A FNAAFV Podcast · Season 2

Daa’ring Yarning: Voices from the Frontline

Daa'ring (pronounced taa'ring) is a Kabi Kabi word meaning strong. A safe gathering place where First Nations voices share healing, lived experience, and the work of keeping our women, children and communities safe.

Hosted by Kerry Staines 12 episodes New every fortnight

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About the podcast

The Daa’ring Yarning – Voices from the Frontline podcast is a safe gathering place for sharing stories of strength, culture, and connection from First Nations communities. With this platform, we plan to shine a light on ideas and programs that contribute to reducing violence against women and children, and healing practices for all who have been affected by family violence.

The podcast acknowledges that our communities are diverse, with different ways of doing things, and now more than ever, we need safe spaces to listen, learn, reflect, and grow together.

Come with us on this journey as we explore how culture, law, community programs, and collective healing intersect to support safer, stronger futures.

Latest episode · Season 2 · Ep 12

Healing for Our Women, by Our Women

HealingCommunity-led

A Yarn with Yasmin Johnson

In our latest episode of Daa'ring Yarning: Voices from the Frontline, we sit down with Yasmin Johnson, a proud Wulgurukaba woman and CEO of Maburra Collective in Townsville, as she shares how her own journey and two decades of frontline, leadership and policy work led her home to Country to build a healing-centred organisation for First Nations women, children and community — created with the voices of our women.

Yasmin Johnson

Wulgurukaba woman · CEO, Maburra Collective

Season 2 · Episode 12 · 25 min · Released 2 October 2026Open episode

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Season 2

Now playing · 3 yarns

EP 10 · 28 MIN

From Community Need to Community-Led Change

Julie Perkins (Gurehlgam – Many Rivers) on the first FVPLS pilot — community leadership, self-determination, and the holistic model it still runs today.

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EP 11 · 27 MIN

Speaking Truth to Create Change

Cecilia McKenzie — proud Wiradjuri woman and lived experience advocate — on shaping policy, supporting healing, and why shame grows in silence.

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EP 12 · 25 MIN

Healing for Our Women, by Our Women

Yasmin Johnson (Maburra Collective Collective) on building a healing-centred service with the voices of our women — a circle of safety for community in Townsville and beyond.

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