“A big thing that we try and push at Areyonga school is just making students strong to walk in both worlds – being confident to read and write in their own language and then also able to access the western word that they’re now living in .”
“For a lot of our students their second or third language is English. The science supports the fact that if students become confident and capable learners in their first language, then they’re much more likely to be able to put those skills to use in another language.”
Listen to Areyonga School Principal Toby Brown here :
Get in contact with the CAAMA newsroom: news@caama.com.au
CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 5pm every weekday.
A full bulletin can also be heard online.
In this bulletin:
The Director of the Mutitjulu Health Service, GARY COLE says the cost of living has always been high for his Anangu people and now is more expensive since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic;
Following yesterday’s KINGS Birthday Public Holiday, Australian Republican Movement Co-Chair and former athlete NOVA PERIS has pushed for an alternative public holiday to be considered to better reflect modern Australia.;
A poll by the Guardian Newspaper has found that support for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament is steady, despite other polls finding a fall in the proportion of people in favour of the proposal.;
Western Australia’s Stolen Generations survivors are holiday a rally in Perth today to call for long overdue compensation;
Alice Springs rider DAVID WALSH has won the Finke Desert Race for the fourth time in a row…clocking an overall race time of 3 hours, 35 minutes and 48.9 seconds to get to Finke and back.
By Kirstyn Lindsay, CAAMA News National Correspondent
Multijulu Health Service Director Gary Cole is a Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjra man who helps steer the Rise Ngurratjuta employment program in Mutijulu.
Gary says the cost of living has always been high for his Anangu people and now more expensive since the start of the pandemic.
Most remote communities would have similar challenges accessing fresh and affordable food.
Food staples like meat, bread, milk and water are at all time high in 2023 and he says that the food is better quality, cheaper and fresher at the store in the resort at Yulara but not accessible for his people without a car.
The cost of petrol and car repairs makes it harder for Anangu people to go hunting for their traditional foods and Gary says there is some bush tucker and medicine growing around Mutijulu, but he would like to see more support from the Northern Territory Government to bring food and drinkable water prices down.
Get in contact with the CAAMA newsroom: news@caama.com.au
CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 5pm every weekday.
A full bulletin can also be heard online.
In this bulletin:
The Central Australian Aboriginal Congress in Alice Springs celebrates its 50 birthday today;
The four Northern Territory Aboriginal land councils today signed the Barunga Voice Declaration that addresses all Australians and urges them to support a Voice to Parliament;
A new survey suggests Australians believe we’re experiencing the ‘new normal’ for COVID-19 but experts are worried about a rapid decline in COVID-safe behaviours;
In sport….And local rider DAVID WALSH will be hoping to become one of the all time greats, if he isn’t already, as he seeks to win his fourth title.
“Central Australian Aboriginal Congress was born on the 9th June 1973 – prior to then there was no major Aboriginal organization representing the rights and interest of Aboriginal people of Central Australia.” Neville Perkins
Neville Perkins caamapwphoto 2023
“I was going to Sydney Uni at the time and I was back here having a break and I could see that there was no organisation here representing the interests and rights of Aboriginal people.”
Hartley-street-clinic-1983- courtesy of CAAC
” It was amazing because the Aboriginal women were running the Congress Aboriginal Medical Service and they’re still doing it today and doing a great job… and that’s how it survived ! “
The late Dr Trevor Cutter was our first medical doctor … and he was a great doctor !
Dr Trevor Cutter(centre) with Neville Perkins…. photo copyright Paul Wiles Alice Springs
We had many-many clients, including non Indigenous clients that we were helping in Alice Springs!
Get in contact with the CAAMA newsroom: news@caama.com.au
CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 5pm every weekday.
A full bulletin can also be heard online.
In this bulletin:
The Federal Government has today released details of its justice re-investment programs in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities;
A meeting of the Northern and Central Land Council has passed a resolution with overwhelming support endorsing a call to all Australians to support a Voice to Parliament;
The Australian Indigenous Doctors Association has officially moved to back the Yes vote for the Voice To Parliament referendum;
Legendary Australian singer-songwriter PAUL KELLY is heading to Alice Springs this October to headline an exciting new event, The Warm-Up;
In sport….In cricket…Australian medium-fast bowler and Gulidjan man SCOTT BOLAND will be hoping for some great bowling figures when Australia faces India tonight in the final of the ICC World Test Championships.
Get in contact with the CAAMA newsroom: news@caama.com.au
CAAMA Radio produces two local news bulletins airing at 12pm and 5pm every weekday.
A full bulletin can also be heard online.
In this bulletin:
The Territory Government has again lowered the cap on the number of pokie machines in Alice Springs, which now stands at 1659, down from 1699;
A group of past and present Liberal Party politicians have launched their campaign to support the Yes campaign for a Voice To Parliament, breaking away from the LNP’s position of supporting a No vote, which is lead by Opposition Leader PETER DUTTON;
The Coalition for Healthy Remotes Stores in the Northern Territory is calling for store owners to be supported, to improve the healthiness of stores in remote Aboriginal communities;
Central Australia will soon have access to free, and culturally appropriate mental health and wellbeing support;
In sport….Australian Rugby League Commission Chairman PETER V’LANDYS has revealed plans to expand the NRL competition, with a team from Papua New Guinea leading the race to become the code’s 18th team.
Warlpiri is spoken by Aboriginal people in the Tanami Desert region of the Northern Territory and in terms of number of speakers is one of the largest Aboriginal languages across the country.
Community members and Warlpiri speakers from Yuendumu, Willowra, Lajamanu, Nyirrpi and Alekarenge have contributed to the Warlpiri Dictionary which has been more than 50 years in the making.
With more than 500 illustrations, detailed flora and fauna information, colour photographs; and maps of Warlpiri country the dictionary is rich in Warlpiri history and cultural practices. The dictionary has an English word finder and a guide to Warlpiri grammar and is essential for both beginner and advanced speakers of Warlpiri, translators and interpreters or for anyone interested in learning more about Warlpiri language and culture.
Images by Bri Alexander
Linguist Mary Laughren research interests include Australian Aboriginal languages, language in education, lexicography and the semantic-syntactic interface. She is the editor of the Warlpiri-English encyclopedic dictionary and has played a key role in the documentation of the Walpiri Language with signiificant contributions to the understanding of song register and baby talk register.
Barbara Martin, Yamurna Oldfield and Tess Ross joined Floyd Doyle in the CAAMA studio to celebrate the launch of the Walpiri Dictionary.
Kerry O’Brien has been described as a “giant of Australian journalism” and is probably best remembered for his incisive interviewing style on ABC television with both The 7.30 Report and Four Corners .
Kerry, who is the recipient of six Walkley Awards for excellence in journalism including the Gold Walkley, and the Walkley for Outstanding Leadership, has been a role model for generations of broadcast journalists.
Career Highlights
2010-2015
Presenter/Interviewer Four Corners ABC TV
2015
Author “Keating”, publisher Allen & Unwin
2013
Feature interviews with Paul Keating (four-part series) and Clive James
1995-2010
Editor and presenter/interviewer National 7.30 Report (ABC TV)
1990-1995
First presenter/interviewer Lateline (ABC TV)
1993-1994
Political columnist Time magazine
1988-1989
Political Editor Ten Network.
1988-1989
Founder & presenter Face To Face (Ten Network).
1987
Political Correspondent (ABCTV)
1985-1986
Senior Reporter Four Corners (ABC TV)
1983-1984
First US Correspondent (Seven Network)
1975-1977
Senior Reporter Four Corners (ABC TV)
1972-1975
Senior Reporter Australia’s first daily current affairs program This Day Tonight (ABC TV)
“The traditional models of mainstream media have been completely turned upside down by social media, by the internet and what has followed !”
Kerry O’Brien chats with Floyd Doyle in the CAAMA Studio caamapwphoto 2023
“The internet has been used to spread misinformation, a flood of misinformation which is very difficult for mainstream journalism to deal with !”
“We cannot take democracy for granted.”
CAAMA radio’s Floyd Doyle caught up with Kerry to talk about how media has changed during his nearly fifty years in the profession...
Kerry signs his new book for CAAMA CEO Sonya DeMasiKerry deep in thought…caamapwphoto 2023Kerry O’Brien caamapwphoto 2023
L- R Floyd Doyle, Bruce Dennehy, Kerry O’Brien, David Liddle, Jack Orr.
