Stars and Stories: The Black Star Radio Podcast

Midnight Oil guitarist/keyboardist, Jim Moginie talks with Black Star’s Mark Hogan about the Cairns Concert

Since Midnight Oil’s new album Resist debuted at #1 early this year, the legendary Australian band has toured around Australia, North America, and then Europe, on their last concert tour. The final leg of this epic includes a gig in Cairns, featuring a special guests – Busby Marou, to make up for various climate and Covid disruptions earlier this year.
Midnight Oil guitarist/keyboardist, Jim Moginie talks with Black Star’s Mark Hogan about the show.

Women’s Health Week with Louise Foley

Women’s Health Week will be celebrated on Thursday Island and the Northern Peninsula Area with a host of activities and information sessions from 5-9 September. Mark Hogan talks with Louise Foley from the Bamaga Hospital about what is planned for the NPA.
“At Seisia, the health service will be showcasing local women’s arts and crafts and provide a safe space where women can yarn with health professionals and ask questions regarding their health care. “Cards will be provided to participants to write their questions on if they feel uncomfortable to speak out their concern or query. “The cards will be placed in a box and questions will be read out, without identification, thereby allowing their query to be addressed with confidentiality.’’
“The aim of the week is to raise awareness of the need for women to prioritise their health and well-being so they can be there to support their families.’’
For more information about Jean Hailes Women’s Health Week, visit: https://www.womenshealthweek.com.au/

Mark Hogan from Black Star Radio talks to Gareth Humphreys and Jared Barlow from the Wet Tropics Management Authority about the invasive Crazy Ant

A new infestation of yellow crazy ants has been detected by the Wet Tropics Management Authority near Gordonvale.
Officers from the Authority detected the infestation in rugged country within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area while they were carrying out routine surveillance last month as part of the Yellow Crazy Ant Eradication Program.
Yellow crazy ants are considered to be one of the world’s top 100 worst invasive species and have been present in Far North Queensland for over a decade, but the persistent efforts of the Authority’s Eradication Program have seen widespread infestation contained in recent years.
When yellow crazy ant numbers hit super colony levels, they’ve been known to leave entire forests silent and can become a severe threat to people and pets. Yellow crazy ants are also a huge threat to agriculture in Australia’s warmer regions. They farm sugar-secreting scale insects and encourage the growth of sooty moulds that can dramatically reduce the productivity of crops like fruit trees and sugar cane.

Lydia Miller yarning about the Deadly Women’s Workshops

Mark from Black Star Radio, yarning with Lydia Miller about the Deadly Women’s Workshops. The ‘Deadly Women’s Development and Leadership Program‘
wants you to join us in 2022 where you can learn new skills, develop your knowledge, grow your confidence, and receive recognition of your achievements.
Locations and Dates
CAIRNS
15 – 19 August
29 August – 2 September
12 – 16 September
WEIPA/ NAPRANUM
5 – 9 September
3 – 7 October
November date to be confirmed
BURKETOWN
19 – 23 September
17 – 21 October
31 October – 4 November
If you want to register, just follow this link: https://deadlywomen.org.au/

DonateLife: Eps 4

~ YARNING ABOUT DONATION! ~
For our families and our communities
We all want what’s best for our families and our communities.
It’s time we had a yarn about organ and tissue donation, because each and every one of us can play a role in making sure our communities are stronger and healthier in the future.
For around 1,750 Australians currently on the organ transplant waitlist, it’s a matter of life and death. There are an additional 12,000 people on dialysis who may benefit from a kidney transplant.
COVID-19 has had a direct impact on organ and tissue donation. Compared to 2020, there was a 7% decrease in people receiving a transplant and a 9% decrease in donors in 2021.This means it’s never been more important for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to register as an organ and tissue donor and to encourage others to join them.
Queensland Remote Aboriginal Media, as a proud supporter of DonateLife in 2022, encourages you to use content we have developed to promote organ and tissue donation to your community.
DonateLife

DonateLife: Eps 3

~ YARNING ABOUT DONATION! ~
For our families and our communities
We all want what’s best for our families and our communities.
It’s time we had a yarn about organ and tissue donation, because each and every one of us can play a role in making sure our communities are stronger and healthier in the future.
For around 1,750 Australians currently on the organ transplant waitlist, it’s a matter of life and death. There are an additional 12,000 people on dialysis who may benefit from a kidney transplant.
COVID-19 has had a direct impact on organ and tissue donation. Compared to 2020, there was a 7% decrease in people receiving a transplant and a 9% decrease in donors in 2021.This means it’s never been more important for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to register as an organ and tissue donor and to encourage others to join them.
Queensland Remote Aboriginal Media, as a proud supporter of DonateLife in 2022, encourages you to use content we have developed to promote organ and tissue donation to your community.
DonateLife

DonateLife: Eps 2

~ YARNING ABOUT DONATION! ~
For our families and our communities
We all want what’s best for our families and our communities.
It’s time we had a yarn about organ and tissue donation, because each and every one of us can play a role in making sure our communities are stronger and healthier in the future.
For around 1,750 Australians currently on the organ transplant waitlist, it’s a matter of life and death. There are an additional 12,000 people on dialysis who may benefit from a kidney transplant.
COVID-19 has had a direct impact on organ and tissue donation. Compared to 2020, there was a 7% decrease in people receiving a transplant and a 9% decrease in donors in 2021.This means it’s never been more important for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to register as an organ and tissue donor and to encourage others to join them.
Queensland Remote Aboriginal Media, as a proud supporter of DonateLife in 2022, encourages you to use content we have developed to promote organ and tissue donation to your community.
DonateLife

DonateLife Eps 1

~ YARNING ABOUT DONATION! ~
For our families and our communities
We all want what’s best for our families and our communities.
It’s time we had a yarn about organ and tissue donation, because each and every one of us can play a role in making sure our communities are stronger and healthier in the future.
For around 1,750 Australians currently on the organ transplant waitlist, it’s a matter of life and death. There are an additional 12,000 people on dialysis who may benefit from a kidney transplant.
COVID-19 has had a direct impact on organ and tissue donation. Compared to 2020, there was a 7% decrease in people receiving a transplant and a 9% decrease in donors in 2021.This means it’s never been more important for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to register as an organ and tissue donor and to encourage others to join them.
Queensland Remote Aboriginal Media, as a proud supporter of DonateLife in 2022, encourages you to use content we have developed to promote organ and tissue donation to your community.
DonateLife

Donate Life 2022 - For some of our mob it’s a matter of life and death

Yarning about donation: for our families and our communities
We all want what’s best for our families and our communities.
It’s time we had a yarn about organ and tissue donation, because each and every one of us can play a role in making sure our communities are stronger and healthier in the future.
For around 1,750 Australians currently on the organ transplant waitlist, it’s a matter of life and death. There are an additional 12,000 people on dialysis who may benefit from a kidney transplant.
COVID-19 has had a direct impact on organ and tissue donation. Compared to 2020, there was a 7% decrease in people receiving a transplant and a 9% decrease in donors in 2021.This means it’s never been more important for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to register as an organ and tissue donor and to encourage others to join them.
Queensland Remote Aboriginal Media, as a proud supporter of DonateLife in 2022, encourages you to use content we have developed to promote organ and tissue donation to your community.

Jack Wilkie-Jans CIAF Wrap up July 2022

Interview between Mark Hogan and Jack Wilkie-Jans, The Marketing and Communications Manager of the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Looking back at CIAF 2022 and reflecting on the event and all that went into it and made it such a success.
The first in the 13 year history, all category of winners are women.