Indigenous Australians
ALGA releases 2023 Closing the Gap Report
Kody Cook Community Services, Council, Indigenous Australians, News, Spotlight 0The ALGA has released its annual Closing the Gap Report for 2023, which outlines actions that councils across Australia...
Applications open for Darwin Community Grants
Kody Cook Community Services, Council, Events, Indigenous Australians, News, Spotlight 0Community groups in the City of Darwin can now apply for a share of $50,000 in funding as part...
Bolstering traditional practices to ramp up bushfire resilience
Kody Cook Community Services, Council, Cultural Services, Disaster Management, Indigenous Australians, News, People, Spotlight 0A new program has been launched at four sites across regional New South Wales that is supporting Aboriginal cultural...
New remote jobs program welcomed
Kody Cook Community Services, Council, Indigenous Australians, News, Spotlight 1The ALGA has welcomed the Federal Government’s new $707 million Remote Jobs and Economic Development Program (RJED), which is...
First Nations employment program to create 3,000 jobs
Kody Cook Indigenous Australians, News, Spotlight 0The Federal Government is looking to close the gap in First Nations employment by creating 3,000 jobs in remote...
VIC Councils react to referendum results
Yasmin Isaacs Council In Focus, Indigenous Australians, People, VIC 0Two Councils in Victoria have commented on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum result. City of Greater Dandenong Greater...
Collaboration and cultural preservation: revitalising the Goolugatup lowerlands
Tess Macallan Community Services, Council In Focus, Features, Indigenous Australians, People, Planning 0By Tess Macallan, Journalist, Council Magazine For more than a decade, the City of Melville has been working with...
Reflecting on NAIDOC Week 2023: councils honouring Elders in the community
Kody Cook Community Services, Indigenous Australians, News, People, Spotlight 0NAIDOC Week, which runs from the first Sunday of every July, celebrates and recognises the history, cultures and achievements...
ALGA NGA hosts ‘A Conversation About the Voice’ panel
April Shepherd Council, Indigenous Australians, News, Spotlight 0The Australian Local Government Association’s (ALGA) National General Assembly (NGA) is aiming to champion the voices of councils Australia-wide...
NT Council launches first Reconciliation Action Plan
Steph Barker Council, Indigenous Australians, News, NT 0Roper Gulf Regional Council launched its inaugural ‘Innovate’ Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) on Wednesday 15 March 2023 with Bagala...