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Tae Rak, also known as Lake Condah

ORIC Spotlight On - Recognising Budj Bim

20 January 2021

The listing of Budj Bim Cultural Landscape as a UNESCO World Heritage site has marked a new era for Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation Registered Native Title Body Corporate (RNTBC).
Heal Country 4 to 11 July 2021

NAIDOC Week 2021

20 January 2021

NAIDOC Week 2021 will be held from Sunday 4 July to Sunday 11 July. This year’s theme is Heal Country!
Young adult man in dark shirt sits at a table. In the background is a logo including the words Yalagan Group.

Nathan Martin: from prison to business owner and CEO

18 January 2021

Nathan Martin turned his life around and is now supporting other ex-prisoners to do the same through the company he formed, Yalagan Group.
Photo (at left): Marcus Kinthari (right) with friend Jerry Bitting (left). Photo (at right) Veronica Munar (left) and Lauren Bitting (right).

Wadeye students graduating Year 12 at Bright P-12 College

15 January 2021

Congratulations to Wadeye youth Veronica Munar, Marcus Kinthari and Lauren Bitting for graduating Year 12.
Sisters Reina (left) and Raylene (right) McKellar

From CDP participants to business owners

12 January 2021

Sisters Reina and Raylene McKellar from Cunnamulla, Queensland, were CDP participants. Now they are ‘soon to be’ business owners thanks to support and hard work.
The word WEX with the word Virtual below.

Work Exposure in Government - a virtual experience

08 January 2021

In 2020, Work Exposure in Government (WEX) program pivoted to a virtual experience for Indigenous students.
Collage of photographs of the 2021 Australian of the Year Award recipients and the Australian of the Year logo

Meet the 2021 Australian of the Year finalists

06 January 2021

Nine Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are finalists in the 2021 Australian of the Year Awards.
Two images side by side. At left is a hand drawn collection of images: person, Christmas tree, turtle and snake below. At right is a photo of a young boy holding the same drawing. He wears a maroon shirt and wears a cap on his head.

Christmas Message from Minister Wyatt and Le’Khyden Georgetown

22 December 2020

Le’Khyden Georgetown of Cherbourg Queensland is the winner of the competition to design the 2020 Christmas card of Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Ken Wyatt MP.
At left is a traditional design featured the imprint of a hand and below are some publications. At right is a woman with glasses on her head and she wears a black and white dress with Aboriginal designs.

A Second Chance for Elaine Hickey

21 December 2020

Elaine Hickey needed support to establish the business she and her sister were running. That help came from Women’s Business: Second Chance program.
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