Stars and Stories: The Black Star Radio Podcast

Gloria Wallis from Apunipima talks to Mark Hogan about Rheumatic Fever and the launch of the Home Care Packs.

Cynthia Lui yarns to Mark from Blackstar after her election win.

Cynthia Lui yarns to Mark from Blackstar after her election win.

Cynthia Lui yarns to Mark from Blackstar after her election win.

Another side to the Bush Tukka Woman

Another side to the Bush Tukka Woman

Nova Peris - NAIDOC week yarn 2020

Nova Maree Peris OAM (born 25 February 1971) is an Aboriginal Australian athlete and former politician. As part of the Australian women's hockey (Hockeyroos) team at the 1996 Olympic Games, she was the first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal. She later switched sports to sprinting and went to the 1998 Commonwealth Games and 2000 Olympic Games. She was elected to the Australian Senate at the 2013 federal election, after then Prime Minister Julia Gillard named her as a "captain's pick", installing her as the preselected Labor candidate over incumbent Labor senator Trish Crossin. She retired from the Senate in 2016.
As of November 2020 Peris is an Ambassador for the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation.

Libby Cook Black - NAIDOC week yarn

Libby is a Torres Strait Island woman, born on Thursday Island but her family from the eastern island Erub (Darnely).
She grew up in North and Far North Queensland, between Mackay and Cairns. She was fortunate enough to play representative netball at school which landed her a scholarship to Pymble Ladies College in Sydney, where she attended year 11 and 12.
From there, she went on to University at UNSW before transferring her studies back to Queensland. On moving back to Queensland she switched a netball dress for some rugby pants and started playing Rugby Sevens and Rugby League concurrently where she fell in love with tackling people.
She was again really fortunate to go on to play rugby sevens for Queensland Reds and Australian University.
At the same time in Feb 2016 she played her first big representative rugby league game with the Indigenous Allstars at Suncorp stadium. From this game she was selected for the Jillaroos and debuted. A couple months later she played for Queensland in the women's interstate cup (now the women state of origin).
At selection camp for the Indigenous Allstars 2017, Libby unfortunately tore her ACL. So she was out of the running for World Cup Selection. Whilst Rehabbing her knee she fell pregnant with her son who is now 2. After having him she began training again, only to tear her articular cartilage completely. So she had surgery to have it removed. And have been training to run in a straight line pain free ever since.
Then she decided that being a single mum, working full time and studying wasn't enough, she put her hat in the ring for the Indigenous Marathon Project and was successful.
Libby successfully completed the Deadly Runners marathon in Alice Springs a week ago. Big congratulations to her.

Steve Renouf - Digital Health - NAIDOC

Steve Renouf - Digital Health - NAIDOC
Steve is a Gunggari and Gubbi Gubbi man.
He holds the record for most tries for the Broncos (142), and was named in the Broncos 10 and 20 year teams, the 25 year grand final team, and the Indigenous Team of the Century.
He played 212 Broncos Games, 11 Queensland State of Origin games, 9 International Australian Rugby League Tests, and was part of 4 premiership winning teams for the Broncos.
As a Deadly Choices Ambassador, Steve is an inspiration and fantastic role model. While he may no longer play football professionally, he still plays plenty of sport, and is always keeping active and eating good food.
He is a loving father to his five children and openly talks about his life with diabetes, encouraging everyone to make healthy choices.
Information provided by Deadly Choices website

Liamon Mudd - NAIDOC 2020

Liamon Mudd - NAIDOC 2020
Proud Young Indigenous Kunjen and Tagalaka man from Far North Queensland.
Liamon has currently relocated outback in Normanton gulf country to work as a Activity Officer at the PCYC but now works for QLD Health. Liamon was the 2020 finalist of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student of the year for the Cairns Region.
He is very passionate about Inspiring the next generation of Youth by providing them with the guidance and support to better themselves so that they can be a voice and one day make a change back in their Community.
He has an overwhelming passion for life and which he constantly pushing himself to be better, stronger and more knowledgeable so that one day I can be a leader back in my community.
His interest is working within the Community Services sector and which it is his goal to one day work back in Community and give back to my people.

Tamara Pearson (Sacred Creation Dance Troup)

Tamara Pearson.
"My body is a canvas that I will continue to create honest expression on, from the ground up through the soles of my feet"
Tamara is an Indigenous person from the eastern area of Cape York Peninsula. Her language group is Kuku Yalanji on her paternal grandmother’s side and Bagarrmuguwarra on her paternal grandfather’s side. Tamara performed Traditional Dance as part of my cultural heritage, and contemporary styles using inherent skills in various performances and public shows from adolescence to senior secondary school years. In latter years she worked and performed at corporate functions and schools.
One of her earlier achievements as a teenager was to choreograph for the Peace Lutheran College (Private Secondary) and the Trinity Bay State High Schools’ End of Year Performances.
She completed her Certificate 111 and IV in Indigenous Dance and Knowledge at the Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE. When she graduated from that program, Tamara moved to Sydney to further her studies at the National Aboriginal Indigenous Dance Association (NAISDA) and in her final year NAISDA nominated and awarded Tamara the Student of the Year in 2008.
After 5 years in Sydney it was time to return to my homelands with the knowledge and experience she had gained to pursue her dreams and goals to mentor, create, perform and inspire young Indigenous children.
She is an active person in the Indigenous dance circles in regional centres such as Cairns and State Capitals such as Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. She dance with the Traditional Owners for the Cairns Region- Carl Fourmile and Dance Troupe- at events held at the Cultural Precinct in Cairns and Theatre Restaurants.

Sha-lane Gibson

We are kicking it off with one our very own local 'Living Legends Sha-lane Gibson. A remarkable young Indigenous with a very very bright future.
Black Star would like to present Sha-lane with a 'Living Legend' award for all the amazing work she does on the ground for her Waymburr, Nuguul and Gamaay mob. We here at Black Star Radio are very proud of you Sha-lane.

Michael Kerr Mayor of Douglas Shire

Michael Kerr Mayor of Douglas Shire yarning with Mark Hogan