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Adam is a Partner in one of Australia’s major consultancy firms in the area of Climate Change and Sustainability Services.
His role is primarily related to addressing the challenges of sustainable development – how can the world sustain a decent standard of living for all current and future human beings in a way that doesn’t undermine the integrity and longevity of the biosphere. He is a frequent TV and radio commentator on the subject of Climate Change and is passionate about sustainability.
Join me on the Confab to lean more about his life journey and passions.
Graeme is a lawyer, author, and company director. His autobiography Finding A Way achieved popular acclaim in 2016.
Graeme has led the merger of four blindness agencies to form Vision Australia, and chaired the board of that agency.
He is also a Director of: The National Disability Insurance Agency;
The State Insurance Regulatory Authority, regulating workers’ compensation and motor vehicle accident insurance in NSW and is the Chancellor of Central Queensland University.
He has been a human rights practitioner for more than 30 years and was appointed as a Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission for nine years, responsible for issues relating to disability, race and human rights.
Graeme was awarded an AM for his work on the development of the Australian Disability Discrimination Act.
Join me on the ConFab to gain an insight to his life journey and passions.
Jioji Ravulo is the Professor and Chair of Social Work and Policy Studies in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at The University of Sydney.
His research, writing and areas of interest include mental health and wellbeing, alcohol and other drugs, youth development, marginality and decoloniality.
Jioji is involved in various community based research and co-design initiatives, including projects that support health literacies across equity groups, enhancing service delivery models for young people and their families, promoting the involvement of diversity in educational settings and supporting the meaningful inclusion of indigenous perspectives and practices.
Jioji is also an Adjunct Professor in the School of Law and Social Sciences, The University of the South Pacific, supporting social work education, policy development and research across the region.
Join me on the ConFab to gain an understanding of his life history and passions.
Tonight, we are in conversation with Kaaron who is an Australian author of horror, science fiction, and fantasy short stories and novels.
Kaaron is the author of the short story collections Through Splintered Walls, The Grinding House, and Dead Sea Fruit. Her short stories have won Australian Shadows Awards, Ditmar Awards and Aurealis Awards.
Join me on the ConFab to gain an understanding of her passions and life journey.
In 2019 while visiting England I spent some time contributing to community radio in Milton Keynes while touring the area we stopped off for a coffee at Twiggs Nurseries and coffee establishment in Buckingham as we were trying to find a decent coffee in the area.
Lloyd the owner and barista has selected the best beans available in the country, the best styles and brands of milk and makes a perfect flat white. Lloyd set up his small café in the middle of his nursery, the environment and feeling in the cafe, next to beauty of the flora was perfect. It was well worth the visit if you appreciated coffee.
Join me on the ConFab with Michael G to gain an understanding of his life journey and passions.
While I was visiting Milton Keynes I spent some time on a community radio station where I meet Nina Castree. During our initial meeting Nina told me that Across Milton Keynes, 1 in 4 children live in poverty, meaning that more than 16,000 children experience the affects of their household not having enough money, sometimes for basics such as school shoes, heating or food. This concept “the working poor”is now common in most developed countries.
Nina and the community of St Marks church developed the concept of:
The help of the local community, we can feed hungry tummies all across the city. We want children all over Milton Keynes to have dinner so that they can turn up at school the next day without the burden of hunger pangs. We've got a simple system that gets dinner to where it's needed, when it's needed, so that children don't have to go to bed hungry.
Tonight on the ConFab with Michael G you will gain an understanding of Nina, her life history and passions.
This podcast was recorded in 2020 and is one of my earliest interviews. Unfortunately, Pat's audio is not the greatest and reflects use of a speaker phone in Parliament House. However, Pat's story, his perspective of reconciliation and truth telling as one of Australia outstanding first nation statesperson is highly regarded and will give you an insight to our first nation narrative. I strongly recommend listening to the podcast, unfortunately the audio is not up our normal standard but you can hear his wise words.
Pat is an Australian indigenous rights activist and former politician. He was a Senator for Western Australia representing the Australian Labor Party and is known as the “Father of Reconciliation".
He is a Yawuru elder from Broome, Western Australia. He has been chairman of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation and a Commissioner into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. In addition to a brief stint as a Roman Catholic priest, he was the winner of the 2008 Sydney Peace Prize and the 2009 John Curtin Medal.
Join me on the Confab to lean more about his life journey and passions.
Canberra has a reputation for fantastic coffee, baristas, coffee roasters and a range of great cafes. On any sunny day of the week you will find these cafes (the great ones) full, people enjoying the sun on the streets and if they really fantastic coffee high end bikes leaning up on a wall.
One one of thees occasions (after a long cycle ride) I meet Isaac a barista and one of finest cafes in Canberra. Over a period of time I have got to know Isaac and his coffee making skills.
Join me on the ConFab to meet Isaac and learn about his life journey and his passions.
Luka is actively involved with various volunteering organisations, including the Rainbow Ranters Toastmasters Club, and is a Justice of the Peace serving the LGBTIAQ+ community.
Luka’s volunteer contributions have been recognised at the Volunteering Awards (Canberra Region), in which he has been awarded the Corporate Volunteer Award (2021) and the Inclusion Award (2020) and was Highly Commended in the Young Volunteer of the Year Award category (2019).
Join me on the ConFab with Michael G to gain an understanding of his life journey and passions.
You may have meet Xavier at a market and saw a number of novels on display and wondered what was the genres and who was the author. I discovered that Xavier was the author and was based in Canberra, Australia.
Xavier has published 5 novels, and a few more in the pipeline - including new exploits with Agent Max Shaw!
He has a background in communications and a passion for story telling weaving in opportunitys presented in his working life.
Join me on the ConFab to gain an understanding of his passions and life journey.
Mike was a former politician who twice represented the local Division of Eden-Monaro in the Parliament of Australia, Mike was also a member of the Australian Army serving in Somalia, East Timor, Bosnia and Iraq.
In April 2020, he resigned from Parliament and is now working in the private sector.
We gain a personal perspective of someone who has experienced the dark side of war zones and the inner workings of the Australian federal parliament.
Join me on the ConFab to gain an understanding of his passions and life journey.
Have you recently wandered down to the Haigh Park Village Markets in Canberra and came across a stall holder selling Mother’s Treats (We just gather and blend them together to create magic **** Blessings!), who reminds you of the best of the Nimbin culture.
Tonight, we gain a personal perspective of someone who has experienced in their young life the destruction of the former Yugoslavia and the impact of the subsequent civil war between opposing ethnic groups.
Join me on the ConFab to meet Bosko and learn about his journey from the former Balkan Peninsula to the Canberra region and his passion for poetry.
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