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  • APY Lands adminstrator appointed after shock board suspension

    APY Lands adminstrator appointed after shock board suspension

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    Experienced company director Austin Taylor – who is also a Renewal SA board member – has been appointed for the duration of the three-month suspension of the board. Maher last month suspended the board until December 4 when a controversial report emerged showing a general manager appointment had breached the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands…

  • Football program returns to APY Lands with BankSA Foundation support

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    The Power Community Limited team returned to the APY Lands with the Santos Aboriginal Power Cup for the first time in two years. A new partnership with BankSA Foundation helped the program expand into five communities at a critical time. Due to consecutive COVID-19 lockdowns, students in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands faced challenges…

  • SA Govt to review APY artworks over authenticity claims

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    The Australian newspaper has published allegations that non-Indigenous workers from APY Art Centre Collective had painted on works by Indigenous artists. The collective has “strenuously” denied the accusations, saying they are false and defamatory. It is currently preparing for a major exhibition of works from the APY (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara) Lands at the National Gallery of Australia.…

  • Tuberculosis checks continue after SA outbreak

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    Earlier this month, SA Health reported 10 confirmed TB cases in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands, prompting an immediate response with wider community checks and general screening. About 50 people have reportedly gone through that process so far. Senior health officials also visited the area with the state’s Aboriginal Public Health team leading the engagement…

  • Tuberculosis outbreak declared in SA’s APY Lands

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    Chief public health officer Professor Nicola Spurrier and SA’s TB Service clinical director Dr Simone Barry visited the APY Lands this week to meet with community leaders, service providers, schools and the Nganampa Health Council in response to the outbreak. Approximately 10 tuberculosis (TB) cases have been detected in the community so far, which SA…

  • APY organisation wins at training awards

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    Based in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands in the far northwest of the state, RASAC won Small Employer of the Year, while employee and community patrol coordinator Angelina Dunnett was named Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year. RASAC workforce and program development manager Madonna Tomes said the awards follow a “challenging…

  • ‘We want everyone to stay still’: APY Lands cash, fuel restrictions over COVID alert

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    A team of about 20 SA Health, SA Ambulance, SA Pathology and Royal Flying Doctors Service workers arrived in the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands yesterday and today to retest the wastewater and to provide vaccinations and testing for the community. It comes after authorities twice detected COVID-19 in wastewater from the APY town of…

  • Kaylene TV is free-to-air desert pop art coming to North Terrace

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    From 16 July, Adelaide’s buildings, streets and laneways will be draped and decorated in over 40 projections and immersive works as part of Illuminate Adelaide’s City Lights takeover. APY Land’s Kaylene Whiskey is one of the most exciting artists exhibiting as part of the bill, and will have her playful work projected on the biggest…

  • Old, new, us: Painting a generational story

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    Sally Scales has been surrounded by artists all her life and heavily involved with the APY Art Centre Collective since its inception in 2017, but it’s perhaps not surprising that she only found time to pick up the paintbrush herself at the end of last year. As well as being a spokesperson and regional project…

  • Coroner calls for police in outback town after nurse murder

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    SA Deputy Coroner Anthony Schapel has handed down his findings into the death of Ms Woodford in 2016. The 56-year-old’s body was found buried in a crude grave three days after she went missing from her Fregon home. Dudley Davey subsequently pleaded guilty to her rape and murder and is serving a minimum 32-year jail…