A tour of a rather different kind is happening on the Northern Rivers this week, with the two lead plaintiffs in a climate change duty of care court case against the Commonwealth visiting from the Torres Strait Islands to meet with disaster survivors.

We heard about the case and the tour from Grata Fund founder Isabelle Reinecke, Uncle Paul Kabai and Uncle Pabai Pabai last week and today we hear from Saibai elder, Brisbane-based Dr Aunty McRose Elu, who is accompanying the tour party.

This week is the second in a sixteen-day campaign around gendered family and domestic violence and it coincides this year with national debates around gambling, and a report showing links between the two.

Some significant changes to HECS were announced last week, we catch up on how they impact arts and humanities degrees in particular, and how the recently announced social media ban for under-sixteens may impact regional youth.

We also revisit an interview with award-winning former BBC Washington correspondent and author of The Forever War: America’s unending war with itself Nick Byrant, to see how his historical context sounds post-US election.

1.      ‘We don’t want to move again,’ Saibai elder living in Brisbane joins Torres Strait Islander Uncles fighting for Commonwealth climate change duty of care featuring Aunty Dr McRose Elu (Nell Schofield and Simone O’Brien, Roadtrip, Bay FM)

2.      Big Super funds fostering fossil fuel profits featuring Market Forces Superannuation Funds Campaigner Brett Morgan (Eduardo Jordan, The Wire)

3.    Report details gambling links to domestic violence featuring University of Sydney Gambling Treatment and Research Gambling counsellor Vivien Macjohn (Timothy Nguyen, The Wire)

4.        HECS changes for humanities and arts degrees featuring

National Union of Students Education Officer Lucy Fawcett (Maeve Groom, The Wire)

5.      Concerns over impacts of social media ban on under-sixteens in regions featuring Greens Senator David Shoebridge (Oliver Rodden, The Wire)

6.      FOI requests on SA nuclear waste dumps publicly available thanks to former senator featuring former senator Rex Patrick (Nicky Page, The Wire)

7.        America’s unending war with itself helps put US election in context featuring former BBC Washington correspondent and author of The Forever War: America’s unending war with itself Nick Bryant

8.1Northern Rivers News with Anny Reed   

*producer: Mia Armitage. Reports by Mia Armitage unless otherwise indicated.

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PIC: Uncle Pabai Pabai, Uncle Paul Kabai and Dr Aunty McRose Elu in Lismore (Mia Armitage)