News

17 Sep 2019

The stunning Thursday Island in the Torres Strait provided an amazing setting for the first Community Language Aide (CLA) assessments in an Indigenous language. This July, NAATI travelled to the Torres Strait to test 10 Border Movement Officers, who work for the Department of Home Affairs throughout the area, in Yumplatok which they use in...

08 Aug 2019

The Competency Standards Framework is the recommended standards for clinicians working in healthcare settings. Delivering quality care to people from migrant and refugee backgrounds requires health professionals to adopt culturally responsive practices and communication skills to work effectively with this group of people. The Migrant Women’s Health Partnership (MRWHP) brings together consultation groups, with the goal of developing...

18 Jul 2019

Friday, 4:45pm. Ordinary close-of-business meeting. Every day, before we shut off, we have a team meeting to plan the next day. I confess, rigorous planning is a key skill for a good project manager. But there is something more important than that. But I am getting ahead of myself. Objectives become outcomes. We take the...

04 Jul 2019

Recommended Standards October 2017 saw the launch of the Recommended National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Courts and Tribunals, published by the Judicial Council on Cultural Diversity (JCCD). The JCCD Working Group, a specialist committee appointed by the Council, have just released the Addendum to the National Standards, which explains the NAATI certification model, and...

03 Jul 2019

Austlang Codeathon Help improve Australian Indigenous language descriptions in library collections Indigenous Language lovers and data nerds. Here’s fabulous opportunity to help in the quest to preserve and revive Australian Indigenous languages.    The National Library, AIATSIS, Trove, Libraries Australia and the State and Territory libraries are collaborating on a national codeathon during NAIDOC Week...

02 Jul 2019

Industry Update: NAATI CEO Mark Painting, and two members of the NAATI staff, Nora Sautter and Maho Fukuno, recently travelled to Japan to attend the Critical Link International 9 Conference in Tokyo. The conference was held over three days from 14 – 16 July 2019. This international conference was attended by 161 participants from 17 countries....