Indigenous Communities
July 2, 2007
It’s interesting to hear the rumblings of deliberative democracy here – particularly in WA – where Dr Mark Brophy, 2006 Fulbright Professional Award recipient, presented a Study Circle Workshop at the Adult Community Ed. Conference at Central TAFE, Perth, in […]
June 29, 2007
Much has been said, hysterical, moderate and otherwise, about the plight of the Northern Territory’s remote aboriginal communities since the release of the Little Children Are Sacred report. But for true wisdom on how to deal (NO! COLLABORATE!), with all […]
June 26, 2007
“On the one hand I’m trying to do the right thing, but on the other hand I’m also trying to run a sustainable business.” Former high school teacher, Nick Savaidis from Melbourne started Etiko Sports to provide an alternative to […]
June 26, 2007
Despite the huge media focus on Aboriginal communities, paternalism, land rights etc, life goes on and grant info is important. Janet Ross-Kelly, Business Development Officer for Advanced Indigenous Business tells us that Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Arts (ATSIA) Indigenous […]
June 16, 2007
The number of advertisements for Community Engagement Officers grows but does anyone KNOW what this entails? How do government officers or department heads in large organisations go about engaging ‘their particular community’? Recently I found an article about the ‘Melbourne […]
June 14, 2007
Our own rural industries and smaller communities can learn a lot from Jamaica’s jerk seasoning led tourism boom Even though it’s about a place on the other side of the world, we couldn’t help sharing the story from the Guardian […]
June 8, 2007
The Australian makers of The Thin Green Line, a new documentary on the world’s park rangers, invite everyone to join in on their film’s premiere. Sean Willmore, a Park Ranger from Warringine Park in Victoria sold his car and remortgaged […]
June 4, 2007
Evelyn and the staff at the Shepparton Adult Community Education (ACE) Centre in northern Vic. haven’t been winning too much in the way of grants etc and are just delighted to be the winners of the PWF coffee comp…They all […]
June 1, 2007
Cairns’ Advanced Indigenous Business (AIB) part of the Cairns Region Economic Development Corporation is calling for expressions of interest in Certificate IV in Business (Small Business Management – BSB40401). You can contact: Carol Vis at Northern Skills Alliance Inc. before […]
May 8, 2007
Ron Bradfield Jr, the head of Bradfield Indigenous Development and Empowerment Services and blogger behind Belongum’s Blog gives us his answer to last month’s question: What is cultural heritage? I believe our sense of Australian culture is so DENSE, so […]
May 2, 2007
“Yulella – Meekatharra – needs a passionate person who is able to understand processes and the reasons WHY ‘processes’ are put in place, who is able to follow through; to prioritise effectively; to problem solve; is computer literate; and is […]
April 24, 2007
The ANZ Bank plans to hire more indigenous rural and regional staff Great to hear ANZ chief executive John McFarlane announcing plans to recruit at least 300 young indigenous trainees by 2009, and and to promote 20 indigenous employees on […]