National NAIDOC Week Awards 2024
Black excellence and community leadership were honoured at the 2024 National NAIDOC Week Awards in Tarndanya (Adelaide) on Kaurna Yerta Country on Saturday evening. The awards celebrated First Nations excellence, with 28 finalists in the running for 10 awards.
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00:00One of the largest annual events celebrating First Nations culture and achievement begins
00:07tonight in Adelaide.
00:09The National NAIDOC Week Awards recognise the life-changing work of Indigenous leaders
00:13across the country.
00:15It's also the first major gathering since the failed voice referendum last year.
00:19For more, let's go to our reporter, Tani Jash in Adelaide.
00:22Tani, what's expected?
00:24Well, it's going to be a really big event tonight and for some First Nations people,
00:29this is like the Black Logies.
00:32Event organisers are expecting almost 2,000 people here on Kaurna country tonight for
00:36the National NAIDOC Week Awards.
00:38And we've already seen people strut the black carpet behind me and now they've moved into
00:42the main room preparing for the event to start shortly.
00:46Now, as you mentioned, this is the NAIDOC Week Awards and it's one of the biggest events
00:50on the calendar for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
00:54And people from all over the country, all parts of the country are here tonight to celebrate.
00:59And it's really about recognising trailblazers and the important work that they're doing
01:02to improve the lives of their communities.
01:05And what makes it really special is that the finalists that are in the running for an award
01:10have been nominated by their community members.
01:13And the judges had a really tough job of culling through 200 submissions to get down to 28
01:19finalists that are in the running for 10 coveted awards.
01:22Now, as you mentioned, this is the first event, first major gathering since the failed voice
01:27referendum last year.
01:29And we are also going to be hearing from the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda
01:33Burney, later tonight.
01:36And Jessica Mowboy will be rounding out the event with a special performance.
01:41Tony Jash in Adelaide, thank you.