The Australian Government, in partnership with TAFE Western, is offering a free Virtual Advisor Programme to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses and organisations improve their online presence and competitiveness.
Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Senator Nigel Scullion has welcomed a decision by the Federal Court which has ordered the former CEO of an Aboriginal medical service to pay over $1.2 million in fines and compensation and disqualified him from managing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation for 15 years.
Proud Indigenous man, AFL superstar and youth mentor, Adam Goodes, received the Australian of the Year Award last week for his anti-racism advocacy and leadership.
The small Aboriginal community of Hope Vale in Far North Queensland is now home to an 80 hectare banana plantation, a new agricultural business that is providing 40 fulltime jobs and casual work for a number of locals.
Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion, today urged parents and carers of children in remote communities across Australia to make sure their kids are ready for school at the start of the first term.
The recent declaration of the Yappala Properties Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) is not only preserving and strengthening local culture and environment, it’s providing employment opportunities for the whole community.
A major shake-up of Indigenous Affairs has been completed with more than $2 billion in Indigenous-specific funding and 1700 staff from across the Australian Government now consolidated in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
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