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Award winning journalist Stan Grant brings you a new voice in Indigenous current affairs. It's time for Australia to "Awaken".

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From Grandmother to Granddaughter: Rachel Perkins tells her own tale

Rachel Perkins discusses the responsibilities and perils of storytelling on Awaken.

Indigenous Australia and country: the debate in 2015

The land is incredibly important to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. But there is a great need to protect it.

22 Oct 2015 - 4:17pm

Adani Mine: Environment group ramps up pressure on Westpac

An Indigenous environment organisation has criticised Westpac for not standing up against Adani’s Carmichael Coal Mine following re-approval of the controversial...

4 Nov 2015 - 2:30pm

How small media groups are telling big stories

We all have it in our pockets, but did you know your phone is the ultimate tool for telling stories?

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New ways to tell big stories with small voices: Awaken

Minority groups who have traditionally struggled for air and balance in mainstream media platforms are finding new and innovative ways to tell their stories....

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Award winning journalist Stan Grant brings you a new voice in Indigenous current affairs. It's time for Australia to "Awaken".

24 Jun 2015 - 3:41pm

White supremacy a confronting, hearbreaking, fascinating discourse

White supremacy, two words that when used together inspire a very uncomfortable conversation. But if you are brave enough to have the discourse you'll also find it...

16 Dec 2015 - 12:51pm

Sir Viv Richards on the importance of having role models 'of your colour'

'I was one of them guys you know, who felt that, so long as you bleed, we are all the same.'

27 Jun 2015 - 11:14am

Four Indigenous AFL stars who changed the game forever

It's a little known story that the efforts of four Indigenous players brought about one of the most significant documents in our sporting history, the...

27 Mar 2015 - 2:27pm

Five prominent black women shake up status quo on NITV's Awaken

After the ABC's Q and A program's all-female panel failed to include an Australian Indigenous woman, NITV's Awaken special highlighted the difference in lived...

24 Mar 2015 - 4:34pm

No choice but politics for Indigenous women: Pat O’Shane

Pat O’Shane has never been one to shy away from controversy.

27 Jun 2015 - 11:30am

Christine Anu: Paving the way for Indigenous entertainers

Everyone’s talking about Miranda Tapsell. The proud Larrakia and Tiwi woman from the Northern Territory delivered a stirring acceptance speech on Sunday night.

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Awaken - The Tipping Point Racism, Diversity and the AFL

It has been 20 years since there were headlines over an incident of racial vilification in the 1995 Anzac Day game.The incident forced the AFL to change. Host...

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Wed 02/12/15 - 10:00pm Awaken S2015 Ep16 - Johnathan Thurston

NITV Wed 02/12/15 - 10:00pm

Award winning journalist Stan Grant hosts a one hour panel show,...