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As part of NAIDOC Week we have received Australian Government funding for two projects based on this year’s NAIDOC Week theme “Voice. Treaty. Truth”. One project will see Yolŋu Radio reporters interview longgrassers around Darwin, giving them the opportunity to pass on information to family and friends…

ARDS has been appearing regularly in the media recently, including an article in the Koori Mail on the signing of the Cultural Competency Training agreement with the Northern Territory Government. The ABC has taken a great interest in our work, covering our family violence campaign, Yolŋu Radio…

ARDS has secured an exciting opportunity with the signing of an agreement to develop Cultural Competency Training for all Northern Territory Government staff working in northeast Arnhem Land. It is the first time the NT Government has signed such a contract and it will be beneficial for the Government,…

New ARDS employee Michael Hunter has gone from flipping burgers at McDonalds and landscape gardening to his dream job in radio production. After years of working outdoors as a landscape gardener, Michael was looking forward to a change of scenery when he moved to Nhulunbuy earlier this year. He…

Nick O’Riley may have just started at our Nhulunbuy studio as the Yolŋu Radio producer but he’s been a well known figure around northeast Arnhem Land for years. Growing up in Bendigo, Nick took a keen interest in football and, after a decade as a professional musician in Melbourne, he moved to…