Congratulations to the Central Queensland Language Centre team for their work with Queensland Rail to embed acknowledgement of country in language on long-distance train services across their region.

From May to July 2021, First Languages Australia and Rising Voices have invited young champions from Australia and Indigenous language digital activists of Mexico to participate in a virtual exchange program.

First Languages Australia has been pleased to assist in the design of promotional materials for language centres.

Building on the success of previous years’ competitions, ABC Education and First Languages Australia have launched the 2021 Indigenous Language Art Competition.

Information is being collected from language centres nationally to establish appropriate pay rates for all of us in the language sector.

Conversations are continuing with the Permanent Committee on Place Names (now known as the Australia and New Zealand Working Group on Place Names, WGPN) to establish protocols for reviewing existing materials in the public databases and adding new information.

First Languages Australia has been working with Media Farm to interview the artists who participated in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Indigenous Language International Speaker Series in 2019.

First Languages Australia responded to Minister Wyatt’s call for input into the national voice proposal.

First Languages Australia is a member of the Project Advisory Group for the National Languages Plan and Strategy.

First Languages Australia is delighted to be able to share the report on the first stage of our national education project which aims to support the development of Indigenous language teachers and the teaching of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages in schools.

First Languages Australia Manager, Faith Baisden, was elected as one of the Pacific Region's three representatives on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Global Task Force for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022–2032.

Melinda Holden and Robert Ah Wing represented First Languages Australia at the National Education Summit in Brisbane on 4 and 5 June 2021.

Annalee Pope was pleased to represent First Languages Australia at the Indigenous Digital Leadership Forum (ILDF) and Converge in May this year.

In May, First Languages Australia and the Goldfields Language Centre were excited to launch Wangkaku Nintirri: Learn for the sake of our languages, a series of introductory films to support language worker skill development.

This year, First Languages Australia partnered with Living Languages to provide a series of online training sessions for small groups of young language champions.

In early December, First Languages Australia and the Arts Law Centre of Australia hosted a meeting to introduce language centres to the legal services being provided through our partnership until mid 2021.

As part of our ongoing work in the area of training and career development for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people working in language programs, we are interested in creating a registry of people currently engaged in this work.

The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA has been collaborating with language custodians and schools to publish three illustrations of practice to give examples of the ways that different schools are developing and implementing a local Aboriginal language curriculum.

First Languages Australia is calling for expressions of interest for the Priority Languages Support Project.