NT Writers Festival 2023 is about storytelling and listening around the fire – and that’s a very unique feel!

Dave Clark is a writer-poet living in Mparntwe (Alice Springs) who works as a counsellor. In 2022 he was winner of the Northern Territory Literary Award (Poetry). Dave has works published in Bramble, Red Room Poetry, Mantissa, Grieve, Pure Slush, Swim Meet Lit and Raining Poetry to name a few. He is currently working on a memoir about how we cope with grief.

Dave Clark talks with Paul Wiles about the 2023 Writers Festival in Mparntwe Alice Springs. Listen here :

more to come …..

CAAMA News 1-06-2023

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CAAMA Radio News May 31 – 2023

Get in contact with the CAAMA newsroom: news@caama.com.au

CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 5pm every weekday.

A full bulletin can also be heard online.

In this bulletin:

  • The Alice Springs community group fighting the increase in poker machines in the town’s pubs, clubs and casino is preparing to continue its battle now that the NT Government is lifting its ban on new machines;
  • Independent community action group Get Up hand Federal Minister for Environment and Water TANYA PLIBERSEK a 24500 signature petition against the Middle Arm gas hub on Larrakia country;
  • Mental health support group RUOK were in Alice Springs today, as they travel Central Australia to spread the message to prevent suicide and suicidal behaviour;
  •  Queensland have the chance to wrap up the State of Origin series in three weeks time at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane after defeating New South Wales on the neutral ground of Adelaide Oval last night.

“Its been very, very slow… and for me I haven’t noticed any progress! ” Valda Napurrula  Shannon talks about progress under the Barkly Regional Agreement.

In July 2018 the then Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, visited Tennant Creek where he announced a regional agreement would be worked on to increase social and economic opportunities in the area. Turnbull signed off on a statement of intent to invest $60 million as part of regional agreement, but five years later questions are being asked about what progress has been made!

“The community is saying they’ve been let let down big time -they have a big wish list.” – Valda Napurrula  Shannon

The Barkly Regional deal was signed in Tennant Creek by the Federal Government, the Northern Territory Government and the Barkly Regional Council to address social outcomes, productivity and child safety – but a local based community advisor and researcher says nothing significant has happened in the Barkly region to address ongoing community concerns… despite funding for the Barkly Regional deal.

Valda Napurrula  Shannon , a Walpiri/ Warumungu woman  who has lived and worked  in Ali Curung and Tennant Creek for the past 30 years shared her concerns with CAAMA’s Floyd Doyle…

Listen to the full interview here :

CAAMA News 31-05-2023

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CAAMA Radio News May 31 – 2023

Get in contact with the CAAMA newsroom: news@caama.com.au

CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 5pm every weekday.

A full bulletin can also be heard online.

In this bulletin:

  • Legislation to set up the Voice to Parliament referendum, aiming at enshrining the Voice in the constitution, has this morning passed the House of Representatives;
  • Environmental group, The Friends of the Earth has published a report looking at drinking water quality in Northern Territory communities, covering the last 20 years;
  • Archaeologists at Flinders University in Adelaide have revealed evidence of pre-European contact between Top End Aboriginal communities and South-East Asian visitors;
  •  News South Wales go in as slight favourites with bookmakers against Queensland in tonight’s opening match of State of Origin on the neutral ground of Adelaide Oval.

CAAMA News 30-05-2023

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CAAMA Radio News May 30 – 2023

Get in contact with the CAAMA newsroom: news@caama.com.au

CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 5pm every weekday.

A full bulletin can also be heard online.

In this bulletin:

  •  Victorian Independent senator Lidia Thorpe says she will lodge a case with  the Australian Human Rights  Commission after receiving legal advice there was “enough ground” for her to proceed with her claim of racism within the party.
  • New data shows a growing crisis of the imprisonment of Aboriginal people in New South Wales with the proportion of First Nations  people in prison now the highest on record.
  • Prime Minister Anthony Albanese  has countered  claims that the  government has rushed into the  Voice  referendum and  and says Australians would not succumb to fear campaigns about the constitutional change.
  •  A central Australian Arrernte woman from Mparntwe (Alice Springs) who has been exploring Aboriginal knowledge and applications of fungi has become the first Indigenous PhD scholar at the University of Queensland’s Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation.
  • and more

CAAMA NEWS 29-05-2023

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CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 5pm every weekday.

A full bulletin can also be heard online.

In this bulletin:

  • Independent Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe is considering abstaining from voting on legislation to enable the Voice To Parliament;
  • Yes23 campaign spokesman Thomas Mayo and ABC veteran journalist Kerry O’Brien in Alice for the NT Writers Festival;
  • WA Premier Mark McGowan’s shock resignation;
  • The 2023 First Nations Arts and Cultural Awards;
  • Rabbitohs and Blues Latrell Mitchell ruled out of game one of Origin with a calf injury.

CAAMA NEWS 26-05-2023

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CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 5pm every weekday.

A full bulletin can also be heard online.

In this bulletin:

  • Australia reflects on the Stolen Generations during National Sorry Day today;
  • The First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria tells Facebook to do more about online racist abuse;
  • ABC Chairperson Ita Buttrose says the ongoing racist abuse online is “abhorrent and appalling”;
  • First Nations leaders gather at Uluru for the sixth anniversary of the Uluru Statement of the Heart;
  • And more:

The amazing life journey of Audrey Martin Napanangka the resilient Walpiri woman the world needs to know about….

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AUDREY NAPANANGKA tells the story of Warlpiri woman, Audrey, and her Sicilian partner Santo. Intimate footage filmed over 10 years in Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Yuendumu and Audrey’s Warlpiri country Mount Theo, showcases a heartwarming story about the power of kinship and family in a changing world.

DIRECTED BY PENELOPE MCDONALD IN COLLABORATION WITH AUDREY NAPANANGKA MARTIN

WRITTEN BY PENELOPE MCDONALD AND DYLAN RIVER

PRODUCED BY PENELOPE MCDONALD, TRISHA MORTON-THOMAS AND RACHEL CLEMENTS

MUSIC FOR FILM BY DAVID BRIDIE

SOUND DESIGN BY LIAM EGAN

EDITED BY JAMES BRADLEY, JANE ST VINCENT WELCH AND KARRYN DE CINQUE

CINEMATOGRAPHY BY DYLAN RIVER, JUSTINE KERRIGAN ACS, SHANE MULCAHY, ANNA CADDEN, BONNY SCOTT, MIRIAM WILLIAMS

AND PENELOPE MCDONALD

Listen here :

Penny McDonald talks with Jenni Hubert at CAAMA.

supplied images of Audrey and family courtesy Dylan River.

CAAMA NEWS 25-05-2023

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CAAMA Radio News May 25 – 2023

Get in contact with the CAAMA newsroom: news@caama.com.au

CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 5pm every weekday.

A full bulletin can also be heard online.

In this bulletin:

  • Federal Parliament continues to debate the Voice To Parliament;
  • National Indigenous broadcaster NITV dumps Twitter over racism;
  • The ABC Managing Director says the ABC needs to do better handling racism against it’s staff;
  • The NRL pays tribute to Tina Turner.

CAAMA NEWS 24-05-2023

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CAAMA Radio News May 24 – 2023

Get in contact with the CAAMA newsroom: news@caama.com.au

CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 5pm every weekday.

A full bulletin can also be heard online.

In this bulletin:

  • Federal Parliament starts a marathon debate on the Voice To Parliament Bill;
  • The NT Writers Festival to tackle the issue of today’s media industry;
  • The WA Consumer Affairs watchdog says there’s been a spike in scammers targetting Aboriginal people;
  • Hawthorn CEO Justin Reeves resigns as the Hawthorn racism abuse allegations take their toll on him personally;
  • and more :