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- In 1939, an Englishwoman inherits a sprawling ranch in northern Australia and reluctantly makes a pact with a stockman to drive 2000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape.
- Back Roads is taking viewers to some of Australia's most interesting and resilient communities. The towns chosen for the programnme are full of colourful characters whose grit and good humour continues to uplift and inspire.
- David Attenborough's groundbreaking study of the evolution of life on our planet.
- Ten-year-old Pete lives with his grandfather in an old abandoned outdoor cinema in the desert. When the old drive-in is threatened with demolition by developers, Pete and a friend set off on an epic journey in the hopes of saving his home.
- The life of an Irish immigrant family in Australia in the second half of the 19th century.
- Traces the pilgrimage of John Anderson, an average guy with a passion for jazz, from his home in outback Western Australia to the jazz clubs of Paris, to meet his idol, jazz trumpeter Billy Cross.
- TJ's quest to find the son he's never known, takes him on a journey across the remote and stunning Kimberley landscape. On the road, TJ questions his life of violence... he meets a host of amazing characters who open up a way of life infused with music and hunting and community
- Over 30 stories in the bush. Beyond chartered waters, endangered characters, bush cooking, 4-wheel Driving and Malcolm's mates.
- David Attenborough sets out on an intrepid quest across seven continents to create a unique television event to celebrate the wealth of natural features that makes Planet Earth so varied, so distinctive and so spectacularly beautiful.
- In the 1970s and 1980s, Kimberley Aboriginal workers were involved in weed spraying campaigns organised by the Agricultural Protection Board of Western Australia. They received no training or protection equipment. They were told the chemicals they were mixing and spraying by hand were safe to use. Unbeknownst to them, they were spraying Agent Orange - a mixture of 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D herbicides. Many healthy young Aboriginal men died in their thirties and forties, leaving behind heartbroken parents, partners, siblings, children, and communities. But the impact was not limited to them. The toxins they were spraying affected their wives, who suffered miscarriages and could not have children, and their own children, who were in contact with their clothes. Aunty Lena Buckle, from Derby, lost a daughter, a son, and a grandson. Many of the survivors today have suffered from cancers and other conditions. Many of their grandchildren are also affected, some born with malformations. Senior Nyikina Elder Lucy Marshall AM campaigned for the victims of Agent Orange in the Kimberley, until her death - she received an Order of Australia Medal for her tireless efforts. She passed away in 2021, without the answers she was seeking, having lost a son, a grandson, and a nephew. Some of her son's organs are still held in a facility in Perth - against Aboriginal cultural protocols. Two government enquiries were held in 2003 (led by Dr Andrew Harper) and 2004 (led by Dr Bruce Armstrong). Cancer sufferers were promised compensation - none of the other ailments or deaths were attributed to the use of Agent Orange. The ABC covered the story in a 2014 Four Corners Programme (Chemical Time Bomb). Repeated calls for compensation and recognition of the victims have fallen on deaf ears, due to the statute of limitations. This important documentary gives voice to 42 people, survivors, family and community members, so that their stories are not forgotten.
- Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward travel across the Kimberleys. Together they encounter wild horses, breathtaking vistas, crocodiles, rodeos, indigenous Australians, and bush poetry.
- How native Aborigines were and still are excluded in many ways from Australian society.
- Diet, hydration and leading a healthy lifestyle play an important role in the development of an AFL player's career. Des Headland who played for the Brisbane Lions and Fremantle provides his knowledge learned from playing at the highest level, together with Community Dietitian Jenna Cowie, in guiding young players in the WKFL to become healthier and fitter.
- Voices for the Martuwarra is a collaborative documentary featuring interviews with members of the Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council (MFRC), scientists, environmentalists, and researchers. Through breathtaking visuals of the Martuwarra, Fitzroy River, and engaging interviews with multiple stakeholders, the film traces the creation of the MFR Council, which was established in 2018 to give a political voice to Traditional Owners of the Fitzroy River Region amidst extensive development plans earmarked for the Kimberley in the mining and agricultural sectors. Since its inception the MFR Council has attracted the attention of leading scientists and researchers, both in Australia and internationally, through its ability to bring together the majority of Traditional Owner groups from the region, and spearheading collaborative, cutting-edge research into various domains: First Law, culture, science, history, economy and development. The MFR Council believes rivers are the lifeblood of our Nation, and is focused on protecting their sacred National Heritage Listed Fitzroy River's Right To Life from proposed invasive developments. Giving voice to many Kimberley Traditional Owners, the film depicts the profound and complex inter-relatedness between culture, Country, Living Waters and people. As a call for action, it also reminds audiences of the reasons why, in the age of the Anthropocene and Climate Emergency, it is more important than ever to listen to Indigenous voices, as they hold solutions for the future of humanity and of our planet.
- Three Sisters, Women of High Degree, is the result of 7 years of collaboration and filmed conversations between three Yimardoowarra Marninil, Nyikina women from the Fitzroy River, Lucy Marshall, Jeannie Warbie, and Anne Poelina, and French-Australian filmmaker Magali McDuffie. For over 30 years, Lucy, Wabi and Anne have been implementing cultural actions to create sustainable economies in their communities for future generations, and to protect their Country, language and culture. Inscribing the women within their cultural landscape through their river stories, and spanning over 80 years and three generations, this film also retraces the recent history of the Kimberley through the sisters' lived experiences of slavery on pastoral stations, and reveals the women's agency in response to various government policies. Highlighting the use of film as a tool of empowerment, Three Sisters looks at the contemporary engagement of the women politically, at a local, national, and international level, in an increasingly neo-liberal context, with, in the background, the ever-increasing threat of massive industrialisation of the Kimberley region by multi-national mining corporations - the new colonisers.
- The residents of Broome, Australia, and the Goolarabooloo, the traditional custodians of the land, fight to protect the land from developers and corporations.
- On 21-27 May, 2017, the Pilbara and Kimberley Aboriginal Media (PAKAM) team, Clint Dixon, Quinton Milner, Ronald Mosquito and Magali McDuffie, were privileged to cover the Walkali Return to Country Trip. Seven hours from Balgo in the Central Tanami Desert, they travelled with Senior Elders Joe Brown, Butcher Wise and their extended families, women from the Kapululangu Centre in Balgo, and the Paruku Rangers from Mulan Community. This trip had been in planning for nearly two years, and was organised by the Kimberley Land Council. It was a very emotional return to country for some of the community members who had not been there in more than 20 years, or whose grand-parents were from there but never had the chance to return. The highlights of the trip included a very moving smoking ceremony, visits to two significant rock holes, story-telling of country, making clap-sticks and bush medicine, a women's dance, hunting bush turkeys, and even the opportunity for two PAKAM crew, Clint Dixon and Quinton Milner, to go up in a helicopter to get some fantastic footage of country from the air.
- What is Fracking? was produced by Madjulla Inc, an Aboriginal organisation based in Broome. It features Nyikina Indigenous Rights campaigner Dr. Anne Poelina, and Senior Nyikina Elder Jeannie Warbie. Having watched the impacts of hydraulic fracturing tests close to home, at Yulleroo, between Broome and Derby, the women are warning other Aboriginal communities about the dangers of fracking, and informing them about what the fracking process actually is.
- 15 years of Native Title takes you on a historic journey from the Mabo decision through to Yorta Yorta and Wik and Wik Way, finishing with Noonkanbah. Through archived footage and interviews with key participants from each case, it shows how attitudes have changed over the years and how native title agreements can foster long lasting relationships between indigenous and non-indigenous people throughout Australia.
- Tracing the evolution of fish leading to today's immense variety and ability to occupy remarkable environments.
- Even by Australian Outback standards, Kimberley is a vast and desolate wasteland, home to an inhospitable wildlife with a record concentration of poisonous species. Bear braves it, paying due tribute to traditional Aboriginal survival skills, showing how stranded tourists may still hope to get out alive. Even he wrestles with the scorching heat, leaving most of the and dry and very hard to find water or food, so you can't be picky, eating anything not dangerous and drinking what you can, even recycling your own filtered fresh urine. After a storm in a hastily improvised shelter, Bear heads for the marshy lands near the coast, with a healthy respect for crocodiles, the sweet water being dangerous enough, but seaworthy 'salties' are believed to bite harder the tyrannosaurus, and aggressive in breeding season like then, yet Bear must prepare to wade or dive croc-infested, murky waters.
- Heather Ewart swaps reporting from political corridors of power to a new beat around the bush. In this, she meets the characters and explores the stories from the WA community of Derby.
- Poh Ling Yeow is yet another living, breathing example of how coming second in a reality competition is no loss.
- Wiradjuri woman and journalist Rae Johnston goes on a water-fuelled odyssey to the East Kimberley region, at the very top of WA, where the mighty Ord River is the lifeblood of the community.
- If you're one of the many Australians who own a horse, be it for sport or play, then you've gone through the hassle of getting your mount shod. Well a Tasmanian inventor has come up with another choice, and his horse boots, described as running shoes for equine athletes, are set to take the world by storm. For humans, footwear is an important part of the wardrobe. Now horses have a choice about what goes on their feet, or hooves if you wish.
- Harnessing the awesome flow of one of the north-west's wildest rivers, the Ord Irrigation Scheme created fertile farming land out of vast grazing country. Now, there are plans to double the size of the scheme, but key questions of who will pay for it, and what crops will drive the expansion remain unanswered. Some fear that the reluctance of the Western Australian Government to stump up the cash for vital infrastructure may doom not only stage two, but the entire project.
- The Federal Government is about to make a decision on whether the Tax Act is providing too much benefit to managed investment schemes (MIS). One sector that's eagerly awaiting the decision is the local olive industry, where MIS are growing in popularity. While MIS advocates say they bring money to the bush and boost exports, opponents say they're a tax rort for rich city investors that distort the agricultural climate.
- This is a story of how treated effluent has come to prove a lifesaver for local farmers. Initial scepticism and even outright rejection has changed to almost universal acceptance of this second-hand water. This brave experiment by the Coffs Harbour Council is an example for local authorities all over Australia.
- A training program changing lives on a Kimberley cattle station; and pushing new boundaries in the alternative meat market.
- 2016–202352mTV EpisodeErnie experiences the breathtaking Bungle Bungles in the heart of the Kimberley, Narelda visits Coranderrk with a Wurundjeri elder and Aaron steps into the studio with didge-legend Dave Hudson.
- Phil Higgins is a man on a mission to give kids in the bush the kind of hands-on learning experience their city counterparts often take for granted. Once a year this retired professor packs up his plane and heads to remote parts of the country to share his passion for science.
- Australia's new Governor-General Quentin Bryce has immediately hurled herself into one of the most contentious issues in the bush, the fate of the Murray-Darling river system. Nance Haxton spoke to the Governor-General who was in Goolwa.
- Australia's productivity commission has recently recommended beefing up the powers of the agri-chemical regulator. Under its plan the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority would assume control from the states over the certification and use of chemicals. However critics say even if the changes are adopted it may be too little too late.
- Kerry Lonergan heads to Beef Week to talk with one of the biggest names in the beef game, the Consolidated Pastoral Company, managing director and chairman of the board, Ken Warriner.
- 2016–202352mTV EpisodeErnie hits the dirt roads and river crossings of Kununurra, Rae catches up with a young Tasmanian marine scientist, and Aaron gets a lesson on the skill of etching with a talented artist.
- The last leg of Simon Reeve's journey begins on the northern tip of Sumatra, near the epicentre of the 2004 tsunami, and takes him to the south western corner of Australia. In Banda Aceh, Sharia law is in force and Simon joins the local vice and virtue squad who patrol the streets and beaches to eradicate immoral behaviour.
- When there is a mysterious disappearance on an outback cattle station, Detective Jay Swan is assigned to investigate, working alongside local cop Emma James.
- Two unannounced visitors in town cause chaos for Jay and Emma as they try to uncover what happened to the two missing young men.
- As time runs out to find the missing boys, pressure mounts on Shevorne to reveal what she knows.
- Marley's safe return has brought relief and elation to the town and his family - but where is Reese? And what is Marley hiding?
- A murder sends Jay on a desperate journey to clear Marley's name before it's too late, which leads Emma to uncover a far greater crime.
- In a race against time, Jay and Emma have to prove who really committed the murder...or Marley will be jailed for the crime.
- Faulkner goes on a search for tiger snakes on Kangaroo Island, travels to Western Australia to find freshwater crocodiles, and journeys to the legendary Windjana Gorge.