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Vibe 3on3 in Alice a success
A spectacular Vibe 3on3® basketball and hip hop challenge and Community Concert took place at the Alice Springs Youth Hub, Anzac Hill on Friday. View the photos Organisers have described it as one of the best events in the Vibe 3on3® 13 year history, with some 1,000 people attending throughout the day and night. The […]
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Alice get ready for the Vibe 3on3 & Concert
v style=”float:right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px; background:#eee;color:000; font-size:10px; width:270px; padding:5px; “>Two of the members of Last Kinection – Joel Wenitong and Naomi Wenitong – performed recently at the Wyong NSW Vibe 3on3®. Last Kinection, also including band member DJ Jaytee, will be performing at the Alice Springs Community Concert on Friday night. The Vibe 3on3® […]
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Surf’s up in Yirrkala
The folks at Yirrkala in the Northern Territory have just completed three action-packed days of surfing lessons, with six of them completing a Surfing Australia Level 1 Surf Instructor course. Jamo Borthwick and Carly Mcrae, two Surfing Australia coaches from the Gold Coast, delivered the program to more than 50 kids with the help of […]
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Cops and kids go ‘Off the Hook’
Police and local Indigenous children on Melville Island are finding common ground in a love of fishing, with police saying it is also a good way to build trust in the community. AFP members deployed to ‘Operation Pleach’ in the Northern Territory have taken part in the fourth ‘Off the Hook’ fishing event last week. […]
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Desert Rock
Located on the tri-state border point of South Australia, West Australia and the Northern Territory, Wingellina is one of several communities in the remote regions of the Ngaanyatjarra, or Great Western Desert. Wingellina is also the home of NGmedia, a recording company which has released a fourth compilation album, Turlku 4, of songs from Ngaanyatjarra […]
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Big dreams, better futures in Darwin
Young people from across the Darwin region descended on the Darwin Basketball Stadium on Friday for the third Darwin/Palmerston National Indigenous 3on3 Basketball and Hip Hop Challenge – the Vibe 3on3. It was a day for the young people of the Northern Territory to shine with the local organising committee describing the event as ‘by […]
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Vibe 3on3 at Tennant Creek a slam dunk!
Around 400 young people took part in the first ever National Indigenous 3on3 Basketball and Hip Hop Challenge – the Vibe 3on3® held at Tennant Creek. Students attended songwriting workshops in the week leading up to the event with Northern Territory singer/songwriter Shellie Morris, later performing their compositions at the Vibe 3on3® on Friday in […]
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Remarkable Marika’s
Yalangbara: Art of the Djang’kawu is the name of a new exhibition which has just opened at the National Museum of Canberra and tells the remarkable story of the Marika family of Arnhem Land, three generations of artists, cultural diplomats and custodians of one of Australia’s most important spiritual sites “The story of the Djang’kawu […]
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Breaking the sound barrier
Despite the recent breakout commercial success of a few, Indigenous musicians face an uphill battle when it comes to making it on the local mainstream music scene. Over the past 18 months, two immensely talented Indigenous artists from the Northern Territory have made a significant impact on the Australian music charts. Of course, we’re referring […]
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Vibe 3on3 returns to Palmerston
The National Indigenous 3on3 Basketball and Hip Hop Challenge – the Vibe 3on3® – is coming to Palmerston on Saturday, 19 June 2010! Due to the overwhelming popularity of last year’s Palmerston Vibe 3on3, this deadly sport and music festival is returning to the Top End in our ‘Super Saturday’ format. The Vibe 3on3® brings […]
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Dont miss 3on3 in Palmerston this weekend!
The all new National Indigenous 3on3 Basketball and Hip Hop Challenge – the Vibe 3on3® – is coming to Palmerston on Saturday June 13, 2009. This will be the first time the popular sport and music festival has visited the Top End with the new ‘Super Saturday’ format. The Vibe 3on3® brings together Indigenous and […]
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Lack of respiratory care in NT
Indigenous people living in remote Northern Territory communities are suffering from a lack of care in respiratory disease, leading to climbing numbers of death and disease. At a conference in Darwin yesterday, Australian and overseas members of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand heard that lung disease and respiratory disorders are increasing among […]
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Tapalinga win Tiwi championship
Tapalinga were crowned champions of the Tiwi Island Football League yesterday, defeating Imalu 81 – 73 in a cliffhanger at Tiwi Oval, Bathurst Island. It was the Superstars first premiership in five years and their tenth overall. The Imalu Tigers did not give up their title without a fight however, ensuring an exhilarating finish to […]
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Bilingual education phased out in six months
Moves to effectively scrap bilingual education in the state will begin within six months according to a Northern Territory schools official. Widespread opposition forced the NT government to back down on the controversial policy late last year. Former Education Minister Marion Scrymgour however gave the policy the green light last month and announced a years […]
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Minister outlines new education measures
Principals across the Northern Territory have received a letter from Education Minister Marion Scrymgour outlining several new measures aimed at improving the states disturbing literacy and numeracy results. As part of the Ministers expectations for 2009, all schools must maintain at least 90 percent attendance rates. Other measures include a strengthening of “performance management processes” […]
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Gov rolls out school attendance program
The Rudd government is hoping to boost school enrollment and attendance in some Indigenous communities by introducing a controversial new program linking school attendance to welfare quarantining. A trial of the program is being rolled out in the Northern Territory and will require parents on welfare from six remote Aboriginal communities to tell Centrelink where […]
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