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Close alert CULTURE AND EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES Back to Our Work * Home * Our Work * Current: Culture and Empowering Communities On this page Culture Empowered Communities Uluru Statement from the Heart in full Latest news Resources Programs and policies * Culture * Empowered Communities * Uluru Statement from the Heart in full * Latest news * Resources * Programs and policies Listen CULTURE Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures are a critical part of our national identity. As Australians, we can all be proud to be the home of one of the oldest continuous civilisations on Earth, extending back over 65,000 years. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s strong connection to family, land, language, and culture forms the foundation for social, economic, and individual wellbeing. This is integral to efforts to close the gap. Our work contributes to improving respect and appreciation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, support cultural identity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and social cohesion for all Australians. Through the Culture and Capability Programme of the Indigenous Advancement Strategy, we provide funding to support the maintenance and strengthening of Indigenous cultural expression and conservation. Projects funded are designed to increase Indigenous Australians’ participation in the social and economic life of Australia, through healing, and strengthening existing capabilities. View more details about: NAIDOC Heritage Indigenous Broadcasting EMPOWERED COMMUNITIES The Australian Government is working in a new way with First Nations leaders and communities, one that supports First Nations ownership, enables true partnerships with Government and recognises the diversity of cultures and circumstances of First Nations Australians. This aligns with the Government’s commitment to ensure First Nations communities are involved in local and regional decision making under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, particularly Priority Reforms One, Two and Three, Formal Partnerships and Shared Decision Making, Building the Community Controlled Sector and Transforming Government Organisations. One example is the First Nations-designed and led Empowered Communities initiative. Empowered Communities involves First Nations communities and governments working together to set priorities, improve services and apply funding effectively at a regional level. It aims to increase First Nations ownership and give First Nations people greater influence over decisions that affect them. Empowered Communities is about governments backing First Nations leaders who want to introduce positive changes in their communities and regions by putting First Nations culture and participation central to government decision-making. Empowered Communities is active in 10 urban, rural and remote regions across Australia: * Cape York, QLD * Central Coast, NSW * Inner Sydney, NSW * Goulburn- Murray, NSW and VIC * East Kimberley, WA * West Kimberley, WA * Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, WA, NT and SA * Ngarrindjeri Ruwe, SA * North-East Arnhem Land, NT * Far West Coast, SA. The Australian Government provided $5 million to support the Empowered Communities leaders to complete a detailed design of the model outlined in the Empowered Communities design report. The Australian Government responded to the design report in December 2015. It strongly supported local First Nations led action to address priorities and aspirations identified by communities, in partnership with First Nations people. The regional implementation of Empowered Communities is underway with support from the Australian Government and Jawun Indigenous Corporate Partnerships. A number of state and territory governments are also involved. IMPLEMENTATION - PROGRESS TO DATE The Australian Government has provided $47 million from 2016 through 30 June 2024 to fund ‘backbone organisations’ in the 10 Empowered Communities regions. This supports critical capability for First Nations leaders as they work with their communities and partner organisations to identify and progress local priorities. As part of its commitment to greater transparency, the Government is providing Empowered Communities regional data and funding information to help inform joint planning and identifying community priorities. In the early stages of implementation, Empowered Communities leaders and their communities focused on establishing governance and engagement structures, identifying first priorities and long term regional development agendas that address social, economic and cultural development. Since then, Empowered Communities regions have moved to action on initial priorities, including through joint decision making with Government on Indigenous Advancement Strategy funding and co-designing initiatives to address community priorities. The National Indigenous Australians Agency Regional Offices are supporting this effort on the ground. More information is available on the Empowered communities website or by contacting NIAA. View more details about: Indigenous Capability Reconciliation Australia Indigenous Interpreters ULURU STATEMENT FROM THE HEART IN FULL The Australian Government has committed to implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full. The Statement calls for: * a First Nations Voice to be permanently included in the Constitution * the establishment of a Makarrata Commission to supervise agreement-making and truth-telling about our history. On 14 October 2023, a referendum was held on whether to change the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. The referendum did not pass. REFERENDUM ON AN ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER VOICE On 14 October 2023, Australians voted in a referendum about whether to change the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing a body called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. It was the first referendum of the 21st century. The referendum did not pass. The question that was put to the Australian people at the 2023 referendum was: "A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Do you approve this proposed alteration?" The proposed law Australians were asked to approve at the referendum would have inserted a new section into the Constitution: "Chapter IX Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 129 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice In recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of Australia: I. There shall be a body, to be called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice; II. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice may make representations to the Parliament and the Executive Government of the Commonwealth on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; III.The Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have power to make laws with respect to matters relating to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, including its composition, functions, powers and procedures.” The referendum question and constitutional amendment were announced by the Prime Minister on 23 March 2023, and were settled following consultation with the First Nations Referendum Working Group. The referendum question and constitutional amendment were set out in the Constitutional Alteration Bill that was passed by both Houses of Parliament on 19 June 2023. MORE INFORMATION * Constitutional recognition * The Voice design principles * The referendum groups who assisted government in the lead up to the referendum RESOURCES * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice website on the Trove archive * Joint Select Committee (2018) Final Report – Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples * Joint Select Committee (2018) Interim Report – Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples * Joint Select Committee (2018) Appointment of Resolution - Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People * Referendum Council on the Trove archive * Joint Select Committee website LATEST NEWS See all News Culture and Empowering Communities | News NAIDOC 2024 LOCAL GRANTS Wednesday, 17 Jan 2024 Culture and Empowering Communities | News AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES A NEW INDIGENOUS BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT HUB FOR THE NT Monday, 04 Apr 2022 Culture and Empowering Communities | News INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY – JESS FATNOWNA Tuesday, 08 Mar 2022 Culture and Empowering Communities | News GALTHA ROM AND LEARNING ON COUNTRY IN EAST ARNHEM LAND Wednesday, 02 Feb 2022 See all News RESOURCES See all NIAA STRETCH RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN 2022-2025 Thursday, 10 Mar 2022 PROTECTION OF INDIGENOUS CULTURAL HERITAGE AT THE COMMONWEALTH LEVEL Wednesday, 06 Oct 2021 Report RENEWING A VITAL INDIGENOUS VOICE AND COMMUNITY ASSET – THE INDIGENOUS BROADCASTING AND MEDIA SECTOR Wednesday, 06 Oct 2021 Report JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE (2018) FINAL REPORT – JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITION RELATING TO ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES Thursday, 29 Nov 2018 See all PROGRAMS AND POLICIES Culture and Empowering Communities NAIDOC Tuesday, 05 Apr 2016 Culture and Empowering Communities HERITAGE Tuesday, 05 Apr 2016 Culture and Empowering Communities INDIGENOUS INTERPRETERS Tuesday, 05 Apr 2016 Culture and Empowering Communities RECONCILIATION AUSTRALIA Tuesday, 05 Apr 2016 Culture and Empowering Communities INDIGENOUS CAPABILITY Thursday, 17 Mar 2016 Culture and Empowering Communities INDIGENOUS BROADCASTING Thursday, 17 Mar 2016 FEEDBACK Did you find this page useful? 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