Page 50 - Aboriginal News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Date Time Cultural burn planned for Nowra’s Triplarina Nature Reserve The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is supporting a cultural burn planned for Triplarina Nature Reserve on Monday 12 April, weather permitting. Ms Julianne Doyle from NPWS said the 2-hectare burn will be done together with Aboriginal fire practitioners from the Nowra Aboriginal community and Firestick Alliance members. “The burn is planned to take place in the northern part of the Reserve, just off Yalwal Road which is opposite Filter Road, and will be conducted over a number of days,” said Ms Doyle. �...

NT Government The Territory Labor Government has awarded more than $220,000 in funding to support 14 projects under round two of the Aboriginal Tourism Grant program. Eight Aboriginal owned and operated tourism businesses in the Top End will receive more than $135,500 while six businesses in Central Australia will benefit from $92,900. Grant funding will back key projects including business plans, infrastructure upgrades, bush camp facility improvements and training programs. Saltwater Cultural Tours, based in Darwin, has been awarded a $19,500 grant to install two containers and decking for ...

Date Time Twelve aged care consumer peaks propose aged care reform plan Twelve leading aged care consumer organisations, led by the Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia, have issued a detailed joint response to the Final Report of the Aged Care Royal Commission, identifying the key reforms the Federal Government must implement in the upcoming Federal Budget to ensure its response to the Royal Commission gets off to a flying start. In their joint statement the consumer organisations set out the package of urgent reforms the Morrison government must deliver in the next 12-18 months to build a...

CFNR Network Apr 1, 2021 4:07 PM Our guest is Brett Huson, the author of a series of children’s books called “Mothers of Xsan”, a writer and artist who grew up traditionally on Gitxsan territory, but now lives a few provinces over, working at the Prairie Climate Centre at the University of Winnipeg. His gig there is very important and compelling – connecting Indigenous knowledge to science. It’s VERY cool. We’ll get to learn more about how he does that in our interview, as well as about his books, and who his biggest influences are.

Bus stop idea referred to committees Councillor Tom Kennedy requested that a new bus stop named after Roz, Barb, and Pat Gauci be built on the corner of Gypsum and Newton Streets, and a plaque be installed recognising them. The motion was not supported as the corner is not a designated bus stop according to Transport NSW, however an amendment was passed referring the matter to Council’s Asset Naming Committee and Traffic Committee for further investigation. Report on community garden Councillor Kennedy asked that a report be prepared on the possibility of converting the old Alma Pool site i...