The Australian Government's vision for opening northern Australia to development is taking shape with the Green Paper on Developing Northern Australia released by Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss in Townsville today.
New data shows significantly improved attendance in Remote School Attendance Strategy (RSAS) schools in the Northern Territory this year compared to 2013, with the number of children attending school up nearly 17 per cent.
The traditional owners of the Maralinga Tjarutja Lands will now have unrestricted access to the area after it was excised from the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA) by the Australian Government.
Five Indigenous prisoners will be provided with training and employment opportunities with BHP Billiton and its contracting partners at Olympic Dam through an employment project to be funded by the Australian Government.
Forty local Indigenous people are being provided with training and employment opportunities through the Indigenous Employment Programme (IEP) in the Surat Basin.
Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion, will tonight welcome 50 young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to the National Indigenous Youth Parliament (NIYP) 2014 in Canberra, to be held this weekend at Old Parliament House.
Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion, today congratulated the AFL and Recognise for promoting awareness of constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians, as part of this year’s Indigenous Round.
Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion, said National Sorry Day was an important day in the life of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, especially for those of the Stolen Generations.
