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SANTOS PARTNERS WITH TOP END COMMUNITIES

It has supported three Territory programs with several more in the works. The Aboriginal health practitioner training program supports young Indigenous Territorians to gain their Certificate IV Aboriginal Health Practitioner accreditation through Danila Dilba Health Services. The qualification provides a direct pathway to employment with...

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DARRIKARDU

From its head office in Wadeye, DARRIKARDU Art Collective is building a strong regional platform for Aboriginal artists – supporting creativity, culture and economic opportunity from the Wadeye Men’s Shed and Women’s Centre to artists living and working across the Thamarrurr homelands. Across the Thamarrurr Region, art has never simply...

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LAUNDRIES LEADING TO BETTER HEALTH

The project, a partnership with the Santos Foundation and the Aboriginal Investment Group, will enable two transportable shipping containers to be converted into reliable laundries. The laundries will be in Wurrumiyanga in the Tiwi Islands and Palmerston. The Barossa Aboriginal Future Fund, known as the BAFF, is a voluntary fund established...

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FROM BIG APPLE TO IRONBARK

He is the new Chief Executive Officer of Ironbark Aboriginal Corporation, which has a diverse footprint spanning employment, community services, economic development, commercial operations and social enterprise. Nobody doubts that he is up to the job – Jerome has a glittering CV – but he acknowledges that he has taken on a demanding...

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A STRONGER TERRITORY

Aboriginal Territorians should not sit at the edge of the Territory's next wave of development. They should be making decisions, acquiring assets, owning risk and sharing in the returns. That ambition sits at the heart of Aboriginal Investment NT (AINT), a first-of-its-kind Aboriginal-led investment institution established under the Aboriginal...

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SANTOS ABORIGINAL POWER CUP ARRIVES 

The Santos Aboriginal Power Cup brought more than 200 First Nations students together for a week that blended Australian football, culture and community pride.  It was the first time in the program’s successful 19-year history that the event had been held in the NT.  The cup is much more than a sporting carnival – it uses the...

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50 YEARS OF LAND RIGHTS IN THE NT

But when the Australian Government excised more than 380 square kilometres of Arnhem Land in 1963 to make way for the Nabalco bauxite mine, it sparked a momentum that would grow into the contemporary land rights movement and ultimately lead to the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976.  December marks 50 years of the...

Indigenous Affairs

PROUD TO BE TIWI

Historian Peter Forrest has written that the Tiwi are “arguably Australia’s most intact Aboriginal group. Certainly, they retain their fiercely possessive attitude toward their land and their culture, and they have a resolute determination to maintain controls over those essentials of Tiwi integrity.”  Today the Tiwi people face...

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ART AT THE HEART OF LAND RIGHTS

That’s why, during this momentous anniversary year, the Central Land Council is partnering with Desart to present the prestigious Vincent Lingiari Art Award for the fourth time. “I can’t think of a better way to celebrate half a century of land rights,” CLC chair Warren Williams says. VINCENT LINGIARI ART AWARD 2021 WINNER GRACE...

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A STRONG VOICE

He has taken on the job knowing that South32’s massive manganese mine will close in six to eight years, which will mean an end to royalties and mining jobs. The land council, which represents the Anindilyakwa people from 14 clans, is working hard to develop wealth-creating ventures.  its mission statement says: To lay the foundation...

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STRONGER TOGETHER

Although this conference was a great success, with many progressive opinions, ideas and initiatives presented that can help to drive the sector forward, it was a stark reminder of the journey travelled since 9 December 1976 when the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 was passed in the Australian Parliament, giving inalienable...

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COMMUNITY BY DESIGN

Lead architect Rossi Architects, supported by Alice Springs-based Susan Dugdale & Associates, collaborated with Larrakia advisers to design what is already being heralded as one of the most striking buildings in Northern Australia.  Project lead Rossi Kourounis says: “It was a critical missing piece to celebrate, share and practice...