Courier Mail August 10, 2009 12:00am
THE Federal Government has pledged $9.3 million over the coming year to help take 113 indigenous languages off the critically endangered list.
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There is some confusion in the media about the money but the Australian Government announced a National Indigenous Languages Policy yesterday.
Here’s the various links.
On the 9th of August the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts together with the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs released media statement and policy document on Indigenous Languages.
From Government News Magazine.
The Alice Springs-based group who created Ngapartji Ngapartji (a play which has sold out to national audiences and is a 2008 nominee for a prestigious Deadly Award), are calling on the Federal Government to urgently introduce a National Indigenous Languages policy.
The group released a discussion paper to Government in late July and are concerned that they haven’t yet heard a response.
News from the QSA Connect Newsletter: Indigenous languages policy
In April 2008 the Queensland Studies Authority (QSA) proudly launched the QSA Australian Indigenous languages policy. This statement acknowledges the importance of understanding, maintaining and promoting the diversity of Australian Indigenous languages spoken in Queensland and across Australia. The policy supports curriculum initiatives in assisting schools and communities to work in partnership to recognise and value local Indigenous languages.
The Indigenous languages policy (PDF 690K) acknowledges the need to understand the diversity of Australian languages, and the intercultural understandings gained when these languages are valued within the Queensland curriculum. This policy is supported by our Indigenous perspectives statement (PDF 554K) which has embedding Indigenous perspectives within the curriculum as its focus area for 2008.