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Podcast 59. Nikunu Yunupingu and Richard continue the conversation about anthropology and anthropologists and how this relates to land rights.

Rev. Dr. Djiniyini Gondarra OAM and Richard Trudgen continue to discuss the 1957 Adjustment movement on Elcho Island and how we can change it around now.

Podcast 51. This is the fourth podcast about the NLC. Richard Trudgen and Nikunu Yunupingu discuss the confusion around the Northern Lands Council and the lack of information Yolngu Estate owners receive about their land and their rights to their land.

Maratja Dhamarrandji and Richard Trudgen talk about how Yolŋu people have lost their humanity, their respect for the law and for each other that used to be there when Yolŋu leaders applied the original Australian law. Richard talks about how only a few decades ago, Arnhem Land communities were among the safest in Australia. Now, with the loss of culture, identity and leadership, Yolŋu people are attacking each other, youths join gangs and there is more domestic violence and lawlessness than ever before.

Podcast 60. This is the fifth podcast talking about the NLC. Nikunu Yunupingu and Richard Trudgen continue the conversation about the Aboriginal Land Rights Act and the role of the Northern Land Council.

Maratja Dhamarrandji and Richard Trudgen discuss Yolngu system of law that created the ancient trade tracks that criss-crossed the nation.

Maratja Dhamarrandji continues to question what is evidence from a Balanda law perspective. And shows Richard the checks and balances that already exist in Yolngu law.

Podcast 51. This is the fourth podcast about the NLC. Richard Trudgen and Nikunu Yunupingu discuss the confusion around the Northern Lands Council and the lack of information Yolngu Estate owners receive about their land and their rights to their land.

Maratja Dhamarrandji and Richard Trudgen discuss how Yolŋu are legally ‘restrained’ or protected under their system of Madayin rom, Yolŋu law. They discuss the stages in which Yolŋu learn about the law through initiation processes and discipline of their mind, body and soul, that continues right through their lives, starting from when they are very small children.

Podcast 60. This is the fifth podcast talking about the NLC. Nikunu Yunupingu and Richard Trudgen continue the conversation about the Aboriginal Land Rights Act and the role of the Northern Land Council.

Rev. Dr. Djiniyini Gondarra OAM and Richard Trudgen discuss customary law, democracy and dictatorship and how these apply to both Balanda and Yolngu systems of law.

Podcast 52. Richard Trudgen and Maratja Dhamarrandji discuss how Yolŋu are often kept in the dark and not given enough information.

Maratja Dhamarrandji tells Richard Trudgen it's the Balanda mainstream influence that is affecting Yolŋu understanding of law and order.

Podcast 63. This is the sixth podcast where Nikunu Yunupingu and Richard Trudgen discuss the meaning of 'traditional landowners', comparing it to words in the Yolngu languages

Rev. Dr. Djiniyini Gondarra OAM and Richard Trudgen discuss the importance of the Makarrata mediation process ending in a reconciliation ceremony in Yolŋu law and its similarities to the Balanda (mainstream) systems of law, where defendants go into police custody and face a trial if they have committed a crime.