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NOVEMBER 2016
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The Ninti One Annual General Meeting was held on the 16 of November, via teleconference. The Chair of Ninti One, Prof. Tom Calma AO reported that our main activity, the CRC-REP is due to end on the 30 of June 2017. As such, we have been focusing on producing important evidence-based findings across our twelve main research projects, with the number of publications now totalling 599 over six years.

Our Managing Director, Rod Reeve, reported that the CRC-REP Wind-Up Plan and Transition Plans have been accepted by the Federal Government, enabling us to close the CRC-REP’s activities in 2017.  The legacy of the CRC REP will be an enduring organisation, Ninti One Limited, that will continue to build opportunities for people living in remote Australia. Two important components of this sustainable business are the Ninti One Foundation and RemoteBiz Pty Ltd, which is an Indigenous business under Supply Nation’s classification.

Rod described other activities during the year, including being contracted by the Department of Health to manage the ‘National Best Practice Unit for Tackling Indigenous Smoking (NBPU TIS)’. Ninti also continues to manage the Indigenous Advancement Strategy’s ‘Strong Communities for Children’ project in remote NT. He also spoke of how Ninti One’s commitment to ongoing research in remote Australia was demonstrated in a bid for a new ‘Regional Industries CRC’, which unfortunately, was unsuccessful.
 
 
 
     
   
     
 

Ninti One will be hosting its Ninti Networks event in Sydney next Wednesday 7 December 2016.

You are invited to join the Board and staff at this event to hear about our recent research findings as well as our work with the National Best Practice Unit for Tackling Indigenous Smoking.

The event will be held at the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence, 166 - 180 George Street, Redfern.

To RSVP please email alicia.gigante@nintione.com.au  or phone (08) 8211 0434

 
 
 
     
   
     
 
Group at the Knowledge Sharing Seminar

The Stronger Communities for Children (SCfC) facilitating partners, local community board members, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet representatives and other program members met in Katherine over 1–2 November to share stories of their SCfC journeys, challenges and successes.

In a tremendously productive two days, sessions provided an opportunity for networking and learning, opening up discussion around the key steps of the SCfC program and key topics it covers, reinforcing basics of the SCfC model, and improving understanding about the upcoming SCfC evaluation.

Gunbalanya SCfC group Karrimud Rowk shared: “Once we got the program rolling, instead of going out there, people started coming to us with their plans. For our future, for our kids, we are all listening and learning from each other. It’s good that we are going forward. Kids are our future from now on, so we gotta look forward and not look back. Karrimud Rowk means one family. All different clan groups and tribes been in Gunbalanya long time, but they’re all connected and are all family.”

We look forward to the next event in 2017.
 
 
 
     
   
     
 
We’re nearing completion on a project for the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) that seeks to improve retention rates of remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in employment training programs to improve their employability.

Some of the factors influencing retention include:
  • how trainers both relate to students and work with employers
  • the availability and quality of support offered by employers, the community and a student’s family
  • building a sense of community among students in order to foster an environment of mutual support.
We also found a number of systemic issues that work against retention. Among these is declining public funding, which makes it increasingly difficult for training providers to give students the support they need. Funding models based on enrolments and hours of delivery also encourage providers to focus on trainee numbers rather than outcomes.

Assumptions about training for employment outcomes may also be flawed. Some of the more successful programs we looked at did not have an employment outcome; in other cases, many students were doing training because they were employed (and were therefore already employable).

As with learning, there’s always more to know. If you’re keen to discover more about this project and its findings, please email John Guenther at john.guenther@batchelor.edu.au.
 
 
 
 
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This month, the Interplay Project team successfully launched their project findings, data visualisation tool and associated videos across four national locations. The interactive Interplay Wellbeing Framework is one output of the six years of research for this project. It explores and explains the interrelationships between work, education, health, wellbeing, community, culture and empowerment, to better inform remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing policy and practice.

The first launch event was held in Katherine on 3 November, with approximately 30 representatives from local community, organisations and interest groups and others watching via a Livestream. Two more events were held at the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Art Centre in Yirrkala North East Arnhem Land on 16 November, and at Galiwin’ku, Elcho Island, on 17 November.

The fourth event was held on 11 November in Canberra, hosted by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PMC). Over 70 people attended, including representatives from PMC Canberra and regional offices, the Department of Health, Department of the Environment and Energy and Australian National University. The Livestream for this event had a reach of 4,200 and included 1,300 views.

As a key partner in the Interplay Project, PMC is following up the event with more targeted research discussions in key policy areas and with regional networks to encourage uptake of this research into policy and practice.

If your professional interest lies in any of these areas, the Interplay Wellbeing Framework is a must-have tool. But don’t just let us tell you about it – explore it for yourself at crc-rep.com/wellbeingframework/ . You can also access a range of related resources and publications, including more than 30 short videos  on the Interplay research project here: crc-rep.com/interplay.
 
 
 
 
     
   
     
 
We’d like to congratulate Sally Leigo, Principal Research Leader of the Precision Pastoral Management Tools project, who won a Chief Minister’s Medal at the Northern Territory Government Awards for Excellence in the Public Sector.
 
This prestigious award recognises individuals in the public sector who have demonstrated outstanding and commendable public service. Only nine medals were awarded across the entire Territory.

Sally, who works for the Department of Primary Industries and Resources, has forged tremendous relationships and made a significant impact in the cattle industry by leading the development and implementation of the Precision Pastoral Management System for the CRC-REP. From the office to the most remote cattle station, Sally’s professionalism, enthusiasm and energy is a primary resource we’re grateful to have on board.

L-R: Kevin Williams (CEO CRC-REP), Sally Leigo (PRL-PPMT), Rod Reeve (MD, Ninti One)
 
 
 
     
   
     
 
Are you keen for an accessible summary of the Remote Educations Systems Project? The wait is over: a short video about the project and its findings is now available. It includes excerpts from presentations at Garma, and our ‘Red Dirt Curriculum’ lecture, along with a brief summary of the answers to the project’s four research questions. Watch it now, because you can, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wx_7lIlBCc.
 
 
 
 
     
   
     
 
Dr Boyd Blackwell, Principal Research Leader of the Enduring Community Value from Mining (ECVM) project, presented findings to the South Australian Government Department of State Development in October, including a preview of the ECVM Remote Community Toolkit.

Departmental representatives once again confirmed the importance of ECVM’s work in helping inform the transition of Leigh Creek to a future without mining and to better understanding remote communities and opportunities for economic development.

Discussions are continuing about leveraging future collaborative opportunities beyond the life of the CRC-REP. For more information on this project, please contact Dr Blackwell at boydb@une.edu.au or on (02) 6773 3279.
 

Photo: Tim Acker
 
 
 
     
   
     
 

Last month Mike Dockery, Principal Research Leader of the CRC-REP’s Mobility project, along with Curtin Business School’s Professor Mark Harris, a leading econometrician, presented to government and Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) representatives at the Darwin Population Intelligence Network on a methodology being developed to model and project populations of remote Aboriginal communities. The modelling is based on ABS Census data and aims to generate projections of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population by age group and gender at the ABS-defined Indigenous Location (ILOC) level. (In remote areas, ILOCs relate closely to discrete Aboriginal Communities.)

The methodology is being developed to supplement the Mobility project survey data for scenario planning and policy evaluation purposes; it may also offer potential for a range of other applications and stakeholders.

 
 
 
     
   
     
 
An application for seed funding under the University of Melbourne’s Indigenous Research Initiative scheme, and involving the CRC-REP’s Mike Dockery, has been successful. The project ‘Digital solutions for capturing connectedness and mobility data in remote Indigenous communities’ was allocated $50,000 and is due to be completed by February 2018.

In addition to academics based with the University of Melbourne, the interdisciplinary project team includes researchers from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Charles Darwin University and the Menzies School of Health Research. Mike will have a minor advisory role, providing insights on mobility patterns and household composition and on the design of instruments to capture dimensions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mobility and connectedness.

Photo: Assoc. Prof Mike Dockery
 
 
 
     
   
     
 

CRC-REP student Philip Townsend has won the award for Best Paper at the 2016 mLearn Conference in Sydney last month. Writing on “A theory of enhancement of professional learning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pre-service teachers in very remote communities through mobile learning”. You can find his paper on pages 239-249 of the Conference Proceedings.

The annual mLearn conference is organised by the International Association for Mobile Learning (IAmLearn), and this year’s theme was ‘Mobile learning futures: Sustaining quality research and practice in mobile learning’. We congratulate Philip on his achievement!


Photo: Philip Townsend for being awarded this year's Best Paper Award. Photographed here with IAmLearn Agnieszka Palalas. 

 
 
 
     
   
     
 
In late October, CRC-REP Tourism Project Principal Research Leader Dr Damien Jacobsen attended a workshop in Cairns hosted by Arts Queensland to discuss the Far North Queensland (FNQ) Aboriginal art sector.

Attended by over 50 participants from art centres and support agencies from around Cape York and Torres Strait, the workshop brought people together to discuss strategies to diversify income streams and build a financially stable business model.

Participants brainstormed diverse opportunities available to the sector, such as digital technology, education, working together, events, cultural integrity and authority, linking with tourism and marketing.

Eight key areas of interest were identified to be developed after the workshop, led by volunteers. Damien will be part of the group responsible for the tourism theme, which was the strongest supported area of interest nominated by workshop participants.
There is tremendous tourism potential for the FNQ Aboriginal art sector to generate new income, businesses and opportunities for artists. An important objective discussed during the workshop is for the distinct, yet diverse, art of Cape York and the Torres Strait to be appropriately recognised as culturally vibrant and unique within Australia and to visitors from around the world.

Photo: Guests at the event hosted by Arts Queensland
 
 
 
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Publications

 
     
 

Journal articles, books, book sections
Haslam McKenzie F. 2016. Labour force mobility in the Australian resources industry - socio-economic and regional impact. Springer.
 
Haslam McKenzie F and Hoath A. 2016. Aboriginal mine workers: Opportunities and challenges of long-distance commuting. In Labour force mobility in the Australian resources industry - socio-economic and regional impact. Ed. pp. 157-70. Springer.
 
Haslam McKenzie F. 2016. Long-distance commuting in Australia. In Labour force mobility in the Australian resources industry - socio-economic and regional impact. Ed. pp. 1-10. Springer.
Haslam McKenzie F. 2016. The development prospects of FIFO source communities. In Labour force mobility in the Australian resources industry - socio-economic and regional impact. Ed. pp. 103-16. Springer.
 
Haslam McKenzie F. 2016. The socio-economic impacts of long-distance commuting on people and communities. In Labour force mobility in the Australian resources industry - socio-economic and regional impact. Ed. pp. 11-28. Springer.
 
Hoath A and Davies A. 2016. International long-distance commuting in the resources sector: Why do resource workers choose to work in Australia but live in Bali? In Labour force mobility in the Australian resources industry - socio-economic and regional impact. Ed. pp. 171-90. Springer.
 
Rampellini K and Veenendaal B. 2016. Analysing the spatial distribution of changing labour force dynamics in the Pilbara. In Labour force mobility in the Australian resources industry - socio-economic and regional impact. Ed. pp. 29-58. Springer.
 
Robertson S and Argent N. 2016. The potential value of lifecycle planning for resource communities and the influence of labour force mobility. In Labour force mobility in the Australian resources industry - socio-economic and regional impact. Ed. pp. 117-36. Springer.
 
Conference presentations, seminars, workshops
Blackwell B. 2016. Enduring Community Value from Mining (ECVM) - Mapping and tracking mining Presentation to South Australian Government, Department of State Development. 27 October. Adelaide. Slideshare here.
 
McFarlane J. 2016. Is there a role for wine tourism in regional growth? Presentation to South Australian Government, Department of State Development. 27 October. Adelaide. Slideshare here.
 
Spandonide B, Holyoak N, Stazic B and Zito R. 2016. Smart transports for public services in remote Australia. 27th ARRB Conference. 16-18 November. Pullman Melbourne Albert Park, Melbourne.  Slideshare here.
 
Spandonide B. 2016. Active deserts: Transport simulation in Alice Springs. 27th ARRB Conference. 16-18 November. Pullman Melbourne Albert Park, Melbourne. Slideshare here.
Spandonide B. 2016. Remote/Urban transport workshops. 27th ARRB Conference. 16-18 November. Pullman Melbourne Albert Park, Melbourne. Slideshare here.
 
Spandonide B. 2016. Travel systems and information technologies. 27th ARRB Conference. 16-18 November. Pullman Melbourne Albert Park, Melbourne. Slideshare here.
 
Project updates, field day booklets, research summaries, corporate materials
Guenther J. 2016. Project update 08: Remote Education Systems November 2016. Ninti One Limited. Alice Springs.
 
Hayes B, Hayes N and Leigo S. 2016. Precision Pastoral Management Tools Project – Undoolya Station Field Day. Ninti One Limited. Alice Springs.
 
Jacobsen D. 2016. Aboriginal leadership to guide the process of reconciliation: Lessons from old cultural ways and tourism at Goombaragin. Ninti One Limited. Alice Springs.
 
Jacobsen D. 2016. Aboriginal tourism enterprise networking for resilience in remote Australia: The case of Iga Warta, South Australia. Ninti One Limited. Alice Springs.
 
Jacobsen D. 2016. Aboriginal tourism enterprise networking for resilience in remote Australia: The case of Kelly’s Ranch, Northern Territory. Ninti One Limited. Alice Springs.
 
Jacobsen D. 2016. Australian resident perceptions of Aboriginal tourism in remote Australia. Ninti One Limited. Alice Springs.
 
Jacobsen D. 2016. International visitor perceptions of Aboriginal tourism in remote Australia. Ninti One Limited. Alice Springs.
 
Jacobsen D. 2016. Sources Australian residents use to collect information about Aboriginal tourism in remote Australia. Ninti One Limited. Alice Springs.
 
McMahon S. 2016. Project update 05: Stronger Communities for Children November 2016. Ninti One Limited. Alice Springs.
 
Ninti One Limited. 2016. CRC for Remote Economic Participation Annual Report 2015-16. Alice Springs.
 
Thieme R. 2016. Precision Pastoral Management Tools Project – Dalgonally Station Field Day. Dalgonally station. Ninti One Limited. Alice Springs.

 
     
 

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