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Shrinking Sugary Drinks

To support our customers to drink less sugar, the ALPA Board agreed to pilot a ‘pack size reduction’ strategy on the highest selling sugary drinks. This strategy will complement the suite of sugar reduction policies already in place across our stores.
Tracking our nutrition efforts

The ALPA Nutrition Team and Retail Analysts have collaborated with Menzies School of Health Research to build live, interactive reports on the Microsoft BI platform. These reports provide insights into fruit and vegetable, drink, and overall sugar sales performance and purchasing trends for each store.
Gapuwiyak Women's Camp

Community Nutritionists reflection on the Gapuwiyak Women’s Camp run by Growing Up Strong Kids (GUSK) program. The camp focused on health and wellbeing but mostly it was an opportunity for women to be out on country and enjoy each other’s company.
Ramingining Takeaway makes a Comeback

Ramingining takeaway has seen a great improvement in healthy sales over the past few months.

RSAS and Deadly Hair Dude run school holiday program for students

Teen spirit filled the house with hair dyes in Christmas themed colours; curls and buzz cuts were booked in and Matt the Deadly Hair Dude together with Serita Guruwiwi (CDP Coordinator and now hair dye specialist) set to work on styles of all kinds.
Remote School Attendance Strategy (RSAS) contract renewed

Great news for nearly 100 RSAS employees across East Arnhem Land and thousands of families the RSAS Team supports.
Joneesha is on her way to recovery and her family say a big thank-you!

We are proud to say that all of your efforts and generosity helped raise nearly $27,000 to assist her family in caring for her.
ALPA and NAAJA launch Criminal Legal Education Resources

ALPA has funded a series of 24-short films covering a range of topics including Domestic violence and Domestic Violence Orders (DVO's), Discrimination law and Social Security law.
Vanessa and Jazariah work with Australian Bureau of Statistics in Gapuwiyak.

Meet Vanessa and Jazariah Manggurra who were part of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Team in Gapuwiyak. We're super encouraged by all the other community members that have recently worked with the ABS to help gain important statistics for our regions.
The Arafura Swamp Band

What started out as a small music program in Ramingining 12 months ago has flourished into the unique group of men that now call themselves The Arafura Swamp Band.
ALPA Annual Report Photo Competition

We want the best photo from any ALPA operated community to feature in this year's annual report and you could win $500
Welcome to ALPA’s newly appointed Community Services General Manager, Emma Kelly

ALPA has recently appointed Emma Kelly as our General Manager of Community Services. Emma has been promoted from Community Development Program (CDP) Manager and has progressed her career here since she was originally employed as an Employment Services Coordinator in 2015.
Gatjirrk Festival 2020 an online celebration of Yolngu culture, song and dance

The project employed over 60 Yolngu artists and crew and also 8 trainees
A Colourful Way To End The Year In Jabiru

NT Community and Health Services partnered with ALPA to hold this year's fun run in Jabiru.

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Our ALPA Member Stores

Our Member Stores are 100% owned and operated by ALPA and create surplus to be reinvested back into our communities.
What we do

ALPA is an Aboriginal not-for-profit Corporation that leads independent businesses in Remote Retailing, Community Service Program Delivery, Enterprise and Economic Development and Corporate Services.
Community Development Program

The Community Development Program is a remote employment and community development program. CDP supports job seekers in remote Australian communities to build work‐like skills, address employment barriers and contribute to their communities through a range of high quality activities.
Operational Footprint

Our Operational footprint cover 1.2 million square kilometres.
Working Remote

ALPA operates in some of Australia's remotest locations and we pay our respects to the traditional owners past, present, and emerging for the lands we operate on.
Our history

We have come a long way since 1972 – from small, counter sales stores in tin sheds, to full self-service, air-conditioned stores offering an extensive range of quality goods in remote communities.
Health and Nutrition Strategy

Health and Nutrition is a priority for our ALPA member and consultancy stores. We extend our Health and Nutrition Policy to all of our stores.
Joneesha Gurruwiwi Cancer Treatment and Recovery Fund

7-year-old Joneesha Gurruwiwi is fighting a rare type of brain cancer called Medulloblastoma and she needs your help so that she can be cared for during her treatment.