In the lead-up to NAIDOC Week, Australia will see a new special 50 cent coin enter circulation to mark 50 years of ongoing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research and collection of information which has assisted our country in becoming more knowledgeable about its people and cultures.

More than 4,000 Indigenous Australians are guaranteed jobs through an Australian Government initiative that has seen contracts signed with 17 new Vocational Training and Employment Centres (VTECs) across the country, in addition to four VTECs already announced.

The Australian Government is funding a project to help grow the Tobwabba Art Gallery.