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- 18 December 2008
- Senate see sense over waste dump ›› more
- 28 October 2008
- Devils Marbles handed back to traditional owners ›› more
- 27 October 2008
- Tanami Regional Partnership Agreement ›› more
- 27 October 2008
- Warlpiri use royalties to build Yuendumu Pool ›› more
- 15 October 2008
- Minister looks for distraction ›› more
- 14 October 2008
- CLC response to NTER review ›› more
- 14 August 2008 2008
- Communities have their say on intervention ›› more
- 31 July 2008 2008
- Fairfax news in bad taste ›› more
- 24 July 2008 2008
- election: accountability needed ›› more
- 17 July 2008 2008
- Royal commission needed into NT funding ›› more
- 11 July 2008 2008
- Simpson Desert: the last land rights claim under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act ›› more
- 8 July 2008 2008
- Sacred site damage at Wilora ›› more
- 30 May 2008
- Seal the Mereenie Loop Road Now ›› more
- 27 May 2008
- Angela Pamela Negotiations ›› more
- 9 May 2008
- Angela Pamela and the native title process ›› more
- 18 February 2008
- Coalition should support permit system ›› more
- 15 February 2008
- Politicians threaten to derail fresh start ›› more
- 22 January 2008
- Police ignorance upsets Lajamanu community ›› more
- 26 November 2007
- Optimism for a fresh consensual approach on Aboriginal affairs ›› more
- 21 November 2007
- Concerns over Central Petroleum tactics ›› more
Hopes for model training centre at Harts Range
Parties involved in planning for a new training centre at Harts Range hope it will become a model for future job creation schemes in remote areas.
Representatives from communities in the Plenty Highway region, including Atitjere, Engawala, Bonya, Santa Teresa, Mt Swan and Akarnane Well, met at Harts Range in February to discuss the creation of the training centre.
They voted to form the Arrkernke Awapete Aboriginal Corporation and elected 12 directors (10 are pictured above) to serve on its board. They are: Keven Bloomfield, Alec Cavanagh, Bruce Petrick, Neville Petrick, Freddy Mulladad, Anthony Petrick, Maria Schaber, Jane Bloomfield, Joanne Peckham, Leanne Reiff, Rosalie Petrick and Cecelia Webb Schaber.
The plan for a training centre is based around plans by Olympia Resources to open a garnet mine at Aturga Creek.
Olympia board approval and regulatory approval is expected later this year.
If the mine does go ahead, it’s expected to employ up to 80 people with about 20 people per shift. Olympia has said it’s aiming to employ up to 80 percent of its workers from local Aboriginal communities.
Initially, the training centre would prepare and supply local Aboriginal workers to the Olympia mine, but it’s hoped it will expand to cater for other projects such as Thor Mining’s Molybdenum mine at Molyhill.