Vibe Australia is an Aboriginal media, communications and events management agency founded by Gavin Jones in 1993. Located in

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, Sydney,

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, they work with Aboriginal and

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people throughout Australia.

History

Vibe Australia was founded in 1993 by Gavin Jones at the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative. In June 2014, Vibe Australia funding was cut under coalition budget measures designed to reallocate funding to Indigenous education programs including

Deadly Awards The Deadly Awards, commonly known simply as The Deadlys, was an annual celebration of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community. The event was held from 1995 to 2013. Description T ...

funding phased back to $1 million and no funding provided for future years. On 12 July 2014, Gavin Jones died at age 47.Gavin Jones obituary: Respected Indigenous identity and Deadly Awards founder dies aged 47
at ABC On 14 July 2014, Vibe Australia announced that all Vibe projects including the Deadly Awards concluded on 30 June 2014.

Productions

Deadly Sounds

A weekly radio program syndicated to over 250 Aboriginal community stations.

Deadly Vibe

A national magazine focusing on health, sport, music and lifestyle.

In Vibe

A magazine for Indigenous people in secure rehabilitation care and at risk. Hosted by Indigenous broadcaster, artistic director and author,

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Move it Mob Style

A children's television show focusing on health, dance and lifestyle. Broadcast by

NITV National Indigenous Television (NITV) is an Australian free-to-air television channel that broadcasts programming produced and presented largely by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It includes the half-hourly nightly ''NITV News'' ...

. The show was filmed in Brisbane with hosts

Naomi Wenitong Naomi Sky Wenitong (born 1982) is an Australian singer-songwriter based in Cairns, Queensland. Under the name, Nay, she is a member of hip hop group, The Last Kinection, alongside her older brother, Joel "Weno" Wenitong, and Jacob "DJ Jaytee" T ...

and Shannon Williams. With the studios in Brisbane getting ready to shut down, Series 4 is now filmed in Sydney with new hosts Ghenoa Gela and Wakara Gondarra replacing Naomi Wenitong and Shannon Williams. With the move from Brisbane also comes a move from Post Op as the broadcast provider. Series 4 premiered in March 2014.

The Deadlys

Since 1995, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music, Sport, Entertainment and Community awards, known as the

or simply "The Deadlys", have been held at the Sydney Opera House and broadcast by SBS.

The Vibe 3on3

A national music and sporting event to promote health, well-being, identity and sportsmanship. Hosted by former

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'Smiling' Dwayne Cross and former Sydney Kings coach Claude 'Starsky' Williams.

References

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Indigenous Australian musical groups Indigenous Australian musicians Indigenous Australian mass media Organisations serving Indigenous Australians 1993 establishments in Australia 2014 disestablishments in Australia