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paraclete |
11/03/06 |
In a bold attempt to address the issue of reconciliation, whatever that is, the Government of the Soveriegn state of New South Wales, with a population of some 6 million people, 140,000 of them of indigenous extraction, or abstraction, according to circumstance, has decide to enter the area to address it's growing indigenous problems of riot, affray, general disorder and discontent. I am absolutely staggered by the sums of money put on the table here. These grants should be able to buy every indigenous person half a sausage at the next barbie, that is if someone provides the barbie.
Grants pool for NSW reconciliation.
4, 2006 - 10:30AM
The NSW government today announced $40,000 funding in small grants for programs to promote reconciliation between Aboriginal and main stream communities.
It is the first time the government has made all its funding available at once, in a bid to make it easier for community groups to apply for the grants, which are administered by the NSW Reconciliation Council.
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Milton Orkopoulos said the NSW government over three years had previously handed out 37 grants, ranging from $500 to $5000 for reconciliation activities or events.
"By minimising red-tape, we hope more community groups will be aware of these funds and be able to utilise them more effectively," Mr Orkopoulos said.
Previous projects include the First Contact Memorial on Oxley Hill, overlooking Bowral in the Southern Highlands, and last month's Wollumbin Festival in the Tweed Valley, northern NSW.
Mr Orkopoulos today attended the opening of the NSW Reconciliation Council AGM, which runs until tomorrow at Darlington Public School in inner-city Darlington.
AAP
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