Episode 17: FPDN Yarning Disability, Season 1, Episode 17 - Abigail Harry

10/15/23 • 57 min

Traditional Torres Strait woman, Aunty Abigail Harry hails from Yam Island in the Torres Strait.
For over 40years Aunty Abigail Harry have lived and worked on Noongar, Boodja, Yamatji, Wongi country and now she is back living on Thursday Island and is actively involved in her community of Tamwoy Town when it comes to highlighting community issues.
Isolation, Remoteness and Accessibilities are some of the issues Aunty Abigail yarned with FPDN Advocate Bernard Namok and she strongly believed that there is a greater need for family living across the Torres Strait Islands

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Episode 16: FPDN Yarning Disability, Season 1, Episode 16 - The Voice Special

On Saturday 14th of October, Australians will be ask to vote on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. In this episode of Yarning Disability is the Minister for Indigenous Australians and Proud Wiradjuri Women, Linda Burney and Damien Griffis, CEO of FPDN and Proud Worimi Man. The vote will determine whether the Voice, a body providing advice to Government on issues particularly impacting impacting Indigenous people, will be enshrined in the Constitution.
If you’d like easily accessible and easy to read information on the voice to inform your vote on the referendum, Go to www.haveyoursay.net

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Episode 18: FPDN Yarning Disability, Season 1, Episode 18 - Jaunita Haynes

In this episode of Yarning Disability, you will hear from Jaunita Haynes, a Yamatji woman living in Albany, Western Australia. In 2013, Jaunita was studying to be a nurse when, sadly, the GP administered her with the wrong vaccine dose, which had caused a disability. She yarned with FPDN Rozy Bynder about the reaction it caused, how it changed her life, and her journey to recovery.