We want to share our success and recognition - a winner of 2018 Community Services Excellence Award, a highly contested category. This award recognises our excellent leadership and services to the Noongar community. Our CEO Asha Bhat is from India and it is a true reflection of the partnership between Indians and Australians. Thanks IABCA and Sonia Sadiq Gandhi for creating this platform and honouring India Australia relationship. Over 400 guests including finalists, governme

We thank for the opportunity to meet with Peter Tinley, WA Minister for Housing to discuss about SAC housing program and possibility of increasing our stock to maximise the benefits for Noongar people.

Day 3 in Albany. Integrated services, exploring strategic ways to build and strengthen relationships with other agencies. And then Self-care, a critical, yet often overlooked aspect of occupational health & safety. Linked to productivity, absenteeism, retention, morale and service integrity. Thank you Southern Aboriginal Corporation, you are an incredible team with remarkable leadership. Sound governance, local Noongar staff, including in management, holistic integrated servi

Day 2 in Albany. We talked triggers, loss and grief, family violence 30 years ago and then 15 years ahead. The development of an action plan creates a mechanism for the grounding and implementation of the training. But today was deadly, because the flexibility in our program allowed us to embrace the opportunity to go out on country. Uncle took us to a burial site and the 'fish traps' - 2 significant places and an important trip for the group. Later in the day we made playdou

The Aboriginal flag flew proud and strong and Oscar got the fire going for Day 1 of the Culturally Informed Trauma Integrated Healing Approach (CITIHA - Workshop 2). With a ball of yarn we explored 'what makes community' - at work it's a reminder that we all have a vital role and our reduced capacity or absence creates strain on the team. With our clients, it's a reminder that we see an individual, who is part of a family, that belongs to a community, and we must see, underst

Thanks to MP Rick Wilson for giving opportunity for our management to catch up with Federal Minister for Health, Greg Hunt and Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion. SAC has developed an extensive business case and project management plan for setting up a Drug Rehab Centre. We believe we have identified a sustainable operational model. Both the Ministers are briefed on scope of the project, business case and cost benefit.