Finalists 2010
Finalist for the 2010 Indigenous Governance Awards have been announced!
Category A: Organisations established for less than 10 years
Carbon Media Events Pty Ltd
Carbon Media is a privately owned new media production company, based in Brisbane. Carbon set up in 2006 and has since broken the mould of traditional production houses by offering design and delivery of content across all genres and platforms - television, internet and mobile. Carbon is wholly Aboriginal owned and passionate about promoting Indigenous culture, languages and people using the latest technology. Carbon produced the highly acclaimed Indigenous children's spelling and grammar gameshow - Letterbox - now broadcast on ABC3, NITV and the Australia Network. Carbon is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) that, in conjunction with partners, nurtures the training of Indigenous young people.
Mirrimbeena Aboriginal Education Group Inc
The Mirrimbeena Aboriginal Education Group Inc was formed in 2001 in order to encourage the youth and adults of Echuca and district to return to study or to embark on some form of industry training through offering education and training opportunities. Its purpose includes fostering the spirit of reconciliation by encouraging local Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people to access education and training together. The organisation has been successfully operating for nine years and during these years has been instrumental in training and gaining employment for many Aboriginal people.
Napranum Preschool PaL Group
Formed as a company in 2004, the Napranum Preschool PaL Group is an Indigenous not-for-profit entity based in Weipa that owns the Parents and Learning (PaL) program. The formation of the Napranum Preschool PaL Group as an organisation followed the development of the Parents and Learning Program (PaL) which was trialed in the Napranum Indigenous Community in 2001 as a program to meet community needs by supporting parents and family members to engage in their children's learning and assist the development of their children's early literacy and numeracy skills. The organisation now develops, licenses, administers and manages the PaL program in Indigenous communities to continuously improve and implement initiative to progress educational opportunities for Indigenous Australians and to increase knowledge about the need for improvement in educational opportunities for Indigenous Australians.
Noongar Mia Mia Pty Ltd
Noongar Mia Mia was established in 2000 by Perth's Noongar Regional Council (former ATSIC Regional Council) to provide and manage public housing for Indigenous people within the Perth metropolitan area and encourage Aboriginal home ownership. It is an Indigenous owned and controlled company that exclusively operates as a property manager of rental accommodation, both owned and subleased, in the Perth Metropolitan area for Indigenous people. The company's values reflect an outlook that is both Indigenous and commercial and it provides a high profile and effective service to Aboriginal people in the Perth area while concurrently maintaining strong cultural links to the people and land.
Category B: Organisations established for more than 10 years
Association of Northern, Kimberley and Arnhem Aboriginal Artists
Since 1987 the Association of Northern, Kimberley and Arnhem Aboriginal Artists (ANKAAA) has been one of Australia's peak body for Indigenous Art Centres. Today ANKAAA's members number more than 3,000 artists working individually and through 43 community art centres located across an area of over one million square kilometers in the Top End of the Northern Territory and Western Australia. ANKAAA supports Indigenous artists and art centres to work together to achieve individual and collective successes in local, national and international realms. It also promotes the sharing of information and knowledge to improve the lives of Indigenous artists living in remote communities, secure resources, accomplish business goals and promote the ethical growth of its Indigenous art sectors.
Australian Indigenous Doctors Association Limited
The Australian Indigenous Doctors Association (AIDA), formed in 1998 is a not-for-profit, non-government organisation dedicated to the pursuit of leadership, partnership and scholarship in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, education and workforce. AIDA achieves this by providing collegiate support for Indigenous doctors and medical students, advocating for the health and wellbeing of Indigenous people and working closely with medical schools to support Indigenous medical students and also non-Indigenous medical and health bodies to encourage institutional change in relation to Indigenous health. It also offers expert advice to government, medical and educational sectors in relation to Indigenous health issues and maintains strong links with Indigenous communities to ensure AIDA policies, projects and events are culturally relevant.
Laynhapuy Homelands Association Incorporated
Providing services to 24 permanently occupied remote homelands of varying size over 10,500 square kilometers in North East Arnhem Land, the Laynhapuy Homelands Association Incorporated supports and sustains these communities. Since 1985 Laynhapuy has had the responsibility to supply the structure and support for the development of homeland facilities and services, to maintain the land, the culture and the Wanga (homelands centre) for future generations and support them in the achievement of self sufficiency in the management and determination of the Yingu people. Programs are focused on the maintenance and protection of country and culture, employment, training & economic development opportunities, good standards of communications and infrastructure in homelands and good health, social and community development and educational outcomes.
North Coast Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health
The North Coast Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health was established to address the health needs of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community of the Sunshine Coast and Gympie Region. Through consultation the community expressed a need for a Health Service that would deliver culturally appropriate health care services. Accordingly since 2001 NCACCH has been operating a unique brokerage system which finds and 'buys' the best and most cost effective health service available from established mainstream health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It is an innovative approach which focuses on cost-effectiveness, professionalism, cultural appropriateness and partnerships.