Jarred Cross

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About Jarred Cross

Jarred is a Melbourne-based journalist with a portfolio of Indigenous news and affairs reporting on The Wire radio, with Sydney’s 2SER and health campaigns broadcast on community radio stations in remote NSW Indigenous communities. Jarred joined NIT in 2022 after three years in broadcasting. Now working from Wurundjeri Country, Jarred reports on a range of topics and affairs with particular focus on sport.

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Connection to waterways celebrated in NAIDOC Week exhibition

Barkinji artist Nici Cumpston works to capture the reverence and reciprocal connection between First Peoples and Country's landscape. Her work will feature of NAIDOC Week celebrations on Naarm / Melbo...

June 26, 2026
Strength, hope, and survival: The Torch explores incarceration experience with women's exhibition We Sit in Circle

The Torch's We Sit in Circle reflects the journey of lived experience with incarceration by First Nations women, and their personal stories in art and cultural practice.

June 17, 2026
Aunty Marilyne Nicholls' monumental scale practice commissioned to grace gallery

Senior weaver, cultural knowledge holder and artist Aunty Marilyne Nicholls hopes her large scale work, front-and-centre on Country, sparks conversations.

June 16, 2026
Mabo Day in Melbourne: Country, strength, connection and language celebrated on anniversary of momentous land rights decision

John Wayne Parsons was a teenager when he met — and was told to look out for big changes to come — by Eddie Koiki Mabo. Decades later, he's proud to celebrate the late Uncle Eddie's legacy...

June 4, 2026
Aboriginal artwork honouring previous Indigenous athletes set to be worn at upcoming Olympic Games

Australian Olympians in Los Angeles and on the French Alps at the next summer and winter Olympic Games are set to don a recognition of First Nations athletes who came before them.

June 4, 2026
Moving canvases: First Peoples art and stories celebrated 'loudly and proudly' across Melbourne's tram grid

An icon of Melbourne's identity is sharing First Nations art, stories, culture, reflections and visions for the future while taking others, literally, along for the ride.

June 3, 2026
Gathering place commemorates trailblazing Yarra Yarra Elder Aunty Dot Peters

Yarra Yarra Elder Aunty Dorothy 'Dot' Peters is remembered as a passionate and powerful advocate for recognition, reconciliation and, as her son explains, respect, caring and sharing.

June 2, 2026
Culture, history and heritage to take the field with Geelong for Sir Doug Nicholls Round

Wadawurrung Traditional Owner and visual artist Jenna Oldaker is a Cats fan, and when the club takes on Sydney on Saturday afternoon, her work will be gliding across the turf with them.

May 21, 2026
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