More than $4 million to strengthen Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory
Aboriginal people across the Northern Territory will benefit from new and refurbished infrastructure, increased education and employment opportunities and cultural programs through projects that will receive funding of more than $4.4 million from the Aboriginals Benefit Account (ABA).
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin and the Minister for Indigenous Health and Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon today announced 27 projects would share in new funding from the ABA.
“These fantastic local projects are receiving this funding because they will create new jobs, strengthen remote communities and improve the lives of Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory,” Ms Macklin said.
“The funding will support new projects such as refurbishing community facilities and delivering new programs that provide targeted support for Aboriginal women and youth.
“The Gillard Government is very pleased to support these worthwhile grass-roots projects. Initiatives that give Aboriginal people brighter futures deserve our support.”
New projects funded under the ABA include:
- $250,000 for the Keeping Mum On-Country program to provide Midwifery and maternal health training for Aboriginal Health Workers;
- $225,000 to Corrugated Iron Youth Arts to run Indigenous arts programs for young people in Darwin, Palmerston, Gunbalunya and Maningrida;
- $118,900 to the Tiwi Islands Training and Employment Board to refurbish a commercial kitchen for the community; and
- $55,000 for the school in Pigeon Hole to build a multi-purpose sporting court.
Mr Snowdon said he was particularly pleased to see significant new investments in very remote communities.
“The funding will also go towards supporting homelands which we know are very important to Aboriginal people,” Mr Snowdon said.
“These grass-roots projects – developed by the community to benefit local Aboriginal people – make a significant contribution to closing the gap on Indigenous disadvantage.”
The ABA was established under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976.
The account is funded by payments from the Commonwealth Government, equivalent to the value of royalties paid by mining interests on Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory.
“I thank the ABA Advisory Committee and in particular the chair, Mrs Pat Brahim, for the ongoing work and advice they provide on applications,” Ms Macklin said.
“The Committee is helping to ensure the sustainability of the fund for future generations, with the establishment of a minimum account balance and a guideline that annual expenditure is not to exceed receipts.
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Organisation |
Project |
Location |
Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Victoria Daly Shire Council |
Timber Creek Family Festival |
Timber Creek |
$20,000 |
|
Barkly Regional Arts Incorporated |
Mangalawurru Art Centre |
Mangalawurru Community, Barkly Region |
$30,528 |
|
Merrepen Arts, Culture and Language Aboriginal Corporation |
2013 Merrepen Arts Festival |
Daly River Community |
$101,000 |
|
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education |
Arts and Language Place for Kungarakan and Warai People |
Batchelor |
$250,000 |
|
Yugul Mangi Development Aboriginal Corporation |
Yugul Mangi Festival – 2013, 2014 and 2015 |
Ngukurr |
$250,000 |
|
Pigeon Hole School |
Multi-purpose sporting court |
Pigeon Hole |
$55,000 |
|
Tiwi Islands Training and Employment Board (TITEB) |
Building refurbishment – Commercial kitchen |
Milikapiti |
$118,900 |
|
BushMob Incorporated |
BushMob Horse/Culture Treks with Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Apurte) |
Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Apurte) |
|
|
Ngurratjuta/Pmara Ntjarra Aboriginal Corporation |
Ngurratjuta Labour Hire – Connecting Indigenous capacity with contractors and other employers |
Alice Springs Region |
$220,000 |
|
Institute for Aboriginal Development Aboriginal Corporation (IAD) |
IAD Capital Improvements Project – Phase One |
Alice Springs |
$236,715 |
|
Corrugated Iron Youth Arts |
Corrugated Iron’s Indigenous Arts Program |
Darwin, Palmerston, Gunbalunya, Baniyala and Maningrida |
$225,000 |
|
Charles Darwin University |
Keeping Mum On-Country – Midwifery and maternal health training for Aboriginal Health Workers |
NT Wide |
$250,000 |
|
Ingkerreke Outstation Resource Services |
Purchase and development of three containerised base stations. Purchase and equipping of three 4WD fire fighting appliances |
Alice Springs Region |
$154,500 |
|
Ikuntji Artists Aboriginal Corporation |
Ikuntji Art Centre Building Repairs and Modification |
Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff) |
$54,050 |
|
Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council Aboriginal Corporation |
Tjanpi Service Delivery in the Pitjantjatjara Lands |
Southern Central Australia NT |
$71,507 |
|
Arlpwe Artists Aboriginal Corporation |
Final phase development of Arlpwe Art and Culture Centre cultural precinct |
Ali Curung |
$118,982 |
|
Bula’bula Arts Aboriginal Corporation |
Infrastructure repairs, maintenance and renovations |
Ramingining |
$140,000 |
|
Binjari Community Aboriginal Corporation |
Binjari Community Standing Strong |
Binjari |
$227,000 |
|
Binjari Community Aboriginal Corporation |
Binjari Community Building a Better Future |
Binjari |
$247,000 |
|
Thamarrurr Development Corporation Ltd |
Expansion of Thamarrurr Ranger Wildlife Enterprise Centre to Wudapuli Billabong |
Wadeye and Wudapuli |
$250,000 |
|
Centre for Appropriate Technology |
Enterprise Development and sustainable Infrastructure |
Akanta, Lila, Ulpanyali, Wanmarra and Ukaka (Kings Canyon Region) |
$250,000 |
|
Tjuwanpa Outstation Resource Centre Aboriginal Corporation (TORCAC) |
TORCAC Women Rangers Capital Assets |
Ntaria (Hermannsberg) Region |
$92,000 |
|
Yugul Mangi Development Aboriginal Corporation |
Recovering Yugul Mangi and Numbulwar Numburindi Land and Sea Ranger Programs |
Ngukurr and Numbulwar |
$246,805 |
|
Victoria Daly Shire Council |
Victoria Daly Shire Women’s Bounce Back Camps |
Victoria Daly Shire Council Region |
$176,500 |
|
The Black Arm Band Incorporated |
Regional and Remote Community Tours and Workshops |
Maningrida, Papunya, Gunbalanya/ |
$200,000 |
|
Arrulka Business Aboriginal Corporation |
Mparntwe Aboriginal Cultural Festival |
Alice Springs |
$250,000 |
|
Maningrida Community Education Centre, Jilkminggan Community Aboriginal Corporation, Tiwi Islands Training and Employment Board and Deewin Kirim Aboriginal Corporation |
Disabled access mechanisms for buses previously purchased under the Aboriginals Benefit Account |
Maningrida, Jilkminggan, Nguiu and Peppimenarti |
$100,000 |
|
$4,460,487 |