ABC Speaking Out

Circus Oz gets ready to roll into the Top End, meet Aboriginal Fashion Designer, Natalie Cunningham, the Boomerang Festival announces its International acts and brand new single from Jimblah. <br><br>Don't forget Speaking Out now on digital radio each Saturday afternoon from 16:30 and Sunday nights from 21:30 (AEST) on ABC Local Radio. You can also find individual interviews at soundcloud.com/abcspeakingout or find us on youtube, tumblr and facebook under abcspeakingout.

Yatu discusses the sold out Ethical Fashion Show Berlin, the launch of a sustainable materials app and meet Aboriginal swimwear/resortwear designer, Natalie Cunningham. Plus the brand new single from Brisbane based Indigenous group, Slip-On Stereo.<br><br>Don't forget Speaking Out now on digital radio each Saturday afternoon from 16:30 and Sunday nights from 21:30 (AEST) on ABC Local Radio. You can also find individual interviews at soundcloud.com/abcspeakingout or find us on youtube, tumblr and facebook under abcspeakingout.

This week a group of artists from Erub in the eastern part of the Torres Strait left on a research trip to New Caledonia as part of a major art project and head to a community north-west of Brisbane to meet the Cherbourg MoJos.<br><br>Don't forget Speaking Out now on digital radio each Saturday afternoon from 16:30 and Sunday nights from 21:30 (AEST) on ABC Local Radio. You can also find individual interviews at soundcloud.com/abcspeakingout or find us on youtube, tumblr and facebook under abcspeakingout.

Meet the man behind twitter account IndigenousX, celebrate 20 years of Koori Radio and the Gadigal Information Service and hear an exclusive track of Gurrumul with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Opera House.<br><br>Don't forget Speaking Out now on digital radio each Saturday afternoon from 16:30 and Sunday nights from 21:30 (AEST) on ABC Local Radio. You can also find individual interviews at soundcloud.com/abcspeakingout or find us on youtube, tumblr and facebook under abcspeakingout.

The Boomerang Festival has announced its first release of artists who'll be at the inaugural event and why should you apply for Accelerate?<br><br>Don't forget Speaking Out now on digital radio each Saturday afternoon from 16:30 and Sunday nights from 21:30 (AEST) on ABC Local Radio. You can also find individual interviews at soundcloud.com/abcspeakingout or find us on youtube, tumblr and facebook under abcspeakingout.

Eclectic, Rock and Roots are just some of the ways you could describe <i>Great Beyonder</i>, the new album from Adelaide based musician, Glenn Skuthorpe.<br><br>Don't forget Speaking Out now on digital radio each Saturday afternoon from 16:30 and Sunday nights from 21:30 (AEST) on ABC Local Radio. You can also find individual interviews at soundcloud.com/abcspeakingout or find us on youtube, tumblr and facebook under abcspeakingout.

Each month, Aboriginal Eco-fashion blogger Yatu Widders Hunt drops by to discuss the latest news from the eco-style world and introduces you to one of the Indigenous designers who'll show their collection at the inaugural Australian indigenous Fashion Week next year.<br><br>Don't forget Speaking Out now on digital radio each Saturday afternoon from 16:30 and Sunday nights from 21:30 (AEST) on ABC Local Radio. You can also find individual interviews at soundcloud.com/abcspeakingout or find us on youtube, tumblr and facebook under abcspeakingout.

What should a National Indigneous Digital Excellence Strategy include and do we need one?<br><br>The National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE) at Redfern in Sydney will hold a summit later this month to discuss just that.<br><br>Plus meet Visual Artist, Jenni Martinello who recently won an Australia Council Fellowship as part of the 6th National Indigenous Arts Awards.<br><br><br>Don't forget Speaking Out now on digital radio each Saturday afternoon from 16:30 and Sunday nights from 21:30 (AEST) on ABC Local Radio. You can also find individual interviews at soundcloud.com/abcspeakingout or find us on youtube, tumblr and facebook under abcspeakingout.

Some said it couldn't be done but Tohu Wines has proven it can be.<br><br>But it's not just about making wine as you'll find out and it's become an inspiration to a community.<br><br>Don't forget Speaking Out now on digital radio each Saturday afternoon from 16:30 and Sunday nights from 21:30 (AEST) on ABC Local Radio. You can also find individual interviews at soundcloud.com/abcspeakingout or find us on youtube, tumblr and facebook under abcspeakingout.

Since 2008, Miromoda has been supporting emerging Maori fashion designers and showcasing their collections to the world on the New Zealand Fashion Week catwalk.<br><br>This competition has gone from strength to strength and you'll hear from Ata Te Kanawa, Co-Founder of the Indigenous Maori Fashion Apparel Board and Dame Pieter Stewart, Founder and Managing Director of New Zealand Fashion Week.<br><br>Don't forget Speaking Out now on digital radio each Saturday afternoon from 16:30 and Sunday nights from 21:30 (AEST) on ABC Local Radio. You can also find individual interviews at soundcloud.com/abcspeakingout or find us on youtube, tumblr and facebook under abcspeakingout.

Blogger and freelance writer, Yatu Widders Hunt discusses Virgin Atlantic's collaboration with Vivienne Westwood, Eco Fashion Week Vancouver and takes a closer look at Aboriginal designer, Mia Brennan.<br><br>Don't forget Speaking Out now on digital radio each Saturday afternoon from 16:30 and Sunday nights from 21:30 (AEST) on ABC Local Radio. You can also find individual interviews at soundcloud.com/abcspeakingout or find us on youtube, tumblr and facebook under abcspeakingout.

Earlier in the year, the Saltwater Freshwater Festival was held at Taree on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales.<br><br>As part of the festival, a four guest panel discussed the revival of traditional hand made canoe making in the region and Speaking Out was there to record it.<br><br>Hear from Uncle Tony Dennison, Uncle Fred Kelly, David Payne from the Australian National Maritime Museum and Rachel Piercy from the Manning Regional Art Gallery.<br><br>Don't forget Speaking Out now on digital radio each Saturday afternoon from 16:30 and Sunday nights from 21:30 on ABC Local Radio. You can also find individual interviews at soundcloud.com/abcspeakingout.

Recently nine Indigenous female participants from the Illawarra region in NSW spent the week embedded at RAAF base Richmond as part of a programme to showcase career opportunities within the aviation industry and the RAAF.<br><br>Wing Commander Lisa Jackson-Pulver and Boorowa Aviation's Adam Brady discuss their role in the the Royal Australian Air Force's Indigenous Youth Program (RAAFIYP) <br><br>Don't forget Speaking Out now on digital radio each Saturday afternoon from 16:30 and Sunday nights from 21:30 on ABC Local Radio. You can also find individual interviews at soundcloud.com/abcspeakingout.

Eco-style writer and Aboriginal blogger, Yatu Widders Hunt is back to talk compostable fashion and to showcase another Indigenous Australian designer who could hit the runway at the inaugural Australian Indigenous Fashion Week in April 2014.<br><br>To keep up to date with Yatu and all things green check out her website http://thinkingfashion.com.au<br><br>Don't forget Speaking Out now on digital radio each Saturday afternoon from 16:30 and Sunday nights from 21:30 on ABC Local Radio. You can also find individual interviews at soundcloud.com/abcspeakingout.

Earlier this year the Saltwater Freshwater Festival was held at Taree on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales.<br><br>Adopted from the age of three, Artist Rex Winston-Walford didn't meet his Aboriginal family until late in his life. On stage he discusses this experience and how he fell into an art career.<br><br>Volunteer Sue Russell talks about where the motivation came from for the memorial garden she helped establish which recognises the contribution of Taree's Aboriginal servicemen and women.<br><br>Don't forget Speaking Out now on digital radio each Saturday afternoon from 16:30 and Sunday nights from 21:30 on ABC Local Radio. You can also find individual interviews at soundcloud.com/abcspeakingout.