John Paul Janke
When the sun rises on sunday canberra s john paul janke will be thinking of two things.
John paul janke. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover john paul s connections and jobs at similar companies. What it was like when the first fleet set its sights on australia and what it was like for the aboriginal. View john paul janke s profile on linkedin the world s largest professional community. Born in cairns he has worked in media and communications related roles within indigenous affairs for some thirty years.
Since then he has gone from strength to strength. Tell us about yourself. A romtic is the institute s return of materials to indigenous communities program and. My mother is the bones of my spine keeping me straight and true.
She is the beating of my heart i simply cannot imagine where i d be with my mother influence and. I am of aboriginal and torres strait islander descent wuthanthi from cape york peninsula and murray island in the torres strait. John paul janke co host of nitv australia s the point once read a quote which perfectly sums up his mother joanna jaima janke or nana jj as his family calls her. John paul janke john janke was the first aboriginal student to graduate from year 12 at his high school.
You know we need to we need to talk about how the racial and prejudicial views within our justice system how they unfairly impact on indigenous australians. John paul janke. John paul janke has been a very busy man arranging this year s naidoc on the peninsula celebrations and so will 666 abc canberra broadcasting live as part of this year s free community event for. Five questions to john paul.
I m wuthathi from the cape york peninsula and from murray island in the torres strait. Well i was able to go to the torres strait in april and for me it was a wonderful experience taking our valuable and rare items back to the torres strait. John paul janke was indigenous x host from march 21 to march 31 2014. I think it s been an opportunity overall for us to mobilize and to build on many years of activism and work in highlighting and addressing those systemic racism.
Originally from cairns john moved to canberra where he worked as a public affairs officer with the aboriginal and torres strait islander commission. She is my blood making sure it runs rich and strong. Who s who worker profile. Who are you where are you from what do you do.
John paul is wuthathi from cape york and from murray island in the torres strait. John paul has 11 jobs listed on their profile.