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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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In a bid to bring healthy and affordable fresh foods to the APY Lands, the remote 455-person town of Amata will soon debut a new refurbished food store.
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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.
Premier Steven Marshall says he has asked his cabinet ministers to contribute to a new “whole-of-government” plan that measures South Australia’s progress on improving services to Aboriginal communities.
