AIEF News and Media Centre

AIEF on Television

To watch all videos of AIEF, visit our media platform TheBlackTrack.com.au or click here:

 

 

AIEF Photos

TheBlackTrack.com.au features photos from events and activities of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation.  Please click here to explore our photo library.



AIEF on the radio

Listen to Andrew Penfold on Qantas Inflight Radio's Talking Business with Alan Kohler.

Listen
to Andrew Penfold on Radio 2UE with John Stanley.

Listen to Andrew Penfold on ABC Radio National Counterpoint.


AIEF press clippings

25 January 2012, Great Lakes Advocate – A dream job comes true
The Great Lakes Advocate reports about local Indigenous student Tanika who has secured a traineeship with the NRL after graduating from Kincoppal-Rose Bay School supported by AIEF.  Read the full story here.

16 January 2012, The Australian – A dream job in league of its own
Education writer Justine Ferrari tells the story about graduate Tanika from AIEF Partner School Kincoppal-Rose Bay School, who has secured a competitive event management traineeship with the NRL.  Read the full story here

10 January 2012, The Australian – Lawyer who banked on indigenous education
Andrew Penfold, CEO of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation has been nominated by the readers of The Australian for the newspaper's Australian of the Year competition.  Read the story here

22 December 2011, The Australian – Indigenous support builds
This editorial in The Australian discusses the importance of private sector support for initiatives to redress Indigenous disadvantage, such as the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation.  Read the article here.

21 December 2011, The Australian – Blood, sweat and tears a price worth paying
The Australian features two Indigenous students who graduated from AIEF Partner Schools in Queensland and are now heading for a bright future.  Read the full story here. 

19 November 2011,
The Weekend Australian – The saving grace of a good education
Education writer Justine Ferrari features the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation and its founder and CEO, Andrew Penfold.  Read the story here.

16 November 2011,
Koori Mail – Don't sit around, students told
Koori Mail features the Food for Thought boardroom luncheon with Ralph Norris, Commonwealth Bank CEO, and four students from AIEF Partner School, St Peters Lutheran College in Brisbane as part of the AIEF Post-School Pathways Program.  Read the full story here.

10 November 2011, Lights Out – Indigenous students pave their own pathways at outdoor adventure
The Australian Boarding School Association's magazine features the AIEF Outward Bound program that saw student from AIEF NSW and QLD Partner School spend one week on an outdoor personal development adventure.  Read the full story here.

28 September 2011, National Indigenous Times – Learn, Earn, Legend! for 101 students in Canberra
A follow-up story on the Learn, Earn, Legend! work experience with government program.  Read the full story here

27 September 2011, Tracker – A positive foundation for a partnership
Tracker magazine reports on the recent announcement of a partnership between AIEF and BHP Billiton Iron ore.  Click here for the full story.

For on overview of past AIEF media coverage, download our
Media Pack.

 



AIEF Annual Reports

At AIEF, we are committed to transparent and detailed reporting through our Annual Reports, which include information about our programs, financial accounts, partner schools and colleges and their Indigenous students.


 Download the 2010 AIEF Annual Report.




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 Download the 2009 AIEF Annual Report.





 Download the 2008 AIEF Annual Report.





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“Education is the interface between tradition and modernity. It’s how you negotiate the world we built. If you don’t get into that you don’t get the key that gives you access to our world while maintaining your own.”

Sir Bob Geldof

Brisbane, 19 May 2010