Group News
Our Visit with Jervis Bay School and the Wreck Bay Community
It has been some time since we'd visited Jervis Bay School and it was a privilege to be able to return to spend some time with the school leadership and with community members of Wreck Bay. There is a renewed commitment to work together in the interests of educators and families. The Group will ensure the community is represented as one of our network groups having membership on the new-look ATSIECG post-June 2017. The nominated Wreck Bay representative will work closely with the Indigenous Education Officer at the School and families on the educational aspirations of students and families.
Photo: ATSIECG Member Deborah Eades with Jervis Bay School Principal, Rachel Bourke, at the school's beautiful new mural painted by Wreck Bay community members.
Photo: ATSIECG Member Deborah Eades with Jervis Bay School Principal, Rachel Bourke, at the school's beautiful new mural painted by Wreck Bay community members.
AUSTRALIA'S IECB CHAIRS MEET IN CANBERRA TO VISIT MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
On 13 and 14 September 2016 representatives of the remaining Indigenous Education Consultative Bodies (IECBs) still functioning after being defunded by the Australian Government in 2014, met with the Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Shadow Minister for Education, the Hon Andrew Giles MP, Shadow Assistant Minister for Schools; Assistant Minister the Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP, Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care; the Hon Linda Burney MP, Shadow Minister for Human Services; Senator Malarndirri McCarthy, Labor Senator from the Northern Territory, and other politicians and senior government officials. The IECBs are calling for the reinvestment in Aboriginal expertise at the national level in education and training. The media release about the National IECB network's vision for a strong voice of the community in national education policy can be found below.
Photo: L-R Karina Lee (VAEAI Policy Officer), Fiona Petersen (ACT ATSIECG Chair), Lionel Bamblett (VAEAI General Manager), The Hon. Linda Burney MP (First Aboriginal woman elected to the House of Representatives), Peter Buckskin (Chair, SAAETCC), Cindy Berwick (NSW AECG Chair), Joe Cavanagh (NSW AECG Policy Officer) and Jo Ashford (SAAETCC Executive Officer).
Photo: L-R Karina Lee (VAEAI Policy Officer), Fiona Petersen (ACT ATSIECG Chair), Lionel Bamblett (VAEAI General Manager), The Hon. Linda Burney MP (First Aboriginal woman elected to the House of Representatives), Peter Buckskin (Chair, SAAETCC), Cindy Berwick (NSW AECG Chair), Joe Cavanagh (NSW AECG Policy Officer) and Jo Ashford (SAAETCC Executive Officer).
