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Associate Professor Kylie Gwynne, UNSW Director of Co-design Health Research and Innovation (CHRI) group, talking about Find it, treat it: 30-second test could help prevent stroke in Indigenous Australians. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be screened for a common heart rhythm condition at least 10 years earlier than current national guidelines recommend, say UNSW researchers. Research published today in the Medical Journal of Australia found Indigenous Australians develop atrial fibrillation (AF) nearly 16 years earlier on average than non-Indigenous Australians, contributing to substantially higher stroke rates at younger ages. You can find out more via the link below!www.scimex.org/…/find-it-treat-it-30-second…John Paul Janke, NITV The Point Host, talking about The Point returns for new season: "The Ugly Side of Racism" with Host John Paul Janke. One of NITV’s Indigenous current affairs programs, The Point, returns for its 11th year today Tuesday May 26 at 7:30pm on NITV and SBS On Demand, hosted by proud Wuthathi and Meriam man, John Paul Janke. Episode 1 is entitled The Ugly Side of Australia. With incidents of racism and negative stereotyping at record levels and First Nations protestors targeted in violent attacks the Point is on the road in Melbourne to meet those who are taking a stand. You can find out more via the link below! (Photo Credit: NITV)www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/news-series/the-pointIan Hamm, Healing Foundation Board Director, talking about New national plan demands progress for Stolen Generations survivors, 29 years on from Bringing them home. The Healing Foundation’s ‘From Sorry to Action – A plan to act on Bringing them home (2026-2028)’ defines policy gaps, priorities and practical steps to progress on the long outstanding recommendations of the 1997 Bringing them home report over a two-year period. The action plan asks for firm commitments by governments to specific actions and for progress to be demonstrated leading up to the 30th anniversary of the Bringing them home report in May 2027 and the year immediately following. It’s a practical tool for Ministers, Department secretaries and other agencies and organisations, outlining their roles to advance healing and justice. You can find out more via the link below! (Photo Credit: The Healing Foundation)healingfoundation.org.au/…/new-national-plan…/Stacee Ketchell, Reconciliation Australia Board Director, talking about All In for National Reconciliation Week 2026. National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. The theme for National Reconciliation Week 2026 is All In, a call for all Australians to commit wholeheartedly to reconciliation every single day. You can find out more via the link below!www.reconciliation.org.au/…/national…/Iain Carty, RSL Queensland State Secretary, talking about Indigenous Veterans’ Ceremony. Since 2007, the RSL Queensland Indigenous Veterans’ Ceremony has been held annually to coincide with National Reconciliation Week. The Indigenous Veterans’ Ceremony acknowledges the contributions of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who have served or sacrificed for Australia. 2026 marks the 20th Indigenous Veterans’ Ceremony hosted by RSL Queensland to recognise all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who have served and sacrificed in Australia’s armed forces. The 2026 Indigenous Veterans’ Ceremony will be held in Gimuy (Cairns) on Saturday 20th May at 11AM (AEST). You can find out more and watch the Livestream via the link below!rslqld.org/commemorations/indigenous-veteransHave something happening in your community, and you want to talk about it, give us a call on 1800 422 416. Or Give us a text on 0457 140 550!We would also like to thank the Community Broadcasting Foundation and National Indigenous Australians Agency for their support here at BBM 98.7FM.Make sure to tune into National Talk Black via NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service every Monday-Friday from 11am-12pm (QLD Time). … See MoreSee Less

Yoway whichway you mob 👋🏾👋🏻👋 we hope you all enjoying your Saturday morning vibin’ to the deadly tunes of BBM 98.7FM 🙃😁 coming up at 10am is Black Magic Woman with Mundanara Bayles and this week she catches up with Dylan Voller is a Ngarrindjeri man, hip hop artist, and advocate from Alice Springs, now based in Sydney. In 2016, footage of Dylan as a seventeen-year-old, hooded and strapped to a restraint chair inside the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre, aired on the ABC’s Four Corners program, went around the world, and sparked a Royal Commission into the protection and detention of children in the Northern Territory.

But Dylan is more than that footage, and this yarn is proof.I sat down with Dylan for an honest, unfiltered conversation about growing up fast, what it meant to be a young blakfulla inside a system built to punish rather than protect, and what it has taken to rebuild a life on his own terms. Dylan talks about his big sister, the first person who truly believed in him. He talks about music as survival, writing poems inside and watching them find their way into the published anthology Fire Front: First Nations Poetry and Power Today alongside Archie Roach and some of this country’s most powerful Aboriginal voices. He talks about the grassroots work nobody claps for, the burnout of being pushed before you’re ready, the slow and hard road of healing from trauma, and the young ones in his community who inspire him just as much as he inspires them.He also speaks plainly about what the statistics mean when you’ve lived inside them, and why he refuses to let the media’s version of his story be the last word.This is a yarn about resilience, family, music, and what it looks like to keep going when the world has already written you off.Dylan’s music is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube. Follow him on Instagram: @dylan_voller_If this episode raised anything for you, support is available. Call 13YARN on 13 92 76, a 24/7 crisis support line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Lifeline is also available on 13 11 14.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. … See MoreSee Less