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Punjab govt announced Rs9.48 billion development package for Bhakkar for the completion of 106 development schemes.

First Australians, like all Australians, should have access to jobs with superannuation on every dollar: AIST On the eve of National Reconciliation Week,...

Governor Larry Hogan announced nearly $17 million in awards for 4 state revitalization programs and 1 federal community development program on Tuesday.

The Morrison government will scrap two of its most controversial Aboriginal employment programs, including the punitive remote Community Development Program (CDP) or “‘work for the dole” scheme, which will be phased out later this year. The government will also get rid of the heavily-criticised multimillion dollar employment party initiative (EPI) through which it has been handing millions of dollars tagged for addressing Indigenous disadvantage...

Aged care and women’s initiatives are prime examples. It is perhaps not surprising that the Indigenous affairs portfolio does not feature heavily in Budget 2021-22. This is not an entirely negative development, given that First Nations affairs is better served by good policy rather than opportunistic politics. From a First Nations perspective, this year’s budget presents a mixed bag of positives, negatives, and unknowns. On the positive side, investment in the community enterprise space app...

Big ticket items The Morrison government is spending big in what it says is an attempt to boost jobs, with tens of billions being spent on infrastructure, jobs and training programs, child care and health and wellbeing. Aged care and the disability sector are also getting more investment after damning Royal Commissions into both sectors — $12 billion being set aside for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and $17.7 billion being earmarked to boost and reform the aged care sector. The tre...

Share Share on Twitter The federal budget has promised $500,000 towards improving cultural heritage protection after the destruction of the Juukan Gorge caves in Western Australia placed huge scrutiny over the failure to protect the site. The government will commit the investment over two years to “improve Indigenous heritage protection" and what it describes as "Indigenous involvement in Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 decisio...

Community Development Programme phase III National April 15, 2021 LALAMUSA: The District Development Committee Wednesday approved the Community Development Program phase III with the consultation of Members of Punjab Assembly. The approval was granted during a meeting chaired by DC Saif Anwar Jappa and the approved projects are 110, 8 roads in rural areas, and reconstruction of dangerous conditioned building of two hospitals. According to the projects, Highways Department will construct 8 roa...

Telling Public Radios Story The narrative below is an edited (updates made 11/2019) copy of responses provided to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting related to WHQRs content and services that serve local needs, and the reach and impact of local services in our community. 1. Describe your overall goals and approach to address community issues, needs and interest through your stations vital local services, such as multi-platform long and short-form content, digital and in-person engagement...

Date Time Suspension of mutual obligation requirements for Western Australian regions affected by Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seroja The Australian Government has suspended mutual obligation requirements for job seekers in regions affected by Ex-Tropical Cylone Seroja. This includes the Greater Geraldton Local Government Area (LGA) and in the Community Development Program (CDP) regions of Kambalda/Norseman and Mid-West/West Western Australia. The suspension is from Monday, 12 April to Tuesday, 20 April...