At this stage it seems that the primary role of all of
the proposed regional bodies is to connect local and regional needs to all levels of government through advocacy.
Not exact matches
O'Donoghue's minority report in the Hiatt inquiry aimed to deal with this issue by
proposing that the replacement for the NACC should be based in
regional organisations feeding into state advisory
bodies that comprised both
regional Indigenous representatives and state public officials.
A
regional work plan
proposed by the NNTT that does not have regard to a representative
body's objectives and priorities, may:
We have not
proposed that the new National Representative
Body have state or
regional level structures.
Instead, we
propose that it operate in a way that provides for structured and transparent engagement at the
regional and jurisdictional level, with regular opportunities for large groups to engage in policy setting and to hold the
body accountable.