The following projects and initiatives have been approved in 2008-09 under the Aboriginals Benefit Account (ABA).
For information on how to apply see Grants & Funding - Aboriginals Benefit Account (ABA).
| Organisation |
Funding
|
Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Thamarrurr Development Corporation |
$500,000
|
Establishment |
| Northern Land Council |
$50,000
|
Banka Banka land use consultancy. |
| Tangentyere Council Inc |
$1,273,866
|
Construct an Art Centre building. |
| Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation |
$1,000,000
|
Construct two three bed sitters. |
| Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation |
$49,500
|
Purchase a commuter bus. |
| Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation |
$1,000,000
|
Rebuild/refurbish six buildings. |
| Central Land Council |
$1,200,000
|
Construct housing for ranger co-ordinators in Yuendumu, Lajamanu and Ti-Tree. |
| Groote Eylandt & Bickerton Island Enterprises Aboriginal Corporation |
$106,173
|
Purchase a coaster bus. |
| Alawa Aboriginal Corporation |
$154,000
|
Establish an operational base and purchase a vehicle to manage ranger operations at Minyerri. |
| Warddeken Land Management Ltd |
$250,000
|
Ranger group support. |
| Tiwi Island Shire Council |
$2,000,000
|
Purchase earthmoving plant equipment. |
| Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation |
$1,300,000
|
Assist with the construction of the Dhimurru Headquarters. |
| Desert Knowledge Australia |
$1,070,000
|
Develop and build business networks across desert Australia. |
| MJD Foundation |
$1,700,000
|
Support MJD sufferers. |
| Murwangi Community Aboriginal Corporation |
$61,000
|
Purchase a tractor, a slasher and quad bikes for weed control. |
| Central Australian Aboriginal Music Association |
$1,000,000
|
Record endangered languages in the NT. |
| Traditional Credit Union |
$236,005
|
Provide customers with a visa debit card system. |
| Mungoorbada Aboriginal Corporation |
$1,668,110
|
To build a new store at Robinson River. |
| Tiwi Land Council |
$1,500,000
|
Land and sea ranger program over 3 years. |
| Mt Theo Yuendumu Substance Aboriginal Corporation |
$400,000
|
Construct a 3 bedroom house to accommodate Swimming Pool Manager. |
| Alyawarr Inkerr-wenh Aboriginal Corporation |
$492,185
|
Operational funding. |
| Barkly Regional Arts Inc |
$15,108
|
Upgrade the Winanjjikari music recording studio. |
| Barkly Regional Arts Inc |
$49,060
|
Record endangered languages and story book II. |
| Nitmiluk Tours Pty Ltd |
$2,797,000
|
Develop a 3 year pilot program to establish regional transport in the Katherine Region. |
| Northern Land Council |
$5,000,000
|
Establish optic fibre cable nodes to Aboriginal communities. |
| Nauiyu Namibiyu Inc |
$185,000
|
Administrative support. |
| Northern Land Council |
$6,500,000
|
Land and sea ranger program over 2 years. |
| Dhimurru Land Management Aboriginal Corporation |
$880,000
|
Construct a 2/3 bedroom duplex to accommodate senior ranger facilitator. |
| Thamarrurr Development Corporation |
$100,000
|
Provide equipment to support training and employment of local Indigenous trainee painters. |
| Thamarrurr Development Corporation |
$550,000
|
Purchase equipment to undertake construction of compacted gravel pads for infrastructure projects. |
| Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation |
$45,365
|
Cover travel costs to Coff's Harbour to compete in the Ella Indigenous 7's tournament. |
| Nauiyu Namibiyu Inc |
$35,000
|
Purchase musical instruments and amplification equipment to stage live concerts in remote communities. |
| Laynhapuy Homelands Association |
$237,508
|
Purchase a sea ranger vessel. |
| Ramingining Homelands Resource Centre Aboriginal Corporation |
$28,570
|
Cover travel costs for a memorial to Yolgnu elder. |
| Desart Inc |
$2,327,000
|
Coordinate infrastructure development in art centres across the NT. |
| ANKAAA |
$5,809,391
|
Coordinate infrastructure development in art centres across the NT. |
| Traditional Credit Union |
$1,500,000
|
3 years operational funding for a banking service to remote Indigenous communities. |
| Ngurratjuta/ Pmara Ntjarra Aboriginal Corporation |
$242,400
|
Develop a market garden at Ulpanyali (Kings Canyon) to produce fresh fruit and vegetables for the local community and Alice Springs. |
| Alpirakina Store Aboriginal Corporation |
$2,400,000
|
Build a new community store at Yuelamu. |
| Resource Development Service Regional |
$950,285
|
Construct a regional broadcasting facility to benefit east Arnhem Land communities. |
| Laynhapuy Homelands Aboriginal Association |
$373,000
|
Purchase and implement a 2-Way radio communication system for its outstations residents. |
| Nauiyu Nambiyu Inc |
$600,000
|
Upgrade internal electrical works, refrigeration and shelving of community store. |
| Groote Eylandt & Bickerton Island Enterprises Aboriginal Corporation |
$58,349
|
Assist local people with vehicle driver training. |
| Groote Eylandt & Bickerton Island Enterprises Aboriginal Corporation |
$65,750
|
Establish a training centre. |
| Anindilyakwa Land Council |
$250,000
|
Purchase a sea ranger vessel and trailer for the Women's ranger group. |
| Centrefarm Aboriginal Horticulture Limited |
$88,425
|
Undertake feasibility studies on potential market gardens in 15 Central Australian communities. |
| Kanparrka Store Association Inc (Haast bluff community) |
$2,200,000
|
Construction a brand new community store. |
| Thamarrurr Development Corporation |
$691,000
|
Purchase a mobile concrete batching plant to allow the community to tender for SIHIP contracts. |
| Thamarrurr Development Corporation |
$731,000
|
Accommodate several key staff in the community. |
| Mutchirr Corporation Limited |
$750,000
|
Fix the Palumpa community's causeway in a joint proposal with the Northern Territory Government. |
| Mutchirr Corporation Limited. |
$600,000
|
Establishment grant. |
| Warnbi Aboriginal Corporation |
$ 91,085
|
Purchase a garbage compactor to provide rubbish removal services to the Jabiru region. |
| NT Government Dept Regional Development, Primary Industry, Fisheries and Resources |
$500,000
|
Support the Indigenous Business Development Program to assist rural and remote Aboriginal people wanting to start up small business enterprises. |
| Rirratjingu Association Inc. |
$907,526
|
Upgrade electricity meters, seal internal roads and minor renovation to 25 houses at the Aboriginal Housing estate at Wallaby Beach. |
| Yipirinya School Council Inc |
$170,000
|
2 School Buses |
| Clontarf Foundation |
$530,000
|
Yirara College - 2xall terrain vehicles |
| Catholic Education Office |
$44,741
|
School Bus - Bathurst Island |
| Catholic Education Office |
$88,867
|
School Bus - Ltyentye Apurte School |
|
Ceremonial & Funeral support (available to Northern Territory Land Councils only)
|
$2,090,000
|
|
|
Scholarship & Sponsorship in Education & Leadership
|
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| Ingkerreke Outstation Resource Service Aboriginal Corporation | Community Development |
$210,000
|
| Lloyd McDermott Rugby Dev Team Inc | NT Youth participation in (NATSI) Under 16 Tournament - Gold Coast 2009 |
$16,080
|
| Aboriginal Medical Service Alliance NT | Building Leadership & Capacity |
$496,600
|
| Rostrevor College | Indigenous Sports Academy |
$140,000
|
|
Total
|
$1,696,288
|
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