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At 4am on the 28th of May 2025, an embargo was lifted on a media release that stated DJAARA - the representative body for Dja Dja Wurrung clans - was ready to enter into Treaty negotiations with the Victorian Government. That afternoon, we sat down with DJAARA's reserved seat holder at the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria, Dja Dja Wurrung man Djaran Murray-Jackson.
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I was fortunate enough to catch up and yarn with Yoorrook Commission Travis Lovett on the Portland foreshores - on Gunditjmara Country - 18 hours before the commencement of the Walk for Truth.
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Forty years on from the foundation of the Koorie Heritage Trust, VANâs Charles Pakana meets up with CEO Tom Mosby to discuss the Trustâs role and relevance
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For nearly 15 years, IndigenousX has been âstirring the potâ as a niche and fearless Blak media outlet. In this episode I catch up with itâs CEO and founder, Luke Pearson.
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In this episode I catch up with Professor Dennis Foley, a descendent of the Gai-mariagal people, and Australiaâs first professor of indigenous entrepreneurship. He speaks openly about the important cultural context of this subject as well as calling out key changes that need to be implemented in order for Blak businesses to be given better chances for success.
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Following years of advocacy from historians and community, the Australian War Memorial is embarking on a project that will see âDefence of Countryâ realised in the form of a Frontier War exhibition within the next few years. I visit the War Memorial and catch up for an interview with the Indigenous Liaison Officer, Michael Bell.
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We speak with Bangerang cultural educator and custodian Roland Atkinson about a new dictionary that will breathe new life into the Bangerang language and further strengthen culture
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With the failure of the 2023 Voice referendum, the onus is well and truly on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Members of Parliament and Senators to help First Nations voices be heard and heeded. In this episode, we speak with Yamatji and Noongar woman, Greens Senator for Western Australia, Dorinda Cox.
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With the final Yoorrook Commission report due in June 2025, Commissioner Travis Lovett is about to undertake a 370 kilometre walk from Portland in the Victorian south-west - where European colonisation started - to Parliament House in Melbourne. He speaks with VANâs Charles Pakana about his aspirations for the walk and extends an invitation for all Victorians to join him.
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Thereâs always a great deal of attention given to the First Peoplesâ Assembly of Victoria and, more recently, the Treaty Authority when it comes to the Victorian Treaty process. In the background, though, and playing an incredibly important part in ensuring that Traditional Owners are able to negotiate on an equal footing with the government, is the Self-Determination Fund.
In this episode, VANâs Charles Pakana sits down with the Fundâs CEO, Gunditjmara man Dr Rohan Henry.
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VANâs Charles Pakana speaks with Wurundjeri Elder and lore man Uncle Bill Nicholson, gaining an insight into the important role that a Welcome to Country has in the broader Australian social landscape.
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With the Victorian State Government and First Peoplesâ Assembly of Victoria having agreed to an agenda of items for the first round of Treaty negotiations, VANâs Charles Pakana catches up with Assembly co-chair Rueben Berg. They take a closer look at one of the main areas of the negotiations - what a future Aboriginal representative body might look like.
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In this end-of-year episode, VAN's Charles Pakana brings together key points from two months of investigation and interviews focused on the Victorian Government's questionably-motivated decision to extend an Order in Council on the unprotection of dingoes across North-East and Eastern Victoria. He also discusses important updates on legal action being taken against the Government on this matter.
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As we commence our closing off of the Victorian Governmentâs âdingo death warrantâ across much of Australia, VANâs Charles Pakana catches up with President of the Victorian Farmers Federation, Emma Germano. Even that organisation claims the governmentâs consultation on the matter was nothing short of âsham consultationâ.
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As submissions and evidence-giving closes for Victoriaâs groundbreaking Yoorrook Royal Commission into truth-telling, VANâs Charles Pakana catches up with Commissioner and Deputy Chair Sue-Anne Hunter. Together, they look back at the process that is set to bring about major systemic change across the State.
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As we continue our investigation into the State Governmentâs blatant disregard of First Nationsâ advice on the matter of dingo protection in Victoria, VANâs Charles Pakana speaks with the CEO of DJAARA, the Dja Dja Wurrung clans, Uncle Rodney Carter. This conversation adds further weight to what appears to be a politically - or otherwise? - motivated decision by Ministers Ros Spence and Steve Dimopoulos.
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On a recent trip up to Latje Latje Country, specifically Mildura, VAN's Charles Pakana caught up with Barkindji Elder, Uncle Col Clark. Sitting by the southern bank of the mighty Murray River, they yarned about reconciliation in a post-referendum Victoria.
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In this episode of the VAN Talks podcast, VANâs Charles Pakana talks with CEO of the Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations, Paul Paton. They discuss the clear lack of consultation from the Victorian Government with Traditional Owners on the matter of baiting and trapping the culturally important and significant dingo.
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Nearly six years ago, I traveled across Victoria shadowing Aunty Jill Gallagher, then the Victorian Treaty Advancement Commissioner, and catching up with numerous traditional owners who had stepped forward as candidates for election to the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria. During that time, just about five and a half years ago, I met up with one of those candidates at his home in one of Melbourne's outer suburbs. Today, almost on the eve of the commencement of a negotiation between state government and Victoria and Aboriginal people, I'm once again sitting in the home of that same man who is now one of the two co-chairs of the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria, Gunditjmara man, Reuben Berg.
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