Stories on Country
HEALING HAPPENS WHEN TRUTHS ARE TOLD
BushTV is producing a truth-telling documentaries, each grounded in local authority and cultural governance and narrated by Ernie Dingo.
Stories On Country is a community-led truth-telling program grounded in the call for Makarrata in the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
It recognises that truth-telling is not a political event. It is a cultural responsibility.
Delivered on Country and led by Traditional Owners, the program creates a structured and respectful space for Elders and community members to record histories, lived experiences, and intergenerational knowledge with professional care and ethical governance.
In the aftermath of the referendum, Stories On Country affirms that the work of truth-telling continues. It begins where it always has, on Country, in community.
PLEASE NOTE – Ernie is not travelling in 2026 and will not attend filming on Country. He remains committed to the project, providing narration across the series and helping connect each story into a cohesive national body of work.
Importantly, all copyright remains with the Prescribed Body Corporate and Traditional Owner group. There is no obligation to broadcast. If Elders decide a story should be kept within community, that decision is respected in full.
It is a facilitated truth-telling process led by community authority.
Each engagement is shaped through local leadership, ensuring the process reflects cultural protocols, readiness and the priorities of the community.
There are currently a limited number of places remaining in the series.
As a guide, each Stories On Country partnership is delivered as a fixed-fee engagement of $25,000 + GST, covering on-Country filming, archival research and full 30-minute documentary production.
If your community is interested in being part of Stories On Country, the first step is to have a yarn with Tom Hearn, BushTV Founder, about context, readiness and local leadership support.
From there, the process is shaped together.
Truth-telling begins with conversation.