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Aboriginal Education

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  Teaching Aboriginal languages

  August 17, 2022

  Aboriginal languages can be taught in schools under the policy direction of the Department’s Aboriginal Education Policy and its Partnership Agreement 2020–2030 with the NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG)

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  Teaching Aboriginal languages

  August 17, 2022

  Aboriginal languages can be taught in schools under the policy direction of the Department’s Aboriginal Education Policy and its Partnership Agreement 2020–2030 with the NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG)

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  Federation campaign seals Connected Community staff gain

  June 02, 2022

  After a robust Federation campaign, the Department has confirmed much-needed additional staff for the state’s 33 Connected Communities schools “are in the process of being actioned”

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  Reconciliation is everyone’s business

  May 30, 2022

  Students and staff across NSW are learning that it is OK to be the brave individual who stands up and fights for change, to ensure greater opportunities for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

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  Governments yet to take action

  May 26, 2022

  The recommendations from a landmark report on Australia’s First Nations women and girls from 2020 have yet to be realised.

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  Respect, acknowledge and celebrate

  March 28, 2022

  Federation members have a long history and tradition of supporting the rights of Aboriginal teachers, students and their communities, as Aboriginal education is everybody’s business.

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  Member awarded for Indigenous excellence

  June 05, 2021

  “The power of education is immeasurable; it is what we do with this power that changes lives. This is why I do what I do,” said Federation member Kayla White, who has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education with the 2020 Arthur Hamilton Award.

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  Looking back, we still have a long way to go

  May 29, 2021

  While some progress has been made on relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Aboriginal peoples, injustices continue.