Brett is currently employed as the General Manager of the National Indigenous Radio Service (NIRS).
 
NIRS is a national broadcast network facilitating the distribution of programs produced by First Nations broadcasters from throughout Australia. NIRS also produces a high news and editorial program for all members for retransmission and addressed the views, news and current affairs of First Nations Communities across Australia. His key role for NIRS is the delivery of the 13 bulletins daily for the National Indigenous Radio News Service along with a weekly NIRS News in Review program.

Brett's multi-faceted skills cover areas of management, media and communications, IT and cultural heritage management which includes functional design, project management, education and user experiential design. Brett's energy and enthusiasm for arts, language, cultural and heritage has led to lectures and publications in relation to virtual heritage, new media, broadcasting, print, internet, web virtual reality and culture and creative innovation.

Brett is a descendant of Kooma people of Western Queensland, he is a family representative for the Kooma Traditional Owners Association, a board director for the Australian Indigenous Communication Association, a board director for the Community Broadcasting Foundation and a member of the World Indigenous People’s Association (WIPA).

Amy McQuire is a Darumbal woman from Rockhampton, Queensland and has been actively reporting on politics and Indigenous affairs since the age of 17.

Amy is currently the editor of Tracker Magazine – an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights based magazine published by the NSW Aboriginal Land Council.

Amy began her career at the National Indigenous Times newspaper where she rose from a cadet to editor of the newspaper, taking over from Chris Graham. Following on from her role at the National Indigenous Amy did a stint as the political correspondent for NITV News.

Luke Pearson is a qualified teacher and creator and administrator of Social Media project @IndigenousX. He is passionate about Indigenous education, literacy, numeracy, social media, identity, and excellence.

Luke is an experienced educator, facilitator, mentor, public speaker and social media advocate.

Ellie Rennie is the Deputy Director of the ISR. Her research areas include media policy and community communication, with a current focus on Indigenous broadcasting and broadband in remote Australia.

She is Chief Investigator of the ARC Linkage project Home Internet in Remote Indigenous Communities, working with three industry partners: the Centre for Appropriate Technology, the Central Land Council and the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (commencing in mid-2011).

Ellie is also an associate researcher on Youthworx, which forms part of the program of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation. She has published two books: Life of SYN: A Story of the Digital Generation (Monash University Press, 2011) and Community Media: A Global Introduction (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006).

Ellie is involved in a number of academic and community associations, including the International Association of Media Communication Research, EngageMedia and the Wesley College Institute for Innovation in Education.

Mike has been involved in training for Indigenous people, especially young people, in radio broadcasting for many years. Mike has been responsible for crafting a sector learning and development strategy. He will work out of Brisbane and will travel to Canberra as required, including for staff planning sessions. Mike has been active in shaping the AICA Learning and Development Strategy.

Dennis is of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent and comes from Darwin in the Northern Territory. He belongs to the Wardamann, Luritja and Warramunga people of the NT and the Wagadagam people of the Torres Strait.

Dennis began working as an Event Coordinator in 1998 and gradually became involved in Television as a Production Assistant at SBS in 2001 on the Indigenous current affairs program LIVING BLACK. Dennis eventually moved over to the Australia Council for the Arts working as a Project Officer for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board (ATSIA). There, he worked to deliver a strategic development plan to help organisations get better outcomes for their projects and employees. Dennis handled the client management of organisations such as the National Gallery of Australia for their exhibition CULTURE WARRIORS and Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Indigenous section DEADLY FUNNY. Dennis also managed funding to Garma Festival under the ‘Festivals’ initiative to help Indigenous Festivals develop events that were both profitable and sustainable. Dennis supported Gadigal Information Services (Koori Radio) to develop a plan to get funding for a new studio.

Between 2010 and 2012, Dennis worked as Content Division Manager at National Indigenous Television (NITV). After returning to the Northern Territory briefly to work with remote communities, Dennis was appointed to the role of Program Manager, Indigenous at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS). In his time at AFTRS, Dennis has overseen a growth in Indigenous participation and workshops, and he continues to work towards bringing more high quality training to Indigenous people in remote, regional and urban areas of Australia.

Dot West has a long media history within the Kimberley and has played a major role in the training and development of this sector. Dot has also been instrumental in the development of Indigenous media nationally assisting its growth and development.

Dot brings to the industry her skills in media, management and facilitation capabilities to assist in the vision of Indigenous media playing an intricate role in communications and the arts within the region and across the nation.

Dot has served on a number of boards including SBS, as the Inaugural Vice Chairperson of NITV, Screenwest, Australian International Documentary Conference and the National Indigenous Radio Service including her current tenure as a Director of Goolarri Media Enterprises in Broome, Ramu Productions and the Pilbara and Kimberley Aboriginal Media Association.

Dot currently works freelance as a scriptwriter and general consultative work in the Indigenous Media sector.