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PALS grants bring cultural understanding to the classroom

Oct 30, 2024
Grants totalling $88,735 that are designed to bring understanding of Aboriginal culture to Western Australian classrooms have been awarded by the WA Government through the 2024 Term 3 funding round of the Partnership Acceptance Learning Sharing (PALS) program.
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Music workshops share learnings on Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property

Oct 9, 2024
More than 170 participants took part in free workshops offered to music creators and organisations in Boorloo (Perth) covering the Australian Music Centre’s Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property (ICIP) Policy.
Sound technician wearing headphones holds up a microphone covered with a windsock. A regional river is in the background.

Funding strengthens rich storytelling culture

Sep 9, 2024
A new round of funding will support the gestation and birth of unique Western Australian Aboriginal stories, while also supporting the groups who tell them.
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School grants support sharing of Aboriginal cultures and histories

Jul 18, 2024
Students across the State from Albany to Exmouth and Fitzroy Crossing are benefitting from $796,000 in grants from the Partnership Acceptance Learning Sharing (PALS) program.
Page reviewed 23 August 2023