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The Western Desert Nganampa Walytja Palyantjaku Tjutaku Aboriginal Corporation (WDNWPT) represents Yanangu families on dialysis and helps them to develop renal services in their home communities so they no longer have to move permanently to Alice Springs for treatment. It makes sense then that in Pintupi ‘nganampa walytja palyantjaku tjutaku’ literally means ‘making all our families well’.

Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts Aboriginal Corporation (GCAAC) is the newest Aboriginal art centre in the Northern Territory and in August they will hold their first commercial art exhibition.

Gurriny Yealamucka* (Good Healing) Health Services Aboriginal Corporation (Gurriny) has a holistic approach to improving the health, social and emotional wellbeing of the 3000 people that make up Yarrabah’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.

Based in Smithton in north-west Tasmania, Circular Head Aboriginal Corporation (CHAC) provides services and programs to support the Indigenous and wider community in the region. CHAC has programs to assist the unemployed, the elderly, youth at risk, families and those with literacy and numeracy issues and drug and alcohol problems.

Tjanpi Desert Weavers is an ‘art centre without walls or borders’ spanning the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara (NPY) tri-state region of Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory.

The traditional owners of the Groote Eylandt archipelago have seen a lot of change over the past few years, driven largely by the local Anindilyakwa Land Council and its sister organisation Groote Eylandt Bickerton Island Enterprises (GEBIE) Aboriginal Corporation.

*BBM motto

Bumma Bippera Media Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Corporation (BBM) is the first and only Indigenous radio and media service in Cairns. They were granted a full-time community radio licence in April 1999. The station offers a range of programs, from arts to news and current affairs. Bumma Bippera means ‘People Talking’ in the Yidinji language.

A good news story from Wodonga, Victoria.

After some difficult times, the Barengi Gadjin Land Council Aboriginal Corporation is on the move—in more ways than one! They have just moved into brand new premises in a prime location in Firebrace Street, Horsham in western Victoria.