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Waardi Limited is seeking nominations for two Native Title Community Director positions to the Board of Guumbarr Limited that become vacant on 16 May 2016. Guumbarr administers the various trusts and funds established under the Browse LNG Precinct Project Agreement. Additional information about Guumbarr can be found at www.guumbarr.com Training is provid-ed and so you do not need any prior experience as a director on a board.

If you would like to know more about Waardi, Guumbarr, Jirrajun Trust, Land Trust, Reading Recovery or LAPS and what the team are doing, then drop by the office for a cup of tea and chat and find out more about your organisation. The next open days are Wednesday 04 May and Wednesday 30 July between 9am and 4pm.

Reading Recovery on student’s literacy for last year. Waardi is currently finalising contracts with Catholic Education Office of Western Australia to deliver Reading Recovery in 2016. Waardi has accepted expressions of interest from four Catholic schools and one Independent school for 2016 for ongoing professional learning for Reading Recovery teachers. It is unlikely any funds will be committed to training Reading Recovery teachers in 2016 due insufficient interest.

This is very encouraging for Waardi as we continue to research LAPS in 2016. Copies of the report are available to Waardi Members from the Waardi office. Please contact the office if you would like a copy of the LAPS report.

The 2016 LAPS program was up and running at the very start of the school year. Pre-primary teachers from four town based and one remote school are participating this year. Initial testing of students is almost complete. Test scores will be reflected on during and at the end of the year to measure students’ progress. Waardi is hoping to achieve similar, if not better, outcomes for LAPS students in 2016.

Monash University has prepared a report on the outcomes of the 2015 Literacy Acquisition for Pre-primary Students (LAPS) trial. The LAPS report on the first year of implementation shows that the program has had an extremely positive effect on Pre-prima-ry students learning to read and write in 2015.

Reports for schools that took part in Reading Recovery in 2015 were received by Waardi and are currently being reviewed. This will provide information about the impact of

NEWSMARCH 2016

ARE YOU OUR NEXTGUUMBARR DIRECTOR?

OPEN DAY

Are your contact details up to date? Please contact the office if your contact

details have changed

Waardi office contact detailsA. 11 Coghlan Street, Broome WA 6725PO Box 8430, Broome WA 6725P. 08 9192 2713 F. 08 9193 6761E. admin@waardi.com.au www.waardi.com.au

If you are interested in applying, then you need to: Be a Waardi Member; and Apply in writing to the Waardi Board of Directors.

Waardi Directors or employees are not eligible to apply

Applicants are to have appropriate backgrounds in one or more of the following areas: Traditional cultural knowledge Accounting or finance Legal Community development Trust administration

Interested applicants can contact the office for further information, or speak to a Guumbarr Director to find out more about the role and the work that Guumbarr is doing. The term is for two years and the current Guumbarr Directors may apply for reappointment. Application forms are available on the Waardi and Guumbarr websites, or from the Waardi office.

5pm Friday 29 April 2016.Applications must be received by the Waardi office by

LAPS UPDATE

READING RECOVERY

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Waardi welcomes Chris Bergmann as a Literacy Researcher for 6 months, to investigate if Waardi can help to bridge the literacy gap for our Kimberley kids starting school. Through our Waardi literacy projects we have found when many Kimberley kids arrive at school aged 4, they are way behind, for reading, writing & talking Standard Australian English. A poor start means it is almost impossible to ever catch up. We want to find a way to give our kids a head start so when they get to school they are very ready to take off. We are working on a project that will give parents information to help their kids be really ready for school, so they have the best chance to succeed. Don’t hesitate to contact Chris if you would like more information.

and are very close to finalising the design for the six houses. The tender for the construc-tion of the houses is expected in the next couple of weeks.

As the lot sizes are smaller than the Yawuru dual key house lots, Guumbarr has agreed just to have a 4 bedroom house on each of the six lots, rather than trying to squeeze on an additional stand alone 1 bedroom unit.

Guumbarr has been working closely with the Derby based architect appointed by Department of Housing

Guumbarr has now sold the 18 vacant lots in Broome North from LandCorp back to LandCorp, at the same value they were transferred to the Land Trust. LandCorp paid all the fees for the transfer and the repurchase. These funds will allow the Land Trust to repay Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) loans taken out to build the two houses H+M Tracey built and to purchase the Coghlan Street office.

The sale of the 18 lots to LandCorp means that the five remaining vacant lots can now be developed. A tender has gone out to Broome builders for the construction of the five houses.

It is expected that by early 2017, houses will have been built on all of the Land Trusts 13 Broome North lots. The Land Trust will have title to 13 houses in Broome North and the Coghlan Street office, with a total loan amount of $1 million. This will place the Land Trust in a good position for when Native Title is determined and the $20 million for housing becomes available from the State.

The two houses built by H+M Tracey were completed in early December on time and in budget. Guumbarr inspected the completed houses and were very happy with the end result. Guumbarr was able to rent the houses to GROH straight away.

When you have completed your application form and all supporting documen-tation is attached, you will receive a receipt confirm-ing this.

Then once we have your completed application, we need to check your eligibility; funds available; process the application and then make payment to the supplier or reimburse you.

The office will let you know when your applica-tion has been processed and ready for payment by sending you a text message or by calling you. The minimum processing time is 7 days. Please do not call the office during this 7 day period as it slows down everyone else’s applications.

In late March, Woodside made an announcement to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) that as a participant in the Browse Joint Venture, that following completion of front-end engineering and design (FEED) work, the Browse Joint Venture participants have decided

not to progress with the development at this time consider-ing the current economic and market environment.The full announcement is available on the Woodside web site.

Woodside have made it very clear they are not going back to James Price Point and will still look at processing gas offshore, but on a smaller scale.

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TARRAN TEASERCan someone help Mary put this into English? ‘Aregar’ means

‘what time, when?’

Somebody helped Mary by explainingthat:

Have you read a storyto your child today?

Chris Bergmann

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING

WAARDI WELCOMES CHRIS

LANDCORP H&M Tracey

5 HOUSES

Guumbarr Directors andH&M Tracey at handover

WHEN WILL YOUR APPLICATION BE PROCESSED? JIRRAJUN TRUST NEWS WOODSIDE UPDATE