Hi all, You are welcome to click on the drop box link below: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3db8ojxoif44u2i/WNIR%20MASTER%2022%20NOVEMBER%202013.mp3 This week we re-play one of our most popular editions of WNIR as NIRS takes advantage of the Easter break, returning with our regular programming on Tuesday 22 April, 2014. The show features a charming interview with AFL legend Adam Goodes […]

NIRS NEWS STORIES 6am-9am 24th February 2014  Story 1 To the Torres Strait, a deficiency-plagued mobile dental health unit intended to provide services to the outer islands has now been relocated to the Cape York. The Torres Strait-Northern Peninsula Hospital and Health Service says the relocation is temporary. Aaron Smith is Editor of local newspaper Torres […]

NIRS NEWS STORIES 6am-9am 17 February 2014  Story 1   A Gomileroi woman is campaigning for a full public inquiry into the death of her brother Eddie Murray, who died while in police custody 33 years ago. Anna Murray was just 16 years old when, in 1981, her brother died in incarceration. Ms Murray says […]

NIRS NEWS STORIES 6am-9am 14 FEBRUARY 2014 Story 1 The Victoria Aboriginal Community Services Association says impending job losses in the state will have wide-ranging impacts for Koori families and communities. Chief Executive Alf Bamblett says the upcoming closure of Ford and Toyota manufacturing plants and possible further losses at SPC Ardmona in Shepparton are […]

NIRS NEWS STORIES 6am-9am 13 FEBRUARY 2014 Story 1 The Victoria Aboriginal Community Services Association says impending job losses in the state will have wide-ranging impacts for Koori families and communities. Chief Executive Alf Bamblett says the upcoming closure of Ford and Toyota manufacturing plants and possible further losses at SPC Ardmona in Shepparton are […]

NIRS NEWS STORIES 6am-9am 12 FEBRUARY 2014 Story 1 Prime Minister Tony Abbott will reportedly announce mixed and limited progress in closing the gap efforts when he gives his annual update in Parliament today. Mr. Abbott will report there’s been no progress in the target of halving the employment gap, but the nation is on […]

NIRS NEWS STORIES 6am-9am 11 FEBRUARY 2014 Story 1 The Online Hate Prevention Institute says governments must intervene in eliminating racist content being posted to social media sites. The comments, from Chief Executive Andre Oboler, come with the recent removal of an Aboriginal memes page from Facebook. That followed the uproar in 2012 over Facebook’s […]

NIRS NEWS STORIES 6am-9am 7 FEBRUARY 2014 Story 1 In a ground breaking decision, a former CEO of a New South Wales Aboriginal Medical Centre has been ordered to pay over $1.2 million dollars in fines. Damien Matcham, former head of the Katungul Community Medical Service, is now banned from being involved in the management […]

NIRS NEWS STORIES 6am-9am 06 FEBRUARY 2014 Story 1 The Chair of the Indigenous Advisory Council, Warren Mundine, says there’s never been a better opportunity to achieve a Treaty. Mr Mundine says he was greatly disappointed by the Hawke Government’s backdown on Treaties. But he’s told National Indigenous Radio the nation now has a second […]