Airdate: One Plus One: The Elders

In a new series of One Plus One, The Drum host and special correspondent for The Voice referendum Dan Bourchier sits down with Elders across Australia.

Guests in the series will include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar, 2021 Senior Australian of the Year Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann, Non-Executive Director and Stolen Generations survivor Ian Hamm, and water rights advocate Fred Hooper.

Dan grew up in the remote Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek, where he was mentored by Elders from around the region, while connecting with and understanding his own Indigenous heritage from his mum’s family in Victoria.

Episode 1
June Oscar is highly regarded as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner advocating for First Nations people here and abroad. But it’s in the remote West Australian Kimberley region, on her Bunuba country, that she feels most at home. From the flood-affected Fitzroy Valley, June Oscar shares what initially sparked her drive to make social change, the fight to stop the deadly impacts of alcohol on her community and what it means to be the matriarch of her family.

Production credit: An ABC NEWS production. Presented by Dan Bourchier. Executive Producer Annie White, Series Producer Stephanie Boltje

9:40pm Thursday on ABC.