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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.
Two-Way Governance 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 17
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.