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Good Two-Way Governance in Remote
Aboriginal communities needs you to:
• Be organized and have the resources
to plan and do the work.
• Be culturally aware and able to
communicate safely between
different languages, cultures and
systems .
It also needs to think about Traditional
Owners, if the organisation’s work
means doing things on Aboriginal
lands.
Under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act,
any work needs the approval of
Traditional Owners.
Two Way Governance: Presentation 14
Ranger groups do most of their work on some else’s country, whether its on land or sea. They
make sure the right people know about this and approve the work BEFORE they go out and do it.
Shire Councils and government departments get leases from TOs to build offices or reserve land
for shops and other businesses.