Country, Culture, People, Future

August 2026

PBC Strategic Projects Grants

Posted: August 7th, 2026

The National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) ‘Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBC) Strategic Projects Grants’ is intended to provide funding to deliver strategic and economic development activities, work with government and industry, undertake planning, and establish partnerships and business enterprises which generate long-term economic opportunities.

The program, which is accepting applications until Saturday, 30 June 2029, aims to support PBCs to take advantage of strategic and economic opportunities, as well as effective native title agreement-making and partnerships with government and industry.

Grant opportunities are expected to range between $50,000 and $750,000, covering a period of up to three years.

For more information, contact your local NIAA Regional Office on 1800 079 098, or search the NIAA website.

Fulfilling the Promise of Mabo: ALRC recommendations to Future Acts reform

Posted: August 7th, 2026

The Mabo Centre is hosting a symposium addressing and responding to the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) Report, Fulfilling the Promise of Mabo: Reforming the Future Acts Regime. It will be held on Monday, 17 August – Tuesday, 18 August, in Naarm (Melbourne) on Wurundjeri Country.

The symposium will explore the practical implications of proposed changes, identify pathways for implementation, and foster discussion on creating a fairer and more efficient future acts regime.

The Mabo Centre is also offering travel support, including flights and up to two nights’ accommodation, for Traditional Owners who have been endorsed from an invited corporation (i.e. a PBC) to attend on their behalf.

For more information, visit the symposium’s event page, and to discuss potential travel support, email info@mabocentre.com with the travel request and endorsement documentation.

Country is our mother, the provider and keeper of cultural belongings. Country and Culture go together. You can’t have one without the other.

Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners and custodians throughout Western Australia, and on whose Country we work. We acknowledge and respect their deep connection to their lands and waterways.

We honour and pay respect to Elders, and to their ancestors who survived and cared for Country.

Our offices are located on Whadjuk Country, Southern Yamatji Country, Kariyarra Country, and Yawuru Country. We recognise the continuing culture, traditions, stories and living cultures on these lands and commit to building a brighter future together.

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