A new central Australian-based research organisation has secured $32 million from the Federal Government to help close the gap in Indigenous disadvantage.
The Cooperative Research Centre for Remote Economic Participation will get the funding over the next seven years for three main areas.
They include strengthening regional economies across remote Australia, building new enterprises and improving remote education and training.
The centre's managing director, Jan Ferguson, says the new organisation will also build on projects pioneered by the Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre.
Written on Friday, 18 December 2009 07:50 by Matthew Leonard