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Jun 17, 2026
Decoder Ring | Tina Turner and the Dance That Conquered Australia
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12:35speaker_16UNKNOWN
Yes, it's gone.

John StrattonGUEST
And in that context, you get that shift from this idea of this white settler heritage that we should all be proud of to a more immediate Australia, an Australia that accepts African American music, and in that sense, an Australia that accepts Tina Turner.
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16:18Max FreedmanNARRATOR
It was being written into state curricula.

John StrattonGUEST
Bureaucrats are going like, "What can we do to get the kids interested in moving again, you know, and, and in dancing? Oh, right, you know, here's this song, so let's have a dance that will go with it."
Slow Burn - Decoder Ring | Tina Turner and the Dance That Conquered Australia
12:44
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12:40Max FreedmanCORRESPONDENT
John Stratton is a professor of cultural studies at Adelaide University in South Australia.

John StrattonGUEST
What happens is the Labour Party gets in and you get a major political transformation.

John StrattonGUEST
And in that context, you get that shift from this idea of this white settler heritage that we should all be proud of to a more immediate Australia, an Australia that accepts African-American music.

John StrattonGUEST
Bureaucrats are going like, what can we do to get the kids interested in moving again, you know, and in dancing? Oh, right.
Decoder Ring - Tina Turner and the Dance That Conquered Australia
13:57
17:40
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13:54speaker_17UNKNOWN
Yes, it's love.

John StrattonGUEST
And in that context, you get that shift from this idea of this white settler heritage that we should all be proud of to a more immediate Australia, an Australia that accepts African American music, and in that sense, an Australia that accepts Tina Turner.

John StrattonGUEST
Bureaucrats are going like, "What can we do to get the kids interested in moving again, you know, and, and in dancing? Oh, right.
Tina Turner and the Dance That Conquered Australia
13:57
17:40
S
13:54speaker_14SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yes, it's love.

John StrattonGUEST
And in that context, you get that shift from this idea of this white settler heritage that we should all be proud of to a more immediate Australia, an Australia that accepts African American music, and in that sense, an Australia that accepts Tina Turner.

John StrattonGUEST
Bureaucrats are going like, "What can we do to get the kids interested in moving again, you know, and, and in dancing? Oh, right, you know, here's this song, so let's have a dance that will go with it."