Category: Culture

• Voice to Parliament: everything you need to know

  

  The referendum for the First Nations Voice to Parliament is coming up later this year. What is the Voice? And how will it work? OTR journalist Thomas Docking explains.

  ontherecord

  July 3, 2023

  Community, Culture, Federal Politics, News

  Federal Politics, Fisrt Nations peoples, referendum, Voice to Parliament

• Kodomo no Hi Japan Festival celebrates culture and community

  

  Held annually since 1995, the Kodomo no Hi Japan Festival is not only a celebration of the cultural and social links between Australia and Japan, but it is also a day for supporting local and global communities.

  ontherecord

  May 1, 2023

  Community, Culture, South Australia

  Adelaide, Community, Culture, Festivals, JAFA, Japan, Japan Australia Friendship Association, Japanese, Japanese culture, KNH, May, Red Cross, South Australia, Thebarton Community Centre

• Dhilba Guuranda Innes National Park: how the Marna Bangarra project is bringing the Yorke Peninsula back to life

  

  Yorke Peninsula’s Dhilba Guuranda Innes National Park has been working hard with its Traditional Owners to bring the Yorke Peninsula back to life. OTR journalist Joanna Tucker takes us on a journey to learn about the history of the park, and how a co-management agreement between the Narungga Nations and the State came to fruition.

  ontherecord

  April 30, 2023

  Culture, Environment, Long Reads, South Australia, Travel

  Brush-tailed bettong, Buthera Agreement, Cape Spencer, Derek Sandow, Dhilba Guuranda Innes National Park, Garry Goldsmith, Marna Bangarra, Narungga People, NNAC, South Australia, Wedge Island, Yorke Peninsula

• Anzac Day: honouring the past, examining the present, and building the future

  

  On the 108th anniversary of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) landing on the beaches of Gallipoli, OTR journalist Robert Hicks investigates Anzac Day’s cultural, historical, and political significance.

  ontherecord

  April 25, 2023

  Community, Culture, Global Politics, History, Long Reads

  ANZAC, ANZAC Day, Australia, Australian history, Culture, dawn service, gallipoli, History, politicas, Politics, politixs, Rememberance, RSL, tradition

• Trailblazing Adelaide soccer star to share inspirational story at 2022 Feast Festival

  

  Adelaide’s Feast Festival will host openly gay top-flight soccer player Josh Cavallo at ‘Elite Journeys in Sport’ – a panel event discussing the intersection of sporting and LGBTQIA+ communities.

  ontherecord

  November 11, 2022

  Culture, South Australia, Sport

  Adelaide, adelaide united, amy pawlowski, Community, Culture, elite journeys in sport, feast festival, Festivals, Inclusivity in Sport, jo hill, josh cavallo, LGBTQIA+, norwood football club, Pride, pride round, rainbow, South Australia, Sport, stella lesic

• Carrie, Tracy, Leigh and what’s next for our TV screens

  

  Three prominent news anchors have resigned from their roles on Australian television this year. What might their departures mean for the industry’s diversity?

  ontherecord

  November 7, 2022

  Analysis, Culture

  7.30, A Current Affair, ABC, age bias, Australian news media, australian stories, carrie bickmore, cultural bias, cultural diversity, fran kelly, Gender Bias, ita buttrose, Journalism, leigh sales, media diversity australia, Network 10, newsroom diversity, Nine Network, patricia karvelas, representation, simone amelia jordan, television news, The Project, tony armstrong, tracy grimshaw, workplace diversity