VAN Talks Podcast
Heading back to our roots and building on the work we undertook in the leadup to the 2023 Referendum, Victorian Aboriginal News (VAN) Talks focuses on the positivity that is Aboriginal Victoria. Covering everything from Voice, Treaty and Truth and Reconciliation through to Aboriginal businesses and Traditional Owner initiatives, the VAN Talks podcast is the only podcast that travels across the State to deliver interviews and stories that are the truth of Aboriginal Victoria.
Podcasting since 2023 • 107 episodes
VAN Talks Podcast
Latest Episodes
S03-E27: Bringing and seeking cultural change in Australian Senate
With the failure of the 2023 Voice referendum, the onus is well and truly on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Members of Parliament and Senators to help First Nations voices be heard and heeded. In this episode, we speak with Yamatji and N...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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21:23
S03-E26: All Victorians invited to join in an historic Walk for Truth
With the final Yoorrook Commission report due in June 2025, Commissioner Travis Lovett is about to undertake a 370 kilometre walk from Portland in the Victorian south-west - where European colonisation started - to Parliament House in Melbourne...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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19:59
S03-E25: Equal footing for Traditional Owners in the Treaty process
There’s always a great deal of attention given to the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria and, more recently, the Treaty Authority when it comes to the Victorian Treaty process. In the background, though, and playing an incredibly important par...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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21:58
S03-E24: Welcome to Country - a cultural and contemporary perspective
VAN’s Charles Pakana speaks with Wurundjeri Elder and lore man Uncle Bill Nicholson, gaining an insight into the important role that a Welcome to Country has in the broader Australian social landscape.
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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20:11
S03-E23: Deep diving into the current Victorian Treaty negotiations
With the Victorian State Government and First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria having agreed to an agenda of items for the first round of Treaty negotiations, VAN’s Charles Pakana catches up with Assembly co-chair Rueben Berg. They take a closer l...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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18:20
