By Bill Fogarty, Crikey, 01 November 2012
Dr. Bill Fogarty argues that Indigenous language maintenance and education is not about reverence for some distant past for esoteric reasons. Rather it is an important asset that can play a role both in developing a future for Indigenous communities and in benefiting the socio-economic fabric of the Australian nation.

Late Night Live, ABC Radio National, with Phillip Adams, 18 September 2012
[Audio recording]. Phillip Adams has as his guests Joe Morrison (CEO NAILSMA), Professor Jon Altman and Gerard O'Neill on the topic 'Caring for Country'. Nearly twenty per cent of the Australian continent is indigenous-owned, and managed by those owners to varying degrees. Because of the conservation and other challenges in caring for this country, new partnerships are being forged, between owners, researchers and philanthropic organisations.

Edited by Jon Altman and Seán Kerins. Published by The Federation Press, October 2012.

People on Country Vital Landscapes Indigenous Futures draws on a diversity of perspectives to document a significant social and environmental movement that is quietly gathering momentum. This series of essays, drawn from an unusual collaboration between university researchers and Indigenous land owners, tells a little-known story about Aboriginal people who are living on, working on and caring for the lands and seas that they own and manage, an Indigenous estate that covers over 20 per cent of the Australian continent and includes areas of globally significant biodiversity and cultural value.

People on Country Newsletter Vol. 4 No. 2, September 2012
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