Category: WOAE podcast

NAIDOC Sportsperson Award winner, Danielle Ponter

NAIDOC Sportsperson Award winner, Danielle Ponter

Danielle Ponter is winner of the NAIDOC Sportsperson Award. Danielle advocates for more opportunities for Aboriginal players in the AFLW and cares deeply about helping the next generation. As a guest on the Wide Open Air Exchange, Danielle made time to honour her Uncle Michael Long who was awarded the NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award. The conversation covers some of Danielle's story of playing club football in Darwin from age eleven against older girls, and going on to become a star player for the Adelaide Crows where she has won two premierships. Since joining the Crows in 2019, Danielle has played 72 games and kicked 82 goals and she holds the record as the leading goal kicker of the AFLW competition.

Higher education teaching, Associate Professor Liz Giuffre

Higher education teaching, Associate Professor Liz Giuffre

Dr Liz Giuffre is an Associate Professor of Media and Journalism at UTS and shares some of her approach to higher education teaching. Liz is a music journalist and commentator who has been writing for street papers and the online versions for many years and is a regular contributor to ABC radio. As an academic, Liz researches popular music and popular cultures and has taught music and sound design, journalism, and communications. Liz is co-host of the podcast and radio program Music Mothers and Others with Shelley Brunt which you can hear on 2SER 107.3FM on Mondays at 730pm AEST.