An interview with Dayak activist and environmentalist Emmanuela Shinta. In this short documentary, recorded in 2019, Emmanuela Shinta introduces us to her people; paints us the beauty of Kalimantan; and explains the important environmental work of Ranu Welum. To read the associated article detailing international corruption and the murders of envir…

As part of 2018’s Seven Days of Resistance WAR: Warriors for the Aboriginal Resistance, held a Black GST Public Forum. Long-time Indigenous activists Tony Birch; Margi Thorpe; Robbie Thorpe; and non-Indigenous ally Clare Land talked Genocide, Sovereignty, Treaty. This audio is an excerpt from that discussion. A cultural warning: the audio here cont…

This document Declassified May 11, 1973 I sense the presence of others. In this Place This continent and its islands This country is one remove from the cultural source, twice removed, three times; a continent–country that is an ad hoc triage on a home caesarean gone wrong. Every culture longs for a place in history that never was. The Portuguese c…

No Trickery, No Re-takes, No Stand-ins is the story of Vulcana Women's Circus told in three parts. It investigates Australian circuses; the importance of women-only circuses; the funding models available to performing arts organisations; and the impacts state and federal government funding cuts (2012–2016) had on Vulcana and similar organisations (…

No Trickery, No Re-takes, No Stand-ins is the story of Vulcana Women's Circus told in three parts. It investigates Australian circuses; the importance of women-only circuses; the funding models available to performing arts organisations; and the impacts state and federal government funding cuts (2012–2016) had on Vulcana and similar organisations (…

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'Behind the Line' is a behind the scenes/best of look at 4zzz's award-winning 'Brisbane Line' news hour - Saturday Edition. Saturday Brisbane Line won the 2017 Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) awards. Nominated in the 'Excellence in News and Current Affiars' category, we are one of the four best news shows on community radio i…

In May 2017 I was a sound artist at the Noted Festival and was privileged to hear Ngunnawal Elder Nin Jannette Phillips deliver the Welcome to Country in the foyer of the National Library. At times our surroundings exerted a slightly surreal juxtaposition and contradiction when related to the histories and stories being shared with us. The sound pi…

No Trickery, No Re-takes, No Stand-ins is the story of Vulcana Women's Circus told in three parts. It investigates Australian circuses; the importance of women-only circuses; the funding models available to performing arts organisations; and the impacts state and federal government funding cuts (2012–2016) had on Vulcana and similar organisations (…

This doco follows five different LGBTIQ+ families. It began as a series of five themed, stand-alone news interviews about marriage equality. I then re-edited them into a single one-hour show. To give the final piece added relevance (the ‘debate’ evolved) I added a history of the 1961 Marriage Act, bridging audio outlining events from the weeks of e…