Australia Invests $9.4 Million For Indigenous Communities

A program that gives Aboriginal students hands-on experience working in the television industry is among 18 new projects to share in more than $9.4 million in grants from the Aboriginals Benefit Account (ABA).

Imparja Television in Alice Springs will receive a grant of $132,150 to teach Year 12 students in Alice Springs all aspects of the television industry.

The Just Imagine 2009 program will cover work practises and budgets and the maintenance and operation of a wide range of media equipment.

The students’ final project will be the production of a documentary which will involve filming, editing and recording voiceovers. The documentary will be aired on Imparja Television in December this year.

Other projects awarded ABA grants include next year’s Garma Festival along with $2,257,500 for a major recreation precinct at Mutitjulu, and funds for an early childhood centre and staff accommodation at Willowra.

Funding will also be provided for the control of dogs in remote communities.

Grants have also been approved to help Aboriginal organisations to improve services for their clients, including funding to help the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency buy new premises in Darwin and the refurbishment and upgrade of the Alice Springs office of the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association.

The Australian Government and the ABA Advisory Committee have worked together to identify priority projects which will help improve the lives of Aboriginal people living throughout the Northern Territory.

The ABA was established under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (the ALRA Act).

It receives financial compensation from the Commonwealth Government equivalent to the value of royalties paid by mining interests on Aboriginal land.

See All Aboriginals Benefit Accounts projects Here

Topics: ABA, Aboriginal Land, Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976, Aboriginal Media Association, Aboriginals Benefit Account, Alice Springs, ALRA Act, Australia, Australian Government, Commonwealth Government, education, Governance, Indigenous communities, mining interests, Northern Territory

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