The Australian Government is supporting communities in East Arnhem Land to establish an Indigenous aged care service for local Elders that also creates and sustains local jobs. Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion, and Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Indigenous Health, Ken Wyatt AM, said foundation funding of $340,000
Read MoreLocated at award-winning residential development, Breezes Muirhead, the dog park is a joint project between Defence Housing Australia (DHA) and the City of Darwin. Situated just minutes from the Casuarina shopping precinct, Royal Darwin Hospital, northern beaches, the airport and golf course, Breezes Muirhead is the only masterplanned community in Darwin’s
Read MoreIt’s just over a year since the Don Dale scandal became public. A youth was shown on ABC 4Corners bound and in a spit mask. Within a few hours, a royal commission was initiated, and within days the Northern Territory centre was to be condemned. Now the brief is out for
Read MoreIn July 2017, Museums Victoria repatriated 26 sacred objects to Arrernte elders in Alice Springs, under the Indigenous Repatriation Program. Arrernte elders identified the objects from the Museums Victoria collection to be returned and stored at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory’s (MAGNT) Strehlow Research Centre. The Centre
Read MoreABC Indigenous Affairs editor Stan Grant will host a special Q&A broadcast from the Garma festival in remote Arnhemland on Saturday 5 August. The broadcast will be streamed to Facebook, Youtube and Periscope and rebroadcast on Monday 7 August on ABC. Joining the panel will be: Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion; Cape
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