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Ccongratulations to Christine 'Kix' Mwaturura on being the recepient of the 2022 Jesse Coz Audio Fellowship. Christine is an award-winning audio producer, writer and radio DJ originally from Zimbabwe. She is the host of the Afro Tun Up on PBS which was broadcast on the Community Radio Network for two years.

On the South Coast of NSW, the mega fires of 2019/20 destroyed one and a half million hectares of Yuin Country, killing countless animals, plants and insect species - some of which are now on the brink of extinction. 

From the Embers revisits the south coast communities, which are home to the critically endangered Swift Parrot. The community moved quickly after the fires to stop logging companies and urban developers moving in to destroy vulnerable species and their habitat.

The Minister for Communications the Hon Michelle Rowland visited Braidwood FM to see the station.

The Community Broadcasting Sector Roundtable met at the end of last month. It is the first time the Roundtable has met in person since 2019.

From the Embers returns for a second season, returning to some of the areas hit the hardest by the 2019-2020 bushfires and visits new communities who were hit hard by severe flooding and long COVID lockdowns.

Helen Meyer, Executive Producer of Service Voices - service to country, service to community, has won the HCSA's Oral History Excellence Award. For the first time, this award has been included in the History Council of South Australia (HCSA) Historian Awards. It recognises the best oral history presentation, in any format, that uses first person interviews with individuals encompassing unique life experiences and memories.

The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia is pleased to welcome you to the June 2022 content of our national suicide prevention and mental health awareness project, developed with the support of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

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