The morning after the April 20 fire.

Wangka Maya staff have been in the new building for nearly 6 months and they are now more or less settled in and just about back on track.

There was a little setback to the settling in process on the 20^th of April, when someone set fire to one of the annexes of the building. The annexe was completely destroyed and the three nearest offices need refurbishment. The rest of the main building needs a bit of paint and clean and police are tracking down a suspect. Thank you to the fire officers and people who helped put the fire out, the police officers who guarded the building afterwards and another big thankyou to Margaret and the Link Up staff for looking after us during the first few days after the fire.

Wangka Maya staff are operating from their conference room and they can be contacted through the usual channels.

Wangka Maya staff reconvened in the Link Up office and ready to continue.

Sally and Sue stand proudly near the Wangka Maya building's name after 10 hours of packing and moving

Following a very exhaustive four days of packing and moving, we are pleased to announce that the Wangka Maya organisation is now located in the wonderful new purpose-built Wangka Maya building. The Link Up service is now also relocated into the Lotteries House building. Staff worked 10 hour days for the last three days to make the move happen and deserve a very big thanks and congratulations. The language centre will remain closed for the next week to allow everyone to unpack and recommence operations in the new building.

Sue and Sabina meet to discuss the findings

Wangka Maya is undertaking an internal examination of its corporate structure to ensure it complies with all legislative requirements, corporate laws and best practise. Corporate lawyer, Sabina Schlink, has been engaged to examine the organisation's structure and compliance with corporate laws and to advise the Management Committee of her findings.  Manager, Sue Hanson, met with Sabina on Wednesday to discuss the initial findings.

Toro from Sweden helping to work on Ngarla language

Wangka Maya welcomes Torbjörn Westerlund to the language centre for the next five weeks. Toro is working with Sandy Brown on the production of a  Ngarla descriptive grammar. This is being produced for Toro's linguistic thesis. Brian Geytenbeek also worked with Toro in Perth on his way through to the Pilbara.