News edition for 20 August 2026. Added to Nungya on 22 October 2026 as part of our retrospective news archive. Reporting reflects information available by the edition date.

Language work needs time: time to record, teach, develop resources and support the people carrying knowledge forward. A new funding announcement offers a five-year commitment to First Nations language centres and key partners.

The 20 August announcement says 22 centres and partners will be supported through the Indigenous Languages and Arts program. Most of the centres are in regional and remote communities, working to conserve, sustain and revitalise First Nations languages.

The examples span several kinds of activity. Tauondi Aboriginal Corporation will continue and expand accredited training in learning and teaching languages. First Languages Australia will support revival work with critically endangered languages. Miromaa Language Technology Program will develop its First Nations-led technology work, with community control and digital capability among its goals.

That range is significant. Teaching skills, practical technology and locally directed revival each support different parts of a language’s future. A single resource or event can be useful, but the organisations behind it also need continuity.

The announcement provides an overview rather than individual program timetables. Its linked recipient information is the place to explore which organisations are involved and what they are funded to do.

Read the language funding announcement and recipient information.