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Leading the way
It was a deadly day out for eight of Australia’s best and brightest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student teachers last month. Years of dedication and hard work were rewarded in the best possible way with her Excellency, The Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO on hand to award eight university students the prestigious Governor […]
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Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme
The Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme was established in recognition of Dr Arnold ‘Puggy’ Hunter’s significant contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, including in his role as inaugural Chair of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO). Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) is celebrating ten years of administrating the scholarship scheme […]
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER EDUCATION
Australian Electoral Commission – Indigenous Electoral Participation Program The AEC’s Indigenous Electoral Participation Program (IEPP) was established as a part of the Governance and Leadership building block of the Australian Government’s Closing the Gap Initiative in 2010. The rationale for the program has been built to encourage greater levels of Indigenous enrolment, voter turnout and formal […]
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HEALTH
Gandangara HealthServices Limited Gandangara Health Services Limited, a division of Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council in Sydney delivers culturally appropriate, responsive and inclusive services that contribute to closing the gap. Through Gandangara Health Services, health practitioners work together to deliver comprehensive services to the Aboriginal community. The first main stream, the General Practice centre, is […]
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HEALTH WORKER OF THE YEAR
KAROLINE TRAILL Karoline Traill is an Aboriginal Aged Care and Community Worker with the Number 34 Aboriginal Health Service & Six Rivers Aboriginal Corporation. She co-ordinates and works with Aboriginal Elders in the Mersey Leven Community, supporting and assisting Elders in the comfort of their own homes. Karoline coordinates the Community Aged Care Package (CACP) […]
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OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE STOLEN GENERATIONS
Stolen – Link Up Queensland and the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts (ACPA) Stolen is a production written by Jane Harrison and directed by Leah Purcell, following five months of collaboration between the project partners Link Up (QLD) and the ACPA. The project involved research, sharing stories, the exploration of family histories, intensive production […]
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Deadly 2012 Nominees for Outstanding Achievement in Cultural Advancement
Phil Ah Wang Torres Strait Islander Elder Uncle Phil Ah Wang is a chef, cultural teacher and communicator who uses cooking to reconnect Indigenous people with their communities. His cooking classes, community kitchens and programs are a way of promoting healthy living, so that Indigenous people can live stronger, make focused decisions and look after […]
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER EMPLOYMENT
Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES) The Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES) is a national Indigenous managed, not-for-profit employment organisation that provides training, mentorship, and guidance to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to secure long-term careers. The AES began in Moree NSW in 1997, and was founded by cotton farmer Dick Estens AO to address the […]
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LITERATURE
Ali Cobby Eckermann (Ruby Moonlight) Ali Cobby Eckermann is a fresh new voice in Australian poetry. Her collections of poetry include the books Ruby Moonlight, Little Bit Long Time, His Father’s Eyes and Kami. She is a Yankunytjatjara/Kokatha kungka woman from South Australia. Ali started writing and publishing poems at an early age, but it was […]
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DANCER OF THE YEAR
TAMARA PEARSON Tamara is a former student of NAISDA and established herself as a hard working dancer and choreographer. She directed, choreographed and performed at her NAISDA graduation show called Thaaraamali, and became the first student in the history of NAISDA to become the director of its end of year show. Tamara plays an active […]
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VISUAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
VERNON AH KEE Screen-printer, drawer, photographer, video and text-based artist, Vernon Ah Kee was born in Innisfail in far north Queensland. He is of the Kuku Yalandji, Yidindji and Gugu Yimithirr peoples of Innisfail. He is largely self-taught and has always been a keen drawer, but it was not until the final year of his […]
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BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR
Natalie Ahmet NITV News (NSW) Natalie Ahmat is an Executive Producer at NITV News. Natalie has 10 years broadcast media experience, as a news presenter, reporter, documentary filmmaker, producer, and radio broadcaster. In 2003, Natalie moved to Alice Springs to work as an on-the-road reporter for Imparja National News. She then joined the media team […]
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FEMALE ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Christine Anu (Outlands) Christine Anu is one of Australia’s most loved Indigenous performers. As well as being a popular recording artist she is also a talented actor and has also been involved in theatre, dance, film, television and children’s entertainment. In the ABC production of Outlands, Christine displayed her versatility by playing an Indigenous, paraplegic, […]
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MALE ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Aaron Fa’Aoso (The Straits) Aaron Fa’Aoso played the smouldering, eldest son Noel Montebello in popular SBS series The Straits, which aired in 2012. The Straits was a 10-part crime series based on the fictional Montebello clan, a family of modern-day smugglers. Aaron was raised in far north Queensland and came up with the idea for […]
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FILM OF THE YEAR
Mabo Marking the 20th anniversary of the historic High Court decision, the film Mabo, which aired on the ABC in June 2012, retold the story of one of Australia’s national heroes: Eddie ‘Koiki’ Mabo – the Torres Strait Islander who spearheaded the High Court challenge that once and for all overthrew the fiction of terra […]
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TELEVISION SHOW OF THE YEAR
Move it Mob Style® – NITV Move It Mob Style®, Australia’s latest dance-based youth, health and fitness TV show is all about showcasing young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s culture through dance and music. Broadcast on ABC 3 and NITV, in each episode Australia’s leading Indigenous dancers across a range of dance styles and […]
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