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In a year of disruptions, 34 artists from the APY Lands have grasped the opportunity to shine on an international stage with works that tell the story of a new movement in Australian art history, writes Art Gallery of SA assistant director Lisa Slade.
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An art group which provides jobs, income and exposure to Indigenous artists from SA’s APY Lands is examining whether to permanently shut its Adelaide and Sydney gallery doors amid the economic downturn of COVID-19.
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A specialist police group of officers from South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory will be sent to the APY Lands on a fly-in fly-out basis, as part of the SA Government’s $1 million cost-cutting overhaul to policing in the state’s far north.
A crisis in community policing in the APY Lands has led to six full-time community constable positions remaining vacant, prompting Police Minister Corey Wingard to schedule a visit to the remote area to seek answers.
Schools in the APY lands will start teaching in Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara language with English as an additional language by 2029 under a new State Government plan.
South Australian Aboriginal students will reach the same literacy and numeracy standards as their non-Aboriginal classmates by 2029 under the Education Department’s new draft plan for closing the gap on Indigenous education.
