Newsletter date: 25 September 2015
Contents:
* Upcoming Event: Surviving the Cuts - A Forum for Discussion of IAS Funding - Tuesday, 29th September 2015 - UTS Sydney: Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning & Jimmy Little Foundation: http://www.jlf.org.au/surviving-the-cuts/
* Background:
WGAR News: The Government's retrogressive Indigenous Advancement Strategy: Michele Madigan, Eureka Street
WGAR News: Aboriginal Funding In South Australia: You're Not Going To Believe Where It's Going: Joseph Scales, New Matilda
WGAR News: Petition: Restore Funding Needed for South Australian Aboriginal Communities' Survival: Sr Michele Madigan, Dr Alitya Rigney & Josephite SA Reconciliation Circle
WGAR Background: Aboriginal Peoples and the impact of the Federal Budget
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- Upcoming Event
UTS: Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning
Surviving the Cuts
A Forum for Discussion of IAS Funding
Presented by Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning
and the Jimmy Little Foundation
http://www.jlf.org.au/surviving-the-cuts/
UTS Sydney Campus 15 Broadway Ultimo
Tuesday 29th September 2015, 12-2pm
Building 2, Level 4, Room 10 (CB02.04.10)
"In March 2015 Indigenous affairs minister Nigel Scullion announced the successful recipients to receive funding from the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS). In spite of this, a need for a coordinated national approach to the funding, monitoring and evaluation of service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities remains ever pressing. Questions such as, how can we deliver the range of services to our communities and meet their priority needs, and ‘how can we deliver our services in a way that is based upon genuine engagement and partnership in a manner that is sustainable and builds capacity within communities?"
"Uncle Jimmy’s "Thumbs Up" program was one of many organisations that did not receive funding through the Commonwealth government’s Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS). We would now like to open a dialogue to discuss alternative ways of moving forward so that they may continue service communities in need."
Discussant:
Professor Jon Altman
Speakers:
Professor Larissa Behrendt
Mr Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup
Professor Alan Cass
Ms Patricia Turner
Ed. note: Click on the following link for full details of this event including discussant and speakers' bios and abstracts: http://www.jlf.org.au/surviving-the-cuts/
- Background
WGAR News: The Government's retrogressive Indigenous Advancement Strategy: Michele Madigan, Eureka Street
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/07/02/wgar-news-the-governments-retrogress...
WGAR News: Aboriginal Funding In South Australia: You're Not Going To Believe Where It's Going: Joseph Scales, New Matilda
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/06/25/wgar-news-aboriginal-funding-in-sout...
WGAR News: Petition: Restore Funding Needed for South Australian Aboriginal Communities' Survival: Sr Michele Madigan, Dr Alitya Rigney & Josephite SA Reconciliation Circle
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/05/30/wgar-news-petition-restore-funding-n...
WGAR Background: Aboriginal Peoples and the impact of the Federal Budget
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-aboriginal-peoples-a...
(last updated: 13 September 2015)
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