Community Matters
Community Matters is the new podcast hosted by Community Industry Group’s CEO Nicky Sloan that dives into community-driven solutions for pressing issues. Join Nicky as she catches up with community leaders to hear inspiring stories, expert insights, and actionable ideas to create positive change.
Community Matters
Latest Episodes
LIVED EXPERTISE: With Dr Shane Clifton – Nothing about us without us!
The community sector talks a lot about lived experience but what does it really mean, and how can a lived reality of disability become a form of expertise every bit as hard earned, powerful and valuable as any doctorate?In this eye-openi...
INCLUSIVE ARTS: With Ethan Arnold – Neurodiverse Actors Can Do Anything!
Getting a regular paid gig in the performing arts is no easy feat, but Ethan Arnold has done exactly that. In this enjoyable and thought-provoking episode of Community Matters, Nicky sits down with Ethan to hear his remarkable story.E...
CHILD POVERTY: With Melissa Andrews – Levelling the Playing Field with Communities for Children
What does it mean to be one of the wealthiest nations on earth, yet leave one in six children living in poverty? In Australia, that contradiction is stark — and for nearly 40% of sole parent families, poverty isn't a risk on the horizon, it's t...
POLITICS: With Katelin McInerney MP – From Community Advocate to Member of Parliament
What does it look like when someone who has spent their career fighting for communities steps into parliament where decisions actually get made? On this episode of Community Matters, host Nicky Sloan sits down with Katelin McInerney, t...
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FIRST NATIONS: With Aunty Barb Nicholson – Dreaming Inside: Justice, Dignity and First Nations Voices
Aboriginal Australians make up just 4% of the population — yet account for 36% of the prison population. And that number is still rising. This week, Nicky sits down with Aunty Barb Nicholson to ask the question Aunty Barb herself calls "the...
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