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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/

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.

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/

~ 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

~ 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

~ 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

~ 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

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.

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.

Interview between Mark Hogan and Violet Taulanga, Violet is the Community Development Officer for Mornington Shire Council in the Gulf of Carpenteria, with a strong interest in empowering local community capacity for self determination. With strong leadership from the Mornington Island Mayor and elected councillors, The Mornington Island community is undergoing a transformation and entering into a new era with the reintroduction of legal alcohol.
Violet Taulanga was Born and raised in rural Feilding, New Zealand of Ngati Kauwhata, Ngati Kuia, Te Rarawa and Cook Island descent. She attended St Joseph’s Maori Girls College in Napier, NZ and graduated Auckland University with a Bachelor of Science. Her family have been in Australia since 1999 and in Lardil country for over 3 years.

Interview between Mark Hogan and Sonia Richardson from Kuranda College about NAIDOC

Interview between Mark Hogan and Mayor Keri Tamwoy about the Aurukun Photo competition and NAIDOC Week.
Keri Tamwoy follows proudly in the footsteps of her late mother Alison Woolla, a dynamic reform leader and first female to serve as Mayor of Aurukun from 1983 to 1985 and 1991 to 1994. “My Mum was a mayor for the people and the community who always had the whole community’s aspirations and needs at heart and this is what I want to take into my service for my people,” she said.
Of the Putch Clan, Mayor Tamwoy, 45, has lived her entire life in her hometown, where she has raised her six children with husband Gerald, and feels privileged to have three grandchildren with two living in Aurukun. Mayor Tamwoy’s strong leadership and dedication to her community was recognised when she was appointed as a local Family Responsibilities Commissioner in 2019. She is qualified mediator who heads the community’s mediation agency Thaa’ Pant Services and chairs a community land management organisation Aak Puul Ngantam (APN Cape York).
Mayor Tamwoy delivers cultural awareness training to mining companies and has a background in administration with roles at APN Cape York and in her husband’s machinery hire business.

Interview between Mark Hogan and David Hudson about Campfire to Stage Light which is an epic journey toward self-determination and Indigenous pride, as told through the life experience of David Bindi Hudson, well-known and loved cultural leader and global ambassador for Indigenous Australia.
David is the ultimate storyteller, singer-songwriter, dancer, visual artist and actor and the performance is brought to life through storytelling, songs, and extraordinary visual design.
The stories take us from David’s traditional lands to the international mega stages as David traversed the world musically, educating people about his culture. He co-founded the award-winning dance troupe ‘Tjapukai’, whose achievements include being Australia’s longest-running theatrical production. David has emerged as a strong cultural leader with a significant arts practice.
This play, directed by nationally recognised First Nations Director, Isaac Drandic, with music and lyrics by Nereace, Nigel Pegrum and David Bindi Hudson, will take the audience on a culturally rich journey of Far North Queensland and the world.

Interview between Mark Hogan and Jack Wilkie-Jans about The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair 2022.
Jack Wilkie-Jans is a writer, contemporary Indigenous artist and aboriginal affairs advocate from Cape York Peninsula. He is from the Teppathiggi and Tjungundji tribes of the Western Cape and Waanyi tribe of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Working now as the Marketing & Communications Manager for the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Jack is an Alumni of the National Gallery of Australia's Wesfarmer's Indigenous Art Leadership Program and Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society.

Interview between Mark Hogan and James Saunders about the upcoming Indigenous Content Creators Meetup 2022.
James Saunders is a Gunditjmara and Wiradjuri man.
He is a media and communications specialist with a strong interest in storytelling across mediums, He is also an actor and writer.
James is the Chief Operating Officer of IndigenousX.
IndigenousX is a 100% Indigenous owned and operated media, consultancy, and training organisation,
IndigenousX believes in the principles of self-determination and works to affect change by upholding Indigenous knowledges, voices and ways of being.