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Pictured right The
Honourable John Hardy
AO, Administrator of the
Northern Territory with
the 2016 NT Fellows at
Government House
in Darwin (below)
NT CFA President’s Report
The Darwin and Alice Springs information sessions in February and
March 2016 were enormously popular. In fact, we saw a marked
increase in applications from Alice Springs, which may well have been
in no small part due to the Alice Springs session. Other highlights
included our inaugural AGM in June 2016, which was complimented by
a fantastic presentation by recently returned Fellow, David Taylor.
In 2015-16, we also increased our support for new Fellows, fielded
an increased number of requests from members of the public about
Fellowships, and put them in touch with recently returned Fellows
from similar fields.
Pictured above CFA NT
President Jared Sharp received
the Fitzgerald Diversity Award
for promoting and protecting
the human rights of diverse
communities in the NT
One issue which the NT CFA wish to highlight is the urgent need to
encourage more applications from Aboriginal Territorians. Aboriginal
people make up 30% of the NT’s population. But unfortunately, hardly
any Fellowship applications are made by Aboriginal Territorians. We
note that again this year, no Aboriginal people were amongst those
awarded Fellowships in the NT.
The Committee will be putting forward a number of actions to
address these issues for consideration by the Trust prior to the 2018
application round.
Finally, the Committee wishes to particularly acknowledge the
amazing support from Justice Jenny Blokland, Chair of the Northern
Territory Churchill Trust Regional Committee who has indicated her
intention to step down from her position in the near future.
Thank you Jenny.
Jared Sharp [2012 Churchill Fellow]
NT CFA President
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