Laramba News

The Central Desert News issue 47 is out now. You can read it at Central Desert News December 2022.

The theme for next year’s NAIDOC Week is For Our Elders, and the National NAIDOC Committee is once again holding a 2023 National NAIDOC Week Poster Competition.

At the start of November Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) staff member Siobhan (Shiv) Ivins spent some time at Laramba Community having the opportunity to work ‘in the life of an engagement officer’.

On 9 November Adrian Dixon and Leslie Manda, President and CEO of Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) attended the Aboriginal Leadership and Governance Forum in Mparntwe (Alice Springs).

In September Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) Laramba Childcare had been reading and talking about their families; what it was like when grandparents and great grandparents were children growing up and what it is like for children growing up now.

The Laramba Youth Recreation Hall now has a shade structure over a half-court basketball court, built with funding from a previous Aboriginals Benefit Account (ABA) grant from the Australian Government.

National Safe Work Month happens every year in October, and this year’s theme is “Know Safety, Work Safely”.

The Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) Youth, Sport and Recreation (YSR) school holiday program saw creativity and bush trips.

Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) Community Development Program (CDP) held a ‘Jobs Yarn’ at the Yuelamu CDP Office on 28 September.

In September staff from the Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) Community Safety Patrol (CSP) teams received their Certificate II in Security Operations.