The Point: May 3

NITV news and current affairs program, The Point tonight takes examines the high rates of bowel cancer in Indigenous communities and looking at life after organ donation.

Co-hosts Rachael Hocking and John Paul Janke will be joined on the panel by special guest, National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) CEO, Pat Turner.

NACCHO is the national peak body, representing 143 Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs) across the country on Aboriginal health and wellbeing issues. The organisation’s work is focused on promoting, developing and expanding the provision of health services by working with the local Aboriginal community.

Also in this episode, co-host Rachael Hocking sits down with Federal Minister for Indigenous Health, Ken Wyatt; NITV’s Melbourne correspondent Madeline Hayman-Reber examines the high rates of bowel cancer found in Indigenous communities and explores how these rates can be lowered; and NITV journalist Natalie Ahmat meets a man with a new lease on life after receiving an organ donation.

Finally, Stewart Levitt will be in the studio for a live interview. Stewart represented the people of Palm Island in the class action against the Queensland Government. The community have just been awarded a $30 million settlement and a formal apology from the Queensland Government. Stewart will talk about the successful judgement, what it means for the Palm Island community and what next steps are.

Tonight at 8.30pm on NITV.