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• 27 October 2008 (Message from DIA’s new Director General, Demand for teaching Aboriginal language grows, Troy Cook honoured with Nowalenko Award)
• 29 July 2008 (DIA Employee receives NAIDOC Award, Perth NAIDOC Awards, The Regional Achievement and Community Awards for Western Australia)
• 9 July 2008 (Inaugural Indigenous Community Governance Forum 2008, National Seniors Volunteers in the Gascoyne, DIA Puts Computers to Good Use)
• 23 June 2008 (About NAIDOC, About NAIDOC Perth, NAIDOC theme for 2008)
• 4 June 2008 (Bundi Gurdurdu Mid-West Aboriginal Art Exhibition, WA Mental Health Community Network Forum – Kimberley Region, Honouring Theatre Festival 2008)
• 12 May 2008 (Sorry Day – Let the Healing Begin- 26 May 2008, PALS Grants Open to TAFE, 2008 Rob Riley Memorial Lecture)
• 18 April 2008 (Sanctuary for Disadvantaged Men in Derby, Stay on Your Feet, New Football Academy for the Kimberley)
• 02 April 2008 (Mowanjum Artists Launch Important Resource, Recruitment Campaign Begins for Metro Justice Roles, Call for Indigenous Films)
• 17 March 2008 (Indigenous Land Corporation economic assistance, Recognising the Unsung Heroes of Heritage, Public Policy Forum - The Winding Path to Reconciliation)
• 4 March 2008 (A Stolen Generation story launched, New study on number one cause of death of Indigenous Australians, Report highlights gaps in Indigenous financial literacy)
• 22 February 2008 (Federal Government's Formal Apology to the Stolen Generations, DIA acknowledges formal apology, Minister Launches DIA's Reconciliation Action Plan)
• 25 January 2008 (Indigenous Health In Medical School Curricula, Grants for Indigenous Filmmakers, New Health Index to Assess Indigenous Children)
• 18 January 2008 (ATO Implements Specialist Indigenous Approach, Indigenous Play Highlights Language Genocide, 2008 Survival Indigenous Cultural Festival)
• 14 December 2007 (Nyungar Ancestor Reburied in a Moving Ceremony, Commonwealth Bank to Support Reconciliation, Tax Office Launches Reconciliation Action Plan)
• 7 December 2007 (WA's Indigenous Employment Forum, Land Deal in Hedland builds Joint Future, Qantas Launches Reconciliation Action Plan)
• 30 November 2007 (Stolen Wages Consultations in the Goldfields, WA's Australian of The Year 2008 is Indigenous Arts Leader Mark Bin Bakar, Aboriginal Health Worker Geraldine Hogarth a finalist for 2007 Health Awards)
• 23 November 2007 (Opportunities for Indigenous Artists at the Festival of Pacific Arts, Western Australian Indicator Framework Systems (WAIFS) Workshop, Aboriginal Health and Health Workforce Sectors Unite to Tackle Aboriginal Health)
• 16 November 2007 (Indigenous Representations in Australian of Year Awards, Project Looks at Lack of Child Protection Workers, Wardarnji Aboriginal Cultural Celebration)
• 9 November 2007 (The Wardarnji Aboriginal Cultural Celebration, Child Protection Seminar, Employment opportunity with National Disability Services NDS WA)
• 2 November 2007 (Ngururrpa people celebrate native title claim, Business Traineeship Program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, Stolen Generations Alliance Launch and Commemoration)