The remote North East Arnhem community of Gunyangara has celebrated a major milestone with the opening of a new assembly hall for Yolngu children at Dhupuma Barker School.

The hall has been designed to be the heart of the school and features a large multi-purpose space with a covered basketball court, changerooms and administration space.

It will host school events as well as serve as a hub for the community, reinforcing Dhupuma Barker’s role as a focal point for Gunyangara.

The Albanese Government is investing $2.3 million to expand First Nations tourism offerings in South Australia and strengthen the economic participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.  

The funding will go towards five tourism projects at the Yitpi Yartapuultiku cultural precinct in Port Adelaide.

Yitpi Yartapuultiku is owned by the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and was co-designed with the Yitpi Yartapuultiku Aboriginal Working Group.

The dedication of the Tiwi Islands Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) was celebrated yesterday with a ceremony at Wurrumiyanga in the Northern Territory.

The new IPA covers 718,463 hectares of Country and will be managed by the Tiwi Land Council.

The IPA holds significant cultural and environmental value supporting important bushfoods and medicines, making this a critical place for protection.

It is home to 19 threatened plant species and 28 threatened animal species, such as the Brush-tailed Rabbit-rat and Tiwi Hooded Robin. 

A new community-led early childhood education and care service has opened in Alice Springs creating more opportunities and greater access to quality early education for local First Nations children.  

The new Todd Street Child Care Centre is led by the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress Aboriginal Corporation (Congress) and provides high-quality, culturally responsive early childhood education and care for up to 37 additional local children.  

A transformation of the Gunyangara (Gove Port) Tourism Precinct has today been officially unveiled, which is set to unlock a host of opportunities for the East Arnhem region, as the local mining industry winds down.

The new facilities will enable access for larger commercial and recreational vessels, increasing visits and tourism activity in the area.

At the same time, Inverell Bay has been transformed with improved marine and landside facilities, including a 60-metre floating pontoon, a new carpark, and vital amenity and safety upgrades.

From today, women and children leaving family, domestic and sexual violence (FDSV) in south-eastern NSW will receive additional holistic care and support through an Albanese Government pilot program.

The Supporting Outreach Healthcare FDSV Pilot will provide accommodation services in Eurobodalla, Goulburn and the Shoalhaven with access to a team of health professionals including on-site GPs, nurses and service navigators.

TOM CONNELL, HOST:  Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, Patrick Gorman, and former Liberal MP, Jason Falinski. Thank you both for your time. So just focusing on one element of this, Patrick, you've got a flight for Annika Wells' husband to go to the AFL Grand Final and back on the one day. So, a few hours in Melbourne. That's not really a family reunion, is it? That's just going to the footy. 

BRIDGET ARCHER, TASMANIAN HEALTH MINISTER: It is fantastic to be here with Assistant Minister White and Trudi Steedman from CHaPS, as well as Andrew Hargrave from the Department of Health Infrastructure to see construction underway on this intensive residential parenting unit here at St Johns Park. This is a really exciting project that will double the capacity of the beds available for new parents and their babies.

Tasmanian victim-survivors of family, domestic and sexual violence will receive better support from their local GP and other primary care workers thanks to a new pilot program announced today.

Primary care is often the first place people turn to when experiencing family, domestic, sexual and gender-based violence including child sexual abuse and this pilot will help health professionals better recognise, respond to and refer survivors to specialist services.

For the third year in a row, a wide range of free activities will be on offer in Alice Springs and remote communities these summer school holidays, funded through the Albanese Government’s A Better, Safer Future for Central Australia (Central Australia Plan). 

Delivered over six weeks, the program starts next weekend and will run in Alice Springs and 26 remote communities including Kintore, Atitjere and Titjikala.