Daniel Featherstone (General Manager) and our Chairperson Dot West (by phone from Broome), met with the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion, in Canberra yesterday. They reported on IRCA’s progress to national peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander broadcasting, media and communications, and the outcomes of Converge, our recent National Industry Summit.

At the meeting Daniel presented the Minister with a letter from IRCA and Broadband for the Bush Alliance member organisations calling for Indigenous Digital Inclusion to become a Closing the Gap measure. This was a key recommendation from the Indigenous Focus Day at the recent Broadband for the Bush Forum.