It all has a history. So just take a second to think on how old that could be and where it came from or even who or how it could have got there.

This painting represents me as the goanna, going back home to freedom, reconnecting with my dad, mum, brother and sister and the rest of family, and going back to Country.

Beyond the Bars is a radio program giving a voice to First Nations people in prison in Victoria. The live prison radio broadcasts are aired on 3CR and released on CD each year. This year, the program interviewed a number of First Nations people across six prisons during NAIDOC week.

Including a piece about songlines and another about the lands of the Namoi River People.

A Stolen Generations redress scheme has launched in Western Australia, with eligible people to receive $85,000.

Two new pieces from First Nations artists.

In Victoria, the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria began negotiations with the Victorian government last year on Treaty, and legislation allowing this agreement is now in Parliament.

This is the story about a true hero, Mr Lawrence Murray, and I am honoured to be able to write this story for you to read.

Our land being invaded, our women and children being taken, Rabbit-Proof Fence no escaping.

The painting’s story is: we hunt the food that lives on this country as our ancestors did in the past and give thanks to the food and return what we can’t take, and the Spirit goes back to the land.