The March 2015 Labour Market Assistance Outcomes report for the Indigenous Employment Programme has now been released. This report relates to outcomes for job seekers who were assisted in the year ending 31 December 2014 with outcomes measured three months later (i.e. in the year ending 31 March 2015).
The 2015 Festival will be hosted by Indigenous Remote Communications Association in partnership with PAW Media and Communications and the Lajamanu community with key partner Indigenous Community Television.
TheMahbilil Festival is a celebration of cultural diversity and community in Kakadu (hosted in Jabiru township). Running from midday to midnight, Mahbilil is orchestrated to shift in mood as it progresses. The festival also encompasses the Gurrung Sports Carnival, which sees teams from all across the Top End compete.
Puliima National Indigenous Language and Technology Forum is a biennial event aimed at bringing people together from all over Australia to explore pioneering project ideas, exciting products and equipment that can be used in community based Indigenous languages projects.
Girringun Aboriginal Corporation cares for more than one million hectares of land and sea on behalf of nine Traditional Owner groups in North Queensland, Bandjin, Girramay, Gulnay, Djiru, Jirrbal, Nywaigi, Waragnu, Wargamay, and Gugu Badhun.
Funding of $1.75 million has been made available to help Indigenous students in Alice Springs improve school attendance and their literacy and numeracy skills.
Funding of $1.025 million has been made available for a program that will see athletes and role-models work with communities to engage young people in school.
Ten Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and a Caring for Country project were recognised at last night’s National NAIDOC Awards Ceremony for their outstanding contribution to their communities and the nation.
In a year when NAIDOC Week focuses on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ strong spiritual and cultural connection to land and sea, a new report Facilitation of the FRDC Indigenous Reference Group to Progress RD&E Outcomes highlights the work undertaken by the Indigenous Reference Group to reinvigorate that connection.
