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ARNHEM Land band East Journey will join Jessica Mauboy, Dan Sultan, maverick hip-hop artist Briggs and former triple j Unearthed NIMA winner Thelma Plum at this year’s National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs) on Saturday 25 July.Read more

LOCAL artists at Gunbalanya in West Arnhem are welcoming tourists to their new interpretative centre at Injalak Arts. The arts centre, which currently attracts more than 8000 visitors a year, has refurbished an old screen print workshop to create a new, multifaceted space that includes audio-visual screens, interpretative boards, signage, pathways, external shade areas and areas for lectures and workshops. Located on the doorstep of Kakadu National Park, Injalak Arts is an ideal stop over for tourists looking for an authentic art and cultural experience, and it has strong appeal to international tourists and family groups.Read more

THE West Arnhem Regional Council (WARC) is assisting people to stay in their own homes and on their communities by providing care, meals, advocacy and support services to people living with a disability or are frail and aged. In Gunbalanya, WARC Community Care Team Leader Cherie Nichols says the staff also take elders out onto country. “We have weekly outings for our clients to engage in cultural activities including fishing, collecting pandanus, and hunting for turtles,” Cherie says. “We usually try to take other family members along to help with everything, and it’s also a good opportunity for them to gain cross-generational education with the elders. The old ladies absolutely love it, getting out on their country and collecting pandanus to weave baskets.”Read more

CONCERNS are being raised about poor quality roads rolled out as part of a Northern Territory Government subdivision in Maningrida. Elected member of West Arnhem Regional Council’s Maningrida Ward, Councillor Matthew Ryan, says the new roads are simply not up to scratch. “They began falling apart almost as soon as they were laid,” Cr Ryan told The Wire.Read more