July-AUG 08 Newsletter.pub - Department of the Premier and ...

Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Division
GPO Box 2343
200 Victoria Square
Adelaide 5000
Phone: (08) 8226 2234
Fax: (08) 8226 2204
Email: APYNewsEditor@saugov.sa.gov.au
DATES
• Football and Softball
Finals at Pukatja
9 August
16 August
23 August
• Court dates:
Sept 1—Amata
Sept 2—Ernabella
Sept 3—Fregon
Sept 4—Indulkana
Sept 5—Marla
• Ernabella Arts 60th
Anniversary
Sept 23 and 24
Note: The Amata PY Ku
phone number has
changed to
(08) 8956 7295.
The fax number remains the
same -
(08) 8954 0189.
Making communities safer
The job of the Police Aboriginal
Liaison Officer is to assist
Community Constables and
Police Officers with crime
prevention and police services.
Ingrid Kenny of Indulkana,
Hamad Ramzan of Ernabella,
Bebe Ramzan of Tjiwuru
Homelands, Umuwa and Rueben
Burton of Amata had ‘Police
Aboriginal Liaison Officer’ training
at Ernabella in March where they
learnt about police procedures
and operations.
Back: Sergeant Mark Seja, Mark
Weaver, Chris Warrior, Joseph Tapaya
Middle: Hamad Ramzan, Ingrid Kenny
and Bebe Ramzan Front: Stacey Connor
Hamad, after further training, is now employed as a Community
Constable working closely with the Police throughout the Lands and
with Joseph Tapaya in police duties for the Pukatja Community.
The officers’ new skills, along with their existing knowledge, will help
to keep people safe and build closer relationships between the
police and their communities. Please support them and help make
your community a safe and happy place to live.
If you are interested in applying for a position as a Community Constable
or Police Aboriginal Liaison Officer please contact
Senior Sergeant Mark Weaver,
Community Constable Coordinator, Adelaide, phone 8207 6120.
Wiltja students in the Cattleman Program
In June, six students from the Wiltja program travelled to Katherine,
NT to learn new skills such as fencing, cattle work, maintaining bores
and bore engines and working with horses.
The two weeks of training with Charles Darwin University involved
long working days and the students worked hard. But in the end the
guys were able to work with horses, fix a fence in under five minutes
and to wrestle ‘weaner’ cattle.
The students, Nathaniel Yai Yai, Bobby Warren, Arnold
Shilling, Walter Tjami, Douglas Finn and Wiltja graduate
Justin Shilling, did a great job and made it back in one
piece – and no-one fell off their horse!
The program promotes personal growth and provides
pathways to help students move from school into work
such as the cattle industry, mining or traineeships. The
good work of the students will be continued through
programs being run in Adelaide for the rest of the year.
Contact Numbers: Umuwa Police 8954 8250 Emergency 000