More than $3 million to address family violence in Alice Springs
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
The Australian and Northern Territory Governments will invest more than $3 million in a pilot project to reduce family violence and help make homes, families and communities in Alice Springs safer.
- Published in MEDIA RELEASES
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Engaging with young Aboriginal people in Wadeye
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
More than 40 young people in the remote community of Wadeye in the Northern Territory will benefit from $40,000 from the Australian Government’s Youth Development and Support Program.
- Published in MEDIA RELEASES
Aboriginal communities gain new dialysis treatment options
Monday, 12 December 2011
The Minister for Indigenous Health and Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon, has welcomed the launch of the Purple Truck, ensuring about 100 people with renal disease from the Western Desert communities near Alice Springs, will be able to have dialysis in or near their homes.
- Published in MEDIA RELEASES
Tailored support to help Groote Eylandters get into construction
Thursday, 01 December 2011
The Australian Government has provided funding to deliver training and dedicated employment support to 30 Aboriginal workers on Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
- Published in MEDIA RELEASES
New funding to promote better relationships in Alice Springs
Friday, 25 November 2011
Women in Alice Springs will benefit from around $125,000 as part of the Government’s National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022.
- Published in MEDIA RELEASES
Further action to tackle alcohol abuse in the Northern Territory
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
The Australian Government has today announced further initiatives to tackle alcohol abuse in the Northern Territory and ensure licensed premises operate properly and do their part to reduce alcohol-related harm.
- Published in MEDIA RELEASES
Community stores licensing strengthened to deliver more benefits
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Changes to store licensing in the Northern Territory announced by the Australian Government this week will mean better access to healthy food for more remote communities.
- Published in MEDIA RELEASES
Aboriginal students from the Territory taking the lead on education
Monday, 21 November 2011
A group of Aboriginal Year 12 students from across the Territory visited Parliament House in Canberra today to attend a graduation ceremony for the Australian Government’s Indigenous Youth Leadership Program (IYLP).
- Published in MEDIA RELEASES
21st Century education facilities opened for three Katherine schools
Friday, 18 November 2011
The Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon, has officially opened new education facilities at three schools in Katherine built as part of the Australian Government’s Building the Education Revolution (BER).
- Published in MEDIA RELEASES
Students graduate from Defence Indigenous Development Program in the Northern Territory
Thursday, 17 November 2011
The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Warren Snowdon, and Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development, Mark Arbib, today congratulated the 12 graduates of the Defence Indigenous Development Program taking part in a graduation parade in Katherine.
- Published in MEDIA RELEASES