Borroloola’s solar microgrid
We sat down for a Q&A with Scott McDinny, a young Yanyuwa/Garrawa leader from Borroloola. He is the Chairperson of Ngardara Cooperative, and is currently studying in the fields of construction and renewable energy and coordinates the solar microgrid project development with Original Power.
Getting in the same canoe: turning community priorities into action
When speaking with Dunghutti Elder Uncle Fred Kelly during Learning the Macleay’s September Action Groups, our conversation began with education.
Uncle Fred began his schooling in 1962 at a segregated school at Burnt Bridge, at a time when Aboriginal children were not welcome at many other local primary schools.
Feeling the heat – Sweltering Cities
A young disability support worker and single father goes in and out of people’s houses all day, doing heavy physical work during the long, hot weeks of summer. He comes home exhausted and has a cold bath to cool down his body. At night, he and his son drag their mattresses into the lounge room, the only room with air conditioning, desperate to get some sleep.
