Languages Policy Partnership work highlighted

Written By First Languages Australia

The LPP’s work in 2024 has been highlighted in the Closing the Gap Commonwealth 2024 Annual Report and Commonwealth 2025 Implementation Plan.

This has included identifying 7 national priorities and 3 recommendations for immediate action for strengthening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages.

The urgent priorities are languages legislation, mechanisms to create or expand community-controlled funding pools and grant programs across jurisdictions, and additional support to grow the community-controlled languages sector.

The LPP is also a key partner in FLA’s ongoing work to develop the Languages Sector Strengthening Plan to help build the capability of the First Nations languages sector.

The LPP has also agreed to commission 3 national projects which will continue to inform and strengthen national policy-making and investment. These are the:

1. National Interpreting and Translating Framework
2. Language Economics and Investment Framework, and
3. National Languages Collections Strategy.

First Languages Australia https://www.firstlanguages.org.au
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