The Australian Indigenous Communications Association is the peak body for Australia’s

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 Aboriginal

Australian Aborigines

Australian Aborigines , also called Aboriginal Australians, from the latin ab originem , are people who are indigenous to most of the Australian continentthat is, to mainland Australia and the island of Tasmania...

 and Torres Strait Islander broadcasters. The AICA aims to represent all indigenous people and organisations in the media

Mass media

Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...

, communications and entertainment industry. It develops national policy, advocates and lobbies on behalf of its members and provides assistance for the creation and sustaining of indigenous media forms.

History

AICA was founded in 2003 and replaced the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia.

Funding

The AICA receives the bulk of its funds from the Australian Government through the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.

See also

• National Indigenous Radio Service
  National Indigenous Radio Service
  The National Indigenous Radio Service is a satellite program feed available in Australia to community radio stations that are subscribers of the CBAA’s Community Radio Network. The NIRS provides targeted and specialist programming for and by Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
  
  
• Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association
  Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association
  The Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association is an organisation founded in 1980 by Freda Glynn, Phillip Batty and John Macumba in order to expose Aboriginal music and culture to the rest of Australia from its Alice Springs media centre through the film-making industry, commencing broadcast...
  
  
• Community Broadcasting Association of Australia
  Community Broadcasting Association of Australia
  The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia is a peak body and the national representative organisation for community radio and television stations in Australia. The CBAA provide leadership, advocacy and support for members to actively provide independent broadcasting services and to build...
  
  
• Community Broadcasting Foundation
  Community Broadcasting Foundation
  The Community Broadcasting Foundation is an independent non-profit funding organisation based in Melbourne. The CBF solicits and then distributes funds that assist with the maintenance and development of community broadcasting in Australia....