42. Working with NPY Women's Council

This episode is a recording of a live-streamed panel discussion with two representatives from NPY Women’s Council, Liza Balmer and Lynette Ross, along with two BlueScope employees, Aneta Pyzel and Yasmine Gardner, who worked with the council through the Jawun Indigenous partnership program. (The online audience consisted of employees at BlueScope Australian Steel Products.)

The panellists discuss the work of NPY Women's Council, what it’s like to participate in Jawun and how we can all educate ourselves about the history and achievements of Indigenous Peoples across Australia.

Chapters

1. Introduction: 0:00
2. Our Panellists: 3:45
3. NPY Women's Council: 5:51
4. Jawun Experiences: 16:17
5. Legacy: 33:16
6. Educational Resources: 38:35
7. Q&A Segment: 42:21
8. Final Thoughts: 47:15
9. Conclusion: 53:34

Links

• Read a transcript of the episode, which also shows the spelling of various names of First Nations (Peoples and Countries) across Australia.
• National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC)
  • NAIDOC Week 2023 theme: For Our Elders
• NPY Women's Council
• Jawun
• Acknowledgement and Country and Welcome to Country — an explanation by Reconciliation Australia
• Australia's First Peoples — an explanation of First Nations by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
• Do you know what Aboriginal land you're on today?
• Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia
• Non-governmental organisation (NGO)
• Mantatjara Wilson's call to first Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council in the Diana James collection — available from the National Library of Australia by request
• Tjanpi Desert Weavers
• Djugurba and Altjira are terms for the Dreamtime (or Dreaming). 
• Ngangkari Program at NPY Women's Council
• COVID-19 pandemic
• Uluru Statement from the Heart (including information about the proposed Voice to Parliament)
• Ngapartji ngapartji translates to 'You give me something and I give you something back.'
• ABC Indigenous
• SBS NITV
• Map of Indigenous Australia
• Order of Australia

Connect with Us

• Corporate website
• LinkedIn page
• TVBlueScope on YouTube

Credits

• Edited by Martin Feld
• Panel discussion organised by Jessica Thompson