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More than six out of ten who call Australia home have had little or no contact with Aboriginal people. The chasm and disconnect between the First Australians and the rest of the nation is vast. Building on the major television event broadcast of First Contact, this special Awaken with Stan Grant will talk to a panel on Indigenous Affairs to discuss misrepresentation, invisibility and trans-generational trauma - issues that are rooted firmly at the heart of colonisation. Why does this happen, what are the effects and what is the ‘first response’ towards understanding, empowerment and healing? Broadcast 18 November 2014. #NITVAwaken