National Reconciliation Week, The end of native logging in Victoria, Voice to parliament, Unfinished Business, Racism in sport

Wednesday Breakfast

We hear from Cape York leader, lawyer, and land rights activist Noel Pearson on the Voice to Parliament. Pearson spoke at the inaugural Sydney University event series ‘Voices on the Voice’ last week which seeks to encourage meaningful engagement on the Voice to Parliament within the community. Sunehra speaks to Chris Schuringa from the Victorian Forest Alliance about the end of native logging in Victoria. Last week, following the state budget, it was announced by Daniel Andrews that native logging will be ending by December. This comes 6 months after a landmark supreme court judgment last year that found state logging company VIC Forests breaking the law because they failed to protect a threatened species of glider. Grace speaks with Uncle John Baxter, proud Latja Latja/Narungga man. A board member of Reconciliation Victoria and First Peoples Disability Network about the ongoing exhibition called Unfinished Business in regard to National Reconciliation Week. Uncle John has been instrumental in ensuring the exhibition honours and respects the cultural heritage of the First Nations people it represents. He worked alongside co-curator Belinda Mason to bring the artworks into Manningham. Patrick speaks to Professor In Sociology, Chair of the Anti-Racism Hallmark Research Initiative, and President of the Academic Board at the University of Melbourne Karen Farquharson, to discuss racism in sport and what measures are being put in place to stop it. Songs: In this together by Nacy Bates, Living in the Kimberly by Fitzroy Express, Why by Kutcha Edwards, Sunshine by Emma Donovan