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The remote housing program in Hermannsburg, central Australia, is not only improving living conditions, but is also helping to boost local employment in the area.

Having a house to live in is vital to good health, family, safety, community and jobs. Newslines Radio recently visited Hermannsburg, known in the local Western Arrarnta language as Ntaria, where more than 30 new houses have been built, as part of the National Partnership Agreement in Remote Indigenous Housing.

The Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin, are well known as the home of some of the country’s most successful Australian rules footballers, but sport isn’t the only great thing happening in the community.

Knowing where to look for the right services or advice can be a challenge, but with the help of Indigenous Community Links, more Indigenous Australians in urban and regional areas are being connected with the support they need.

Questacon’s Find Your Science Hero project is building a love of science among young Indigenous students.