Sentences with phrase «remote national government»

But what local communities do not accept is being instructed what to build by a remote national government.

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It is also illustrated in the long list of matters dedicated to the federal government in the exclusive legislative list and in the revenue allocation formula which gives 52 % of national revenue to an incompetent and remote federal government, which in effect operates as a feudal bureaucracy with an «emperor», «sheik» or «king» at its head!

The 155 - year - old Smithsonian has 16 museums, the National Zoo, and a half dozen remote research units, all of which get about two - thirds of their funds from the federal government.

The brainchild of the National Tourist Routes project in Norway (a government - sponsored initiative which aims to attract visitors to remote but exceptionally beautiful locations), the Steilneset Memorial started out as a modest monument to honor the victims of the witchcraft trials, to be built on the site where the burnings originally took place.

Commonwealth, state, territory and local government agencies work with Indigenous communities to provide safe, healthy and sustainable housing for Indigenous people.66 The Commonwealth provides substantial support to Indig enous housing remote areas through the Aboriginal Renting Housing Program (ARHP); 67 Community Housing and Infrastructure Program (CHIP); and the National Aboriginal Health Strategy (NAHs).68 In addition, state and territory governments also contribute funding for Indigenous housing.

The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to the renegotiation of the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing, with a view to a renegotiated agreement coming into effect by July 2010.

But as the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) points out in its media release (see full statement below), the report puts a spotlight on current government policies and / or gaps in policies that put Indigenous health and wellbeing at risk, including the proposed $ 7 GP copayment, threat by the Western Australian Government to close down remote Indigenous communities and failure to re-commit to National Partnership Agovernment policies and / or gaps in policies that put Indigenous health and wellbeing at risk, including the proposed $ 7 GP copayment, threat by the Western Australian Government to close down remote Indigenous communities and failure to re-commit to National Partnership AGovernment to close down remote Indigenous communities and failure to re-commit to National Partnership Agreements.

Join with us in marching around the country On May 1 to commemorate a national day of action which calls on the Barnett government to halt its controversial plan to close up to 150 remote communities in Western Australia.

That the Australian Government, through COAG, develop a remote education strategy and accountability framework to be embedded in the National Indigenous Reform Agreement and in the relevant National Partnership Agreements.

The National Indigenous Reform Agreement provides a model for assessing government action on remote education; and

By comparison, Shorten's hard - hitting speech committed again to a range of priorities promoted by Indigenous groups, including Closing the Gap justice targets, urging the Federal Government to sign up to the Remote Indigenous Housing Agreement, promising Labor would convene a National Summit for First Nation children in its first 100 days in office, and urging Turnbull to reconsider the Uluru Statement.

The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples has written an open letter to the Prime Minister calling on the Federal Government to show leadership and protect the future of remote comm... Read more

beyondblue calls on all Australians — across government, workplaces, schools, urban, rural and remote communities — to make a new commitment to improving health standards of our Indigenous friends, families and colleagues this National Close the Gap Day.

According to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey of 2002, 28.9 % of people in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory are on CDEP, with over 50 % on government pensions and allowances.

Securing sustainable and just economic outcomes for Aboriginal traditional owners and residential communities in the remote regions of the Northern Territory has been an elusive goal for national and Territory governments, various public agencies and community groups for many years.

The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) National Partnership Agreement for Remote Service Delivery came into effect in January 2009 and will run to 30 June 2014.

The states and the Northern Territory are the «major deliverer [s] of housing for Indigenous people in remote areas of Australia» under the Council of Australian Governments» $ 5.5 billion National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing (National Partnership Agreeremote areas of Australia» under the Council of Australian Governments» $ 5.5 billion National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing (National Partnership AgreeRemote Indigenous Housing (National Partnership Agreement).

In other policy news, Radio National reported on expert and public concerns about the prospect of the NT Government introducing social clubs with poker machines in remote communities.