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Indigenous Language Art Competition

First Languages Australia and ABC Education have collaborated to offer the Indigenous Language Art Competition for a second year.

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Languages feature at World Expo Dubai

First Languages Australia was invited to provide content for broadcast on big screens across the site of World Expo Dubai for the duration of the event.

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Digital activism tool kit

As we head into the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022–2032, Rising Voices is working with UNESCO to build a language digital activism toolkit to support communities worldwide who want to leverage technology and digital media to promote our languages on the internet.

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Queensland Rail acknowledgement of country

Congratulations to the Central Queensland Language Centre team for their work with Queensland Rail to embed acknowledgement of country in language on long-distance train services across their region.

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Mexico/Australia young champion exchange program

From May to July 2021, First Languages Australia and Rising Voices have invited young champions from Australia and Indigenous language digital activists of Mexico to participate in a virtual exchange program.

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ABC Indigenous Language Art Competition

Building on the success of previous years’ competitions, ABC Education and First Languages Australia have launched the 2021 Indigenous Language Art Competition.

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Pay rates project

Information is being collected from language centres nationally to establish appropriate pay rates for all of us in the language sector.

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Place names

Conversations are continuing with the Permanent Committee on Place Names (now known as the Australia and New Zealand Working Group on Place Names, WGPN) to establish protocols for reviewing existing materials in the public databases and adding new information.

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Recording the outcomes of the International Speaker Series

First Languages Australia has been working with Media Farm to interview the artists who participated in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Indigenous Language International Speaker Series in 2019.

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Indigenous Voice

First Languages Australia responded to Minister Wyatt’s call for input into the national voice proposal.

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National education project

First Languages Australia is delighted to be able to share the report on the first stage of our national education project which aims to support the development of Indigenous language teachers and the teaching of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages in schools.

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Planning for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages

First Languages Australia Manager, Faith Baisden, was elected as one of the Pacific Region's three representatives on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Global Task Force for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022–2032.

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National Education Summit

Melinda Holden and Robert Ah Wing represented First Languages Australia at the National Education Summit in Brisbane on 4 and 5 June 2021.

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