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Getting it Right
Story: Getting it Right Helping young people from remote areas reach their goals. A group of participants from the Indigenous Youth Mobility Program (IYMP) came to Canberra on August 10 and 11 to provide direct input into in the 2006 IYMP Provider Forum. The IYMP provides young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from remote […]
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Nicole Zimmermann
Future Calling Deadly Vibe Issue 116 October 2006 Our Trainee of the Year wants to lead by example. It was a visibly shocked Nicole Zimmermann who made her way up to the stage after being announced the winner of the Deadly for Trainee of the Year. Nicole works for the Australian Customs Service in Darwin, […]
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Mentor For Young And Old
Name: Aunty Honor Cleary In traditional language, ‘yelangi’ means ‘meeting place’. At the Yelangi Pre-school at Indooroopilly in Brisbane, Aboriginal kids have been meeting Aunty Honor Cleary for more than 25 years. Not only does Honor help the “little people”, as she likes to call them, the centre is also a major resource for the […]
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Captain courageous
Being a school captain is about more than just wearing a fancy badge and getting a good seat in assembly. It’s about representing your fellow students, making the right decisions and leading by example. That’s something that Katie Whitton knows all about. Katie was the 2004 school captain at Duval High School in Armidale on […]
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School principal honoured
Story: Principal Performer Felicity Dear, Principal of Djidi Djidi Aboriginal School in Bunbury, recently received a 2006 Minister’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Improving Literacy and/or Numeracy. The award recognises Felicity’s personal commitment to improving literacy and numeracy in her community. Throughout her career, Felicity has worked to enthuse and inspire staff and students in […]
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Job of the Month – Security Officer
A security officer is a great job, as 10 Koori graduates from a security officer program recently held in Canberra will agree
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Job of the Month – Registered Nurse
Thought about working in a hospital and providing care for the sick?
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Trying to make school a deadly place to be
The teachers don’t know what it’s like for us kids, they don’t want to know
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