Digital, as a part of the partnership series with Indigenous Business Australia.
Empower Digital are passionate advocates for small business, offering digital training and support services Australia-wide.
Specialising in digital commerce on the Shopify platform, Empower Digital's point of difference is in its name - they work to empower businesses to take control of their own online presence, overcoming barriers and gaining sustainable outcomes for their long-term success.
Adam, a proud Yorta Yorta man, along with his wife Carmel love seeing their clients succeed and are honoured to walk with small businesses, seeing them grow and thrive online.
We yarn about their affiliation with IBA and what learnings Adam and Carmel have implemented into their business and what impacts they are having. If you’re looking to develop your business ideas and are not sure where to start? This episode is for you! A deadly yarn with a tonne of insight into what IBA can offer you.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://empowerdigital.com.au/
https://www.shopify.com.au
https://iba.gov.au
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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This week, episode 71! I am so very honoured to have met and yarned with Uncle Danny Morseu here at my home, on the Sunshine Coast. Uncle Danny is a Torres Strait Islander man who had a highly decorated national and international basketball career, including competing in two Olympics and one World Championship, and leads many community initiatives.
In his younger years, after completing school, he moved to Cairns from the Torres Strait for employment where he played basketball and rugby league for the local teams.
It was there when he was discovered by the St Kilda Pumas and he moved to Melbourne to play professionally with St Kilda. From the late 70s, basketball was becoming a popular national sport, and Uncle Danny was one of its heroes in the spotlight. In 1979, Danny was a member of the St Kilda team to win the inaugural National Basketball League (NBL) title, and again in 1980. He played 217 NBL games in total, winning another NBL championship with the Brisbane Bullets in 1987.
As the first Indigenous professional basketballer, he left footprints behind for the following generations. He is an uncle of Patty Mills and mentored him and Nathan Jawai during their very successful international careers.
He is involved in a number of national and state initiatives as well, including the development of a National Indigenous Basketball Academy.
Such a deadly yarn this one! Captured on my balcony, amongst the lush greenery on Kabi Kabi Country. We shared many stories, of basketball, politics, family and yarn about the deadly community initiatives he is a part of today.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://indigenousbasketballaustralia.com/
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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On episode 70 of the podcast I yarn with Corey Tutt. Corey is a Kamilaroi man from Nowra on the New South Wales south coast. As a kid, he dreamed of becoming a zookeeper and in high school he developed a love of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subjects. But unlike the arts and sport, he found there was little encouragement for Aboriginal people to pursue careers in STEM.
In 2018, while working as a research assistant for the University of Sydney, Corey founded DeadlyScience, a not-for-profit organisation that aims to provide science books and telescopes to remote schools in Australia and connects young Indigenous people with mentors to encourage their participation in STEM subjects. In 2020, Corey was named the NSW Young Australian of the Year, and a Human Rights Hero by the Australian Human Rights Commission.
He continues to work tirelessly to send STEM resources to Indigenous communities and show First Nations kids that STEM is for them. The organisation has even attracted international attention, with Corey presenting at Harvard and Oxford universities.
We yarn about all of his deadly achievements and contributions to helping Indigenous children and communities in Australia. A really inspirational yarn!
Recommendations throughout this episode:
- www.deadlyscience.org.au
- Order now - our new book series via https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/product/australian-geographic-deadly-science-wild-weather/
- Out October the 13th The First Scientists Children's book
- https://www.hardiegrant.com/au/publishing/bookfinder/book/the-first-scientists-by-corey-tutt/9781741177527
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This episode is proudly sponsored by Indigenous Business Australia who serves, partners and invests with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who want to own their own future. Episode 69 of the podcast is the 5th instalment of the Indigenous Business Australia series and it’s an absolute pleasure to yarn with mother and daughter duo, Lauren Jarrett and Melissa Greenwood. Melissa and Lauren hail from the Gumbaynggirr, Dunghutti, and Bundjalung tribes of Australia’s East Coast and are the founders of the Australian art business Miimi & Jiinda.
Miimi & Jiinda's aim is to create beautiful, unique artworks that connect with the world. They are passionate about painting pieces that reflect their own personal stories and unique journeys as Indigenous women. Their creations endeavour to uplift and inspire our senses, spark conversations, and bring light to important issues. For both mother and daughter, their art has been a powerful medium for healing intergenerational trauma.
As proud Gumbaynggirr custodians, Lauren and Melissa love to share their interpretations of Country, which spring from their own personal cultural identities as Aboriginal women. During our amazing yarn, we find out how the IBA Accelerator program helped take Miimi & Jiinda to the next level and some of their valuable takeaways of completing the program. A great insight to their business and personal lives.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://miimiandjiinda.com
https://iba.gov.au
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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On Episode 68 of the podcast I yarn with Yuin man Nathan Martin.
Nathan’s story simply put is one of a kind – enduring challenges in his life that would deter many in the pursuit of their dreams, his individual determination and values are what make up the very foundation of is company, Yalagan Group.
Yalagan – a word from the Yuin nation meaning ‘hard working’ or ‘smart-fellow’ began as a personnel hire and recruitment company, after Nathan saw first-hand the lack of representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on the construction projects he worked on in Sydney.
Nathan’s vision for the business was to create opportunity for those who
might not find it elsewhere – those, who like himself, were coming out of prison or who had experienced periods of long-term unemployment.
In May of 2021 Nathan was announced the winner of Supply Nations Young Indigenous Entrepreneur of the Year at this years Supplier Diversity Awards. A role model for his community and an advocate for Indigenous rights, Nathan inspires many with what he does. Our deadly yarn definitely inspired me and it was an absolute honour to have Nathan on the podcast.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://yalagangroup.com
Yalagan Group: Facebook - @yalagangroup
Yalagan Group: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/22338961/admin/
Yalagan Registered Training (YRT): Facebook - @yalaganregisteredtraining
Yalagan Registered Training (YRT): LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/69496028/admin/
https://supplynation.org.au
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On episode 67 of the podcast, I interview my fourth guest of the IBA partnership series. I yarn with proud Yugara woman Lynda Maybanks, from Ipswich. Lynda is passionate about improving social outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through reviving Yugara culture and restoring Yugara country with her business, Wirrinyah Conservation Services.
“Wirrinyah” means coming back in Yugara language. It represents the ongoing revival of Yugara ways of caring for country. Wirrinyah focuses on working with businesses, Government and landowners in Southeast Queensland to restore our natural areas, conserve our native species and protect Aboriginal cultural heritage sites for the enjoyment of all Australians.
Lynda believes that current conservation efforts can benefit from traditional knowledge by having people with connection to country involved in projects. “I believe that business ownership can enable self-determination and improve social and economic outcomes for our people. My business Wirrinyah Pty Ltd brings all of these beliefs together.”
We find out how Wirrinyah Conservation Services came about, what role IBA played in that and how IBA supported Lynda on her business journey. A really good listen that ties in perfectly with our 2021 NAIDOC theme ‘Heal Country’. Episode 67 drops tomorrow!
Recommendations throughout this episode:
http://www.wirrinyah.com.au
https://iba.gov.au/
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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On episode 66 of the podcast I yarn with Shantelle Thompson. Shantelle is a proud Barkindji/Ngyampaa/European woman who is a mother of 3, an athlete, world champion, storyteller, educator, social entrepreneur, mentor, role model and social justice advocate.
Overcoming abuse, disadvantage and bullying, Shantelle has fought to change her path and challenge the stereotypes and boundaries she faced as an Aboriginal girl from the small country town of Dareton, New South Wales.
After developing severe post-natal depression following the birth of her twins, Shantelle began Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training in 2011 as a form of physical therapy to help treat her depression and fight her way back. After 6 months of training Shantelle competed in the South Australian state titles, winning 2 titles in her first competition. In 2012 she won her first national title and, from this, the dream of becoming a world champion was born.
We yarn about her many achievements and amazing stories of strength and resilience that I’m sure will inspire you as it has me. A truly deadly yarn not to be missed.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.naidoc.org.au/awards/winner-profiles/shantelle-thompson
https://www.gg.gov.au/australian-honours-and-awardsorder-australiarecipient-profiles/shantelle-thompson-oam
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shantelle-thompson-oam-615631a1/#
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On episode 65 of the podcast I interview my third guest of the IBA partnership series. I yarn with Kabi Kabi and Birri man Isaac Harrison, an Indigenous Entrepreneur with a background in renewables and marketing. Since founding and successfully exiting Bunjil Energy in Melbourne, he now resides on his Grandfathers land here on Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi country, QLD.
Isaac now spends his time consulting to other businesses and occasionally dropping an episode here and there on his podcast Deadly Discussions. In addition to this Isaac plays Yidaki for a house band called Rivertribe. You can find the podcast and the band on Spotify.
With business interests all up the East Coast, Isaac is always on the move. When not busy working, he spends his time with his wife, and two children and their pugalier. Isaac tells us about his experience attending the inaugural IBA Futures Forum and his 50 year vision for the Indigenous business sector. A really interesting yarn!
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://deadlydiscussionspodcast.com
http://bunjilenergy.com.au
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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On episode 64 of the podcast I interview George Newhouse. George is a non-Indigenous man originally from Yuggera country, who is the principal solicitor of the National Justice Project and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Macquarie University. He is well known for his extensive work in fighting for justice for the mentally ill, LGBTI Australians, immigrants, prisoners, asylum seekers, youth detainees, and First Nations people.
George co-founded the National Justice Project in 2016 with Dan Mori and Duncan Fine. As the principal solicitor of the Project his work involves using the law in ways that support and advance social justice and human rights in Australia. It does this by supporting those who are least able to access justice and whose cases can advance human rights within Australia and the Pacific region. In addition the National Justice Project has taken on a number of research, education, advocacy and reform projects such as the Aboriginal Health Project.
George is a leading voice on social justice issues in the public sphere. We had quite an in-depth yarn regarding a number of issues and injustices that First Nations people have faced over the years and still face today including cases that he has worked on at the National Justice Project.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://justice.org.au/george-newhouse/
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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On episode 63 I yarn with my second guest of the IBA partnership series, Simon Thornalley. Simon is from the Torres Strait and is the founder/operator of Saltwater Eco Tours, a sailing tours business operating on the waters of the Mooloolah river on the Sunshine Coast.
Launched in 2020, Saltwater eco tours is a unique and authentic experience on board a historical timber sailing vessel, in the traditional waters of the Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi people.
Simon was introduced to his sailing lifestyle at a young age by his parents who were world class sailors and environmentalists themselves. He used his knowledge and passion to create a vision that was to establish an eco-tourism sailing experience that would inspire a deeper connection to Indigenous culture and the ocean.
We yarn about his business journey so far and the support IBA have provided him along the way. A deadly yarn! A must listen for mob thinking of starting in business. A truly great insight into what IBA can offer you in terms of business support.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
Indigenous Business Australia - https://iba.gov.au
Saltwater Eco Tours - https://www.saltwaterecotours.com.au
Webiste: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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On episode 62 I yarn with my deadly Uncle and Wiradjuri elder, Uncle David Bell. Uncle Dave is the founder of Young Spirit Mentoring Program, a powerful multicultural on-the-ground fitness and empowerment program focusing on youth, community and creating a positive change for the future.
The program is now operating in its 20th year and with the help of his incredible volunteers and mentors, Uncle Dave’s mission in life is to build positive pathways for the youth in the Campbelltown community. The Young Spirits program has NEVER received any government funding over the years which in reality, is making everyday tasks a massive challenge. His program delivers deadly outcomes week in week out and it’s appalling to see that our young people have never received one single cent, to help them make the positive changes that they so desperately need, in their lives.
We yarn about this and his program in the interview along with so many other things, including stories of his childhood, elders that inspired him along the way and even how he met my father at Radio Redfern in the 70’s! Such a deadly yarn! I hope his story touches your heart like it has mine.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
If you’d like to donate to The Young Spirits Mentoring Program, donations can be sent directly to the following address:
28 Bonnyrigg Avenue, Bonnyrigg NSW.
They are in need of Jnr size boxing gloves and a bluetooth portable speaker.
Alternatively you can donate money direct to this account:
Westpac Bank
BSB: 732072
Account number: 552297
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities.
Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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On Episode 61 I yarn with Thomas Mayor. Thomas is a Torres Strait Islander man born on Larrakia country in Darwin. Thomas is the author of Finding the Heart of the Nation - The Journey of the Uluru Statement towards Voice, Treaty and Truth and the children’s book, Finding Our Heart. He is also the national Indigenous officer and Northern Territory branch deputy secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia.
Thomas strongly advocates for three changes essential to Australia’s growth as a nation: a First Nations’ Voice to Parliament enshrined in the Constitution; a Treaty between the Australian Government and First Nations People; and truth telling about the nation’s history.
Listen to our yarn as he explains some of the history and background behind the Uluru Statement From The Heart and how the Australian community can get involved, support and “walk with us”. We share stories of parenthood and a little sneak peek into his new book due out in September. A truly fascinating yarn!
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://ulurustatement.org/the-statement
https://tinyurl.com/Findingtheheartofthenation
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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On episode 60 I have the absolute pleasure of interviewing my first guest for the IBA partnership series, Kantesha Takai. Kantesha is from the Torres Strait and is the heart and soul behind Lola Digital; a boutique creative and content agency based on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, that provides tailored marketing strategies and support to government, corporations, NGO's and small business.
Kantesha shares her experiences with IBA from buying her first home, to how IBA supported her through her business journey. We also yarn about her experiences and learnings from the IBA programs Kantesha participated in and how it inspired her to create economic development opportunities in her community. We had an amazing yarn to kick off the IBA and Black Magic Woman Podcast partnership series!
Recommendations throughout this episode:
Indigenous Business Australia - https://iba.gov.au
Kantesha Takai email address: hello@loladigital.com.au
Strait Removals - http://straitremovals.com.au
Indigenous Business Australia - https://iba.gov.au
Webiste: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
Follow us on Instagram - @blackmagicwomanpodcast
The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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Kara Cook has been the Councillor for Morningside since January 2018 and is committed to being a strong voice for the local community. Kara grew up in Regional Queensland learning the value of a strong community. Kara and her husband Josh, and their two daughters live in Morningside and have been local residents for close to 10 years.
Before becoming Councillor, Kara’s background in Law lead her to specialise in Domestic Violence, having founded Australia’s first expert domestic violence law firm, Cook Legal. Kara is also a committed volunteer in fundraising for domestic violence organisations and the Cancer Council Queensland. As the former Vice President at the Queensland Law Society and Principal Solicitor of the Women’s Legal Service in Queensland, Kara will fight for her local community on the issues that are important to the Morningside Ward.
Kara completed her Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Business Management in 2008. Kara has been awarded; the Women Lawyers Association of Qld Emergent Woman Lawyer of the Year, one of the YMCAs 125 Leading Women, the Law Council of Australia’s Australian Young Lawyer of the Year, one of the Courier Mail 50 Best and Brightest in Qld, one of the Lawyers Weekly 30 Best Lawyers under 30 and most recently in 2017, National Mumprenuer of the Year in the Emerging Category.
As the Councillor for the Morningside Ward, Kara is a strong supporter of her local community groups and is a member of a number of local community organisations, including Beelarong Community Farm and the South East Brisbane Chamber of Commerce.
Listen to our yarn as we discuss many topics, including her career background in Law, family and Kara’s personal experiences being immersed in Aboriginal culture, through being Married to Frist Nations man and QLD Barrister, Josh Creamer. We share stories that both Kara and I have experienced as mothers, the challenges of our children experiencing racism in the schooling system and what we can do to protect and educate our children and the educators.
Episode goes live tomorrow!
Recommendations throughout this episode:
Josh Creamer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-creamer-75616749/?originalSubdomain=au
When We Say Black Lives Matter (children’s book): https://www.hachette.com.au/maxine-beneba-clarke/when-we-say-black-lives-matter
About Kara Cook - https://crkaracook.com.au/about/
Young dark Emu (childrens book): https://www.magabala.com/products/young-dark-emu
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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On Episode 58 I have the absolute pleasure of yarning to Karen Mundine. Karen is from the Bundjalung Nation of northern NSW. As the CEO at Reconciliation Australia, brings to the role more than 20 years’ experience leading community engagement, public advocacy, communications and social marketing campaigns.
Over the course of her career she has been instrumental in some of Australia’s watershed national events including the Apology to the Stolen Generations, Centenary of Federation commemorations, Corroboree 2000 and the 1997 Australian Reconciliation Convention.
Karen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Technology Sydney and is a Director of the Gondwana Choirs and the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre.
Previous roles include Mary Mackillop Board Director, Deputy Chief Executive and General Manager Communication and Engagement, Reconciliation Australia; Senior Consultant, CPR Communications; senior public affairs and communications roles with federal government departments including Prime Minister and Cabinet and Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Listen to our chat as Karen tells us what it was like growing up as a single child in Auburn, her experiences in schooling and stories about travelling the world seeing different places and cultures. Finally, we of course discuss her work with reconciliation Australia, Elevate RAP partners, and the challenges faced on a national scale.
A really deadly and interesting yarn not to be missed!
Recommendations throughout this episode:
http://reconciliation.org.au
https://www.theblackcard.com.au
Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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On episode 57 I go live at the Queen street Mall, Wintergarden ‘Gathering’. An event held every Wednesday hosted by Creative Nations. I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Lauren Appo, a proud Mamu woman from Innisfail with strong links to Goreng Goreng Mobs on her mothers side.
Lauren has been living on Meanjin country since she was 12 and has built strong connections in Brisbane and the community. Lauren is currently a podcaster, community ambassador and champion for Aboriginal Authors, Women of colour and Black narratives.
Amongst many things, we have a great yarn about Laurens's love for books! In particular those written by First Nation Authors. Lauren gives her hot tips and suggestions on books to read and her favorite authors! A must listen for any book lovers out there! It doesn’t stop here either! This is the beginning of something special that I have in the works for this year. Keep an eye out ;-)
Recommendations throughout this episode:
Creative Nations - https://creativenations.com.au
Recommended Books:
Klara and the Sun – Kazuo Ishiguro
Tiddas – Anita Heiss
Drovers Wife – Leah Purcell
Between the world and me – Ta-Nehisi Coates
Recommended Authors:
Anita Heiss – Anita gives Aboriginal people, Women and children a voice in a see of voices. We have an aboriginal voice doing normal regular things. That might seem like a normal thing but its not. When Australia sees Aboriginal people living positive lives like we do every day that’s when the conversation starts that’s when “you and us” stops and understanding of stories begin.
Ta-Nehisi Coates – Is a voice of the black man that is too loud and articulate to ignore.
Toni Morrison – The voice of a generation of voiceless black women
Rupi Kaur – Very Necessary, real and romantic Poetry
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On episode 56 I yarn with Anita Heiss, a proud Wiradjuri woman of central NSW, born in Gadigal country and has spent much of her life on Dharawal land near La Perouse. She is one of Australia’s most prolific and well-known authors publishing across genres including non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial fiction, and children’s novels.
As an advocate for Indigenous literacy, Anita has worked in remote communities as a role model and encouraging young Indigenous Australians to write their own stories. On an international level she has performed her own work and lectured on Aboriginal literature across the globe at universities and conferences, consulates and embassies in the USA, Canada, the UK to name a few.
We yarn about so much! Anita’s book – ‘Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia’ shares many diverse voices and stories of First Nations peoples and Anita shares her very own experiences of to us on the podcast. She also shares her advice on drawing from our strengths as Aboriginal people, even when the odds are stacked against us .Listen to this deadly chat to find our more!
Recommendations throughout this episode:
Bila Yarridhanggalangdhuray: https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Bila-Yarrudhanggalangdhuray/Anita-Heiss/9781760850449
All titles: https://www.booktopia.com.au/search.ep?author=Anita%20Heiss
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia: https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/growing-aboriginal-australia
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On episode 55 of the podcast, I yarn with the deadly Dr Mark McMillan, a Wiradjuri man from Trangie in central west New South Wales. With a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, a Master of Law and a doctorate in Juridical Science, Dr Mark McMillan was the first Indigenous person to be appointed to senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne’s Law School.
He is a passionate leader of Indigenous engagement and education and has many year's experience in public administration and governance in Higher Education. We yarn about many things including how he now takes those skills of leadership and management into the private sector as an Indigenous entrepreneur as the CEO of Uncle Charlies Tastes of Country – Indigenous gourmet snack food. A really great yarn not to be missed!
Recommendations throughout this episode:
Ebony Institute - https://ebonyinstitute.com.au/our-projects/
Uncle Charley’s Taste of Country - https://www.linkedin.com/company/uncle-charlie-s-tastes-of-country-indigenous-gourmet-snack-food/about/
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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On episode 54 I yarn with Arrernte man and AFL triple premiership winning legend, Darryl White. Darryl is best known for his illustrious AFL career kicking 165 goals for the Brisbane Lions/Bears from 1992 - 2005 including an impressive 20 finals appearances over his career. He was a valued member of the Indigenous All Stars team on four occasions, inducted as a legend into the AFLNT Hall of Fame and named in the back pocket in the Brisbane Lions Team of the Century in 2015.
Darryl is retired from football and is now an employee and integral part of the Black Card facilitating team delivering cultural capability programs face to face and virtually nationwide, amongst many other commitments that keep him busy.
We yarn about his youth, his 8 children and their sporting successes, the racism he experienced during his time in the AFL and we touch on his thoughts on the recent events regarding the structural racism occurring in the AFL today. A deadly yarn not to be missed!!
Recommendations throughout this episode:
Indigenous Basketball Australia - https://indigenousbasketballaustralia.com
Patty Mills (Team Mills Foundation) - https://www.teammillsfoundation.org
Black Card - https://www.theblackcard.com.au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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On episode 53 I have the absolute honour to yarn with Witiyana Marika. A respected Rirratjingu (yolngu) ceremonial leader who is best known as one of the founding members of the highly successful Yolngu band Yothu Yindi. More recently, he produced and starred in the recent film directed by Steven Maxwell Johnson ' High Ground’ – Australia's Untold History, which was released in cinemas on the 28th of January 2021.
Witiyana was also Senior Cultural Advisor on the film, negotiating the nuanced and complex cultural elements and relationships between the different Indigenous clans who came together to work on different lands. We yarn about his beginnings, his country, family, music and of course the amazing truth telling film, High Ground - in cinemas now!
Recommendations throughout this episode:
HighGround Movie Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urzHH9A1gFo
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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Episode 52 – January 26th. Invasion Day. Survival Day.
Today we release a special and unique episode, on a date of so much significance to First Nations People. I yarn with a number of deadly guests from all over the country about what January 26th means to them. I also ask about their feelings on the one-word change in the national anthem which took effect on January 1st 2021.
This episode is dedicated to my late father, Tiga Bayles.
Show Notes and links:
Day Break – by Amy Mcquire and Matt Chun. Purchase here: https://tinyurl.com/y5qzx3a6
Today’s acknowledgement - https://ebonyinstitute.com.au/our-projects/
Music: Big thanks to Lou Bennett and Sally Dastey (Tiddas) for their permission and use of the song 'Anthem' in this episode.
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On episode 51 I have a deadly yarn with Sally Lawrence, in person at my studio in Coolum Beach. Sally is a non-Indigenous woman based on the Sunshine Coast, who for the past 20 years, has worked exclusively with both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities within the Education context. As Manager for Indigenous Education (DET – North Coast Region), Sally’s high level professional and personal practice has made significant contributions to the Queensland Indigenous Education landscape.
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Michelle Deshong is from Townsville, North Queensland and draws here connection to Kuku Yulanji nation.
Michelle has worked in both the Government and NGO sectors, and has held many senior leadership roles and she currently holds a number of directorship roles in the Not for Profit sector, including the Supply Nation Board, Thirrili and the OXFAM Indigenous Advisory Council.
Michelle has a strong commitment to human rights and has also been an NGO representative on many occasions at the United Nations forums on the Commission on the Status of Women and Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. Listen to our deadly yarn as we talk about her extensive experience in areas of leadership, governance and politics as well as her strong background in gender equality and works to ensure that the voices of Indigenous women are represented at all levels.
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On episode 49 my guest is Professor Roianne West. Professor West is a Kalkadunga and Djaku-nde woman hailing from her grandmother’s ancestral lands near Mount Isa. Professor West was Australia’s first Nursing Director in a tertiary hospital with a dedicated portfolio of Indigenous Health. Her drive to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health is part of a long family tradition and includes careers of nursing spanning four generations. We yarn about her experience as a renowned leader in health, academia and research spanning more than 20 years.
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On Episode 48 I have the pleasure of Brian Warner joining me in studio. Brian is a Kabi Kabi Traditional Owner and Native Title applicant here on the Sunshine Coast. He is a descendent of the Kabi Kabi and Wakka Wakka tribes on his mother's side and Barumgum on his father's side.
Brian previously worked for the Federal Government - for Centrelink where he won an Outstanding Public Service to the Community award. He also worked for the Australian Tax Office where he helped develop a successful Indigenous recruitment program called Evergreen. Brian’s former training is in intelligence, working as an Intelligence Officer for many years.
We yarn about his younger years, sporting achievements, his career in intelligence and of course his deadly work in mentoring and cultural awareness training to First Nations mob here on the Sunshine Coast.
Contact: Email - brianwarner1974@aol.com
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On episode 47 I yarn to Tony McAvoy. Tony is a Wirdi man from the central Queensland area around Clermont. He is also a native title holder in his grandmother’s country around Thargomindah in southwest Queensland.
Tony graduated in law from QUT and was admitted as a solicitor in 1988. He was called to the Bar in NSW in 2000 and appointed as Senior Counsel in 2015. He was a Part Time Acting Commissioner on the NSW Land and Environment Court (2011-2013), was co-Senior Counsel assisting the Don Dale Royal Commission (2016-2017).
In 2018 he was awarded the QUT Outstanding Alumnus Award. He chairs professional committees in NSW and nationally. He has represented many successful native title claimants and been an adviser and negotiator in relation to various domestic First Nations treaty processes. Together with Chris Ronalds SC he established the National Indigenous Legal Conference in 2006 which has been annual event held in various locations around Australia every year (except 2020). He is also a member of the Climate Ready Institute advisory council.
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Bruce Pascoe is a Bunurong man and an award-winning Australian writer, editor, and anthologist. His works have been published nationally and internationally, and have won several national literary competitions. His book exploring the history of Aboriginal agriculture Dark Emu : Black Seeds : Agriculture or Accident? has attracted considerable attention for its discussion of land management practices in Australia prior to colonization.
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Fiona Foley is Badtjala and an influential curator, writer and academic as well as an internationally recognised artist. Dr Foley pursues a diverse artistic practice encompassing painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, mixed-media work, found objects and installation. Foley examines and dismantles historical stereotypes and her works explore a broad range of themes that relate to politics, culture, ownership, language and identity.
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Sianna is a proud Narungga woman who is the head of Brand and Marketing for Clothing the Gap, a clothing label meant to provide a space for people to come together, celebrate Aboriginal culture and design, and talk about Aboriginal history and social issues.
Sianna also helped start a national campaign called ‘Free the Flag’ to raise awareness on licensing agreement issues with the Aboriginal flag. She has helped establish a junior’s side for the Fitzroy Stars, Studies a Bachelor in Health Science and was also a finalist for the channel 7 Yarn Strong Sister Aboriginal Young Achiever Award in 2020.
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Amy McQuire is a Darumbal and South Sea Islander journalist with 14 years experience working across Aboriginal and independent media. For the past four years, she has co-hosted an investigative podcast into the wrongful conviction of Aboriginal man Kevin Henry.
She was written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Meanjin, Marie Claire and the Guardian, amongst others. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland researching media representations of violence against Aboriginal women.
Here is a link to Curtin - The Podcast -
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/curtain-the-podcast/id1164804753
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Steven Oliver was born in Cloncurry in North West Queensland and is currently based in Brisbane. He is a writer/performer in myriad fields ranging from poetry and acting to songwriting and cabaret. His written works for the stage include the plays Proppa Solid (published by Playlab Press) and From Darkness (Brisbane Festival), and his one-man cabaret show Bigger and Blacker (Adelaide Cabaret Festival), all of which received rave reviews from both critics and audiences.
His poetic works have been published in international poetry journals Ora Nui and Solid Air as well as national journals Australian Poetry Journal and Fire Front: First Nations Poetry and Power Today. His spoken-word piece ‘What Matters’ opened the 2020 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and was televised globally.
His written works for the small screen include the web series A Chance Affair as well as Australia’s first Indigenous arts game show, Faboriginal, and the Logie-nominated sketch comedy show Black Comedy (Seasons 1 and 2). Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky, for which he is both writer and presenter, is his latest work.
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Guyala “Lala” Bayles is a proud Birri Gubba and Wonnarua woman born on Yuggera country in South Brisbane where she currently resides with her partner and family.
Ever since she was a little girl, Lala always wanted to be a model to show the world just how beautiful Aboriginal people and culture really is.
Lala never gave up on her childhood dream and after years of unsuccessful auditions, trials and tribulations she signed an exclusive contract in 2018 with Chic Model Management alongside Samantha Harris and has since graced international catwalks as well as travelling the world shooting for designer labels, Netflix series, tv commercials, catalogues, and house hold brand names.
Guyala is a model, poet, actor and artist who is extremely passionate about sharing her culture with the world.
“My inspiration comes from my Mum, Pop, Grand Mother’s and the Honourable Ancestors who paved the way for us”.
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In episode 39 of the Black Magic Woman Podcast I yarn with Stella de Cos an Arrernte woman born in Canberra, with family ties to central desert and Alice Springs.
As director of the Business Solutions program at Indigenous Business Australia, Stella is an integral part of the team providing business relief support to Indigenous businesses including the $50m package that NIAA announced in April for COVID-19 support.
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In episode 38 of the Black Magic Woman Podcast I yarn with Gaja Kerry Charlton an elder of the Go’enpul Tribe of Yuggera country which starts south west from the Great Dividing Range down to Logan River up to the Pine river and east to Moreton Bay.
Gaja Kerry is a Traditional Owner of Yuggera, Quandamooka (Moreton Bay) and Kabi Kabi country north to the Sunshine Coast and has traditional ties to the Gulf area. Raised in a big extended family across her coastal and mainland country Gaja Kerry is a mother, grandmother and great grandmother who values her faith, family and community.
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In episode 37 of the Black Magic Woman Podcast I yarn with Aunty Diane Kerr who is a respected Elder, of the Ganun Willam Balak Clan of the Wurundjeri Tribe. Aunty Di is the matriarch of her family and takes pride in being a mother, stepmother, foster mother, aunty and a grandmother.
Aunty Di has devoted much of her life to her local community as both a mentor and foster carer. She has worked in various fields including child care, education, native title, Stolen Generation support, and other community work, however, her passion lies in the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal communities.
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In episode 36 of the Black Magic Woman Podcast, I yarn with Belinda Duarte who was born and raised in Ballarat, Victoria, and is a descendant of the Wotjobaluk & Dja Dja Wurrung people with Celtic and Polish origins. As the CEO of Culture is Life she supports Aboriginal-led solutions for the prevention of Aboriginal youth suicide. Belinda holds a range of positions including Director of Western Bulldogs, Board member of MCG Trust, Director of AnnaMilla, Co-Chair Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity and Advisory Board Member of the Koori Youth Council. Some previous roles include Co-Chair of Reconciliation Victoria, Deputy Chair Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation and Chair of NASCA.
Previously, Belinda was the inaugural director of Korin Gamadji Institute and the first female executive at Richmond Football Club. In 2012, she was acknowledged for her work in the AFL, and awarded football woman of the year.
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In episode 35 of the Black Magic Woman Podcast I yarn with Kevin Yow Yeh a proud Wakka Wakka and South Sea Islander man who grew up on Butchulla Country in Hervey Bay and now resides in Meanjin (Brisbane) on Jagera Country. Kevin is happily partnered with Kamilaroi man, Bob Smith and together they have two son's. Kevin is the oldest of seven siblings across two families and remains closely connected to his family across Queensland's South East Corner.
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In episode 34 of the Black Magic Woman I yarn with Leanne Caton a Kalkadoon Woman who was raised and educated in Darwin, with family and cultural connections in the NT, SA, WA and Qld.
With a career spanning over thirty plus years, Leanne was appointed in 2015 to the role of Executive Director of the Office of Aboriginal Affairs with the Northern Territory Government where she became the most senior Aboriginal Public Servant in the NT.
In 2017, Leanne was appointed to the role of CEO of the Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aide Service and commenced in the role of CEO of Yilli Rreung Housing Aboriginal Corporation in 2018.
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In episode 33 of the Black Magic Woman Podcast I yarn with Aunty Pat Mamanyjun Torres who is connected to the Jabirr-Jabirr, Nyul-Nyul, Bard, Djugun, Yawuru, and Garajarri lands of Western Australia.
In 2018, Aunty Pat graduated with a Bachelor of Indigenous Languages and Linguistics degree through the Charles Darwin University at the Batchelor Institute, to record the remnants of language for her family’s Djugun and Jabirr-Jabirr languages.
Aunty Pat is Owner/Director of the Mamanyjun Tree Enterprises Pty Ltd company which features Mayi Harvests and a cultural consultancy business called Mamanyjun Cultural Training.
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Matt Rix is a Yuwaalayaay man through his Mother and Bagi (Grandmother) who come from the small community of Goodooga NSW. Matt grew up in Redcliffe and lives on Kabi Kabi Country in Noosa with his wife Tanya and son Cooper.
Matt has over 20 years experience working in banking commencing as a teller and progressing through various roles including Branch Manager, Learning and Development Consultant and was an original member of CommBank's Indigenous Careers Team where he spent the last 4 years.
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In episode 31 of the Black Magic Woman Podcast I yarn with Florence Drummond a Dauareb/Wuthathi woman who was born and raised on Thursday Island in the Torres Straits. As co-founder of Indigenous Women in Mining and Resources Australia (IWIMRA) and a Mine Operator, Florence understands from a grass roots level, the relationship of community and stakeholder relations and their shared vision for a sustainable future.
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In episode 30 of the Black Magic Woman Podcast I yarn to Jodi Sampson the Managing Director of Jodi Sampson Services (JSS). Jodi identifies himself and is known and respected as a proud Gomeroi/Gamilaroi Man having being raised in Moree and kinnected to other parts of North-West New South Wales. Jodi now resides on the Gold Coast QLD where he has raised his 2 Sons (Engineers).
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In episode 29 of Black Magic Woman I yarn to Minister for Indigenous Affairs Ken Wyatt AM an Indigenous Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2010, representing the Division of Hasluck for the Liberal Party. He is the first Indigenous Australian elected to the House of Representatives, the first to serve as a government minister, and the first appointed to cabinet. Prior to entering Parliament, Wyatt served as senior public servant in the fields of Aboriginal health and education.
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On this episode of Black Magic Woman podcast I yarn to the deadly brother Mitch Tambo, renowned for his didgeridoo playing, an actor, presenter and performer Mitch Tambo is one of Australia’s most talented entertainers. A proud Gamilaraay man, Mitch lights up any arena with a passion and deep commitment to his First Nations culture and the people he represents.
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Episode 27 of the Black magic Woman Podcast is dropping today as I yarn with Uncle Jack Charles who is an Indigenous elder and activist who was born at the Cummeragunja Mission on the Murray River in Victoria in 1943.
At 12 months old Uncle Jack was taken from his mother and raised in a Salvation Army boys’ home where he was taught nothing of his Indigenous heritage.
Being part of the stolen generation affected uncle Jack deeply and he was just 17 years old when he was jailed for the first time, for petty crime to support his habit which would see him in and out of prison throughout the subsequent decades.
Uncle Jack found an escape and became involved in theatre in the 1970’s, beginning his career in acting at age 19.
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In Episode 26 of the Black Magic Woman Podcast I yarn with Madonna Thomson a proud Yagara and Githabul woman and member of the Jagera People who has worked for more than ten years in native title, cultural heritage and natural resource management.
As Managing Director of Jagera Daran Community and Heritage Solutions, Madonna is an experienced founding operator of a successful and respected Queensland Indigenous business who works with Aboriginal communities across southeast Queensland, developing and sharing traditional knowledge about managing the state's natural resources and environment.
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In Episode 25 I yarn with Luke a proud Wiradjuri man with cultural and family ties to the Yuin People of NSW South Coast (Bermagui to Kiah), the Wotjoboluk People in Western Victoria (Dimboola/Horsham) and Gumbaynggirr Nation on the NSW mid-north coast (Nambucca Heads).
As a modern contemporary Aboriginal artist and mentor, Lore, culture and heritage are paramount to Luke whose life’s work has been focussed on building a foundation and work ethic in Aboriginal communities to grow and secure long-time careers in their chosen industries.
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In Episode 24 of the Black Magic Woman Podcast, I yarn with Liza McGuire a Bidjara, Ghangulu and Iman woman originally from Rockhampton in Central Queensland. She has extensive senior management experience and holds a number of directorships across a broad range of sectors. Liza was the co-founder of Jinnali Productions where she co-produced the first Aboriginal women’s calendar taking it to international audiences in addition to providing young Aboriginal women with access to opportunity in the fashion industry. As a Founding Director of the Spear Foundation, Liza exercises her passion for the preservation of Aboriginal culture, Aboriginal Elders and youth and is also on the Board of Binar and the Foundation of Indigenous Sustainable Health (FISH). Liza is the proud owner of three companies Redspear, Redspear Safety and Safespear which provide services into the Oil & Gas, mining, marine, medical and construction industries.
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Episode 23 of Black Magic Woman Podcast, I yarn with Birri Gubba man Wayne Denning, the Managing Director of Carbon Creative, a social change creative agency with impact.
Determined to give a positive voice to Indigenous Australians, Wayne set about creating innovative engaging design, content and strategy that put storytelling and creativity front and centre with the goal of changing hearts and minds on a grand scale. Carbon Creative was born.
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On Episode 22 I yarn with Dr Mark Wenitong. He is from the Kabi Kabi tribal group of south Queensland and graduated from Newcastle University Medical School in 1995 as the third Aboriginal male graduate and one of the first Aboriginal men to become a doctor.
Mark is a father, grandfather, devoted husband and talented musician who currently works as a Medical Advisor at the Apunipima Cape York Health Council in Cairns.
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Episode 21 i yarn with Leanne Kemp who is the Founder and CEO of Everledger and Queensland Chief Entrepreneur. She is a prominent figure in the technology sector and recognised internationally as an innovator and leader. In 2018, her entrepreneurial success saw her appointed as the Queensland Chief Entrepreneur in Australia, to develop the state’s startup ecosystem, attract investment and support job creation. She is the first woman entrepreneur to hold this position. Leanne works on a global scale to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation and is an advocate of sustainability in business.
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In episode 20 of Black Magic Woman Podcast I yarn with Gregory Phillips a Waanyi and Jaru medical anthropologist and Professor of First People’s Health in the School of Medicine at Griffith University.
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On this episode of Black Magic Woman Podcast I yarn with Nita Sharp a Naturopath for over 25 year and has worked, lectured and studied, in both Australia and around the world in Naturopathic/Nutrition Medicine. Her research interests are in how a person’s nutritional biochemistry is affected by their genetic potential and their interaction with the environment. Presently she is finishing her PhD, specialising in childhood primary care in First Nations Australians at a community controlled health service in Brisbane.
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Episode 18 I yarn with Dart Johnson who joined BMD, a family owned construction company in late 2007 and in late 2015 was approached by the Business Development Manager who has great respect and empathy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and believed that the recently released Federal Indigenous Procurement Policy would be a positive catalyst for change which meant that BMD needed someone to facilitate and manage BMD’s Indigenous Program journey so in 2016 Dart became the National Indigenous Program Manager.
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Episode 17 I yarn with Peter Kirk. He is a proud Jerrinja man and multi award winning TVC, film director, screenwriter and producer who grew up on Ngunnawal country in Canberra and his homelands on the south coast of NSW.
Peter now resides in Sydney where he started his career in the film making industry in 2000 and has over 12 years experience in the digital/film production space.
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Episode 16 I yarn with Jolleen Hicks a proud Ngarluma & Yindjibarndi woman from Roebourne, Western Australia and founder of Aboriginal Insights. A former Lawyer, Truth Seeker and Business woman who is on a mission to eliminate racism and discrimination in our country (Australia) through providing the tools for others to be culturally aware and confident; and to respect cultural differences. Jolleen is also a Director/Owner of SupplyAus a 100% Indigenous owned business that supplies goods to workplaces Australia wide including essential products needed in the current COVID19 environment. Jolleen is a qualified Lawyer and graduate of the Murra Business Masterclass, Generation 7.
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Roberta from Restore Divine Self is an amazing reader, very straight forward and spot on! Mundanara chats with Roberta wondering what the future looks like whilst we deal with COVID19.
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Episode 14 I yarn with Dr Gracelyn Smallwood a Birrigubba, Kalkadoon and South-Sea Islander woman who has been advocating against racism and violation of human rights against First Nations people for the past 45 years. Dr Smallwood is currently a Professor of Nursing & Midwifery and Community Engagement at CQUniversity in Townsville. She was awarded an Order of Australia in 1992 for service to public health, particularly HIV-AIDS education.
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In Episode 13 I yarn with 2 inspiring women, Dr Sarah Pearson, entrepreneur and Deputy Director-General for Innovation, Advance Queensland and Kathryn Potter a proud Kamilaroi woman and the founder of Physiotherapy Innovations.
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In this episode I yarn with William Trewlynn a proud Nucoorilma and Dunghutti man born and raised in Western Sydney. William is a Social Entrepreneur, Collaborator and Facilitator with over 15-year experience in Aboriginal Affairs.
William is the owner and Managing Director of InCulture and YarnnUp, and is the CEO of the newly established Not-for-profit, BlaQ Aboriginal Corporation, which supports our LGBTQ+ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members. William is also a BlackCard Accredited Facilitator who delivers Cultural Capability Training nationally.
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Dr Mary Graham Associate Adjunct Professor School of Political Science and
International Studies, University of Queensland and recently awarded an
Honourary Doctorate at QUT for her lifetime commitment to Scholarship and
Community. Dr Graham has been a dedicated lecturer with the University of
Queensland teaching Aboriginal history, politics and comparative philosophy.
Dr Graham has also lectured nationally on these subjects, and taught
core university subjects with Dr Lilla Watson in the 1980’s at UQ. Courses such as ‘Aboriginal Perspectives’, ‘Aboriginal Approaches to Knowledge’ and at the post-graduation level ‘Aboriginal Politics’.
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I hope you enjoy this deadly yarn with Rebecca Hack from the Qld Teachers’ Union and Yarraka Bayles from BlackCard, who have been delivering Cultural Capability training to Queensland school teachers across the state.
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Episode 9 I yarn to Blaklash owners Troy Casey and Amanda Hayman. Blaklash is 100% Indigenous owned business delivering cultural events and creative projects that showcase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices. The team combines their interest in the arts and business development.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://blaklash.com/about
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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Episode 8 - I yarn with Leah Cameron, a Palawa woman from Tasmania and the Principal Solicitor and owner of Marrawah Law. Marrawah Law is certified by Supply Nation as a majority Indigenous-owned, controlled and managed legal practice. The firm was the second firm in Australia to reach this milestone and remains the only certified Indigenous legal practice in Queensland.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
http://marrawahlaw.com.au/leah-cameron/
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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In this Episode of Black Magic Woman i yarn with Dr Blaze Kwaymullina, Palyku Traditional Owner who is a Business Owner, Academic and Author. We yarn about Family, Culture, Justice, Sovereignty, Politics, Business and being a Social Entrepreneur.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-blaze-kwaymullina-0a73048b/?originalSubdomain=au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and
is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests
and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and
communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference
and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about
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Episode 6 I yarn with Noel Prakash National Manager, Indigenous Banking, Social Impact team at Commonwealth Bank. Noel shares his insights and learnings of up skilling his bankers with Cultural Capability training in order for them to better engage with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples, businesses and communities.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/noel-prakash-2a05a712/?originalSubdomain=au
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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Don’t miss this deadly yarn with Joe Hedger who is the lead of EY's Indigenous Sector Practice based in Canberra, ACT. Joe is also respected for his political astuteness, sensitivity and expertise in Australian Indigenous social, cultural, practices, beliefs and protocols. We yarn about the health and well-being of mob and supporting elders and our communities as well as supporting Indigenous businesses especially right now with COVID19....“Our people’s health is critical at the best of times and we must continue to do everything possible to safeguard our people from this virus breaching our communities.” Joe Hedger
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www2.deloitte.com/au/en/profiles/joe-hedger.html
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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In this episode I yarn with the Founder and Owner of Speaking In Colour, Cherie Johnson.
Cherie is a Gamilaroi and Weilwun woman who resides in Newcastle, NSW and is a PhD candidate, researching the effects of urban Aboriginal Women coming to culture and the importance in the contemporary context. She is also a highly regarded lecturer in Aboriginal culture and education and is currently a casual lecturer at the University of Newcastle.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.speakingincolour.com.au/about/cherie-johnson/
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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My guest on episode 3 of the Black Magic Woman Podcast is Leroy Wilkinson. A proud Worimi Ngarrindjeri man living in Newcastle NSW. He is the founder of Dhiira which is an 100% Aboriginal owned & managed Professional Services Business who started his company in 2019. Leroy shares why he started Dhiira, the value of Aboriginal employment and engagement and why business leaders need to "remember to be human."
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://www.dhiira.com.au/services
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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A yarn with Uncle Mick Gooda, Formerly the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner of the Australian Human Rights Commission and Co-Commissioner of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory.
Recommendations throughout this episode:
https://humanrights.gov.au/about/commissioners/mick-gooda-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-social-justice-commissioner
https://www.referendumcouncil.org.au/council/mick-gooda.html
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The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do.
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Waddamoolie means hello in my father’s language. Welcome to the Black Magic Woman podcast! I'm Mundanara Bayles and this is a new space where I yarn with interesting people about things that matter to me and to First Nations people in Australia and around the world. Thanks for coming along on the journey! We’re thrilled to release our very first episode into the world.
I’m excited to have this medium to share stories, yarn together and to encourage you.
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