With NAIDOC Week celebrations in the national spotlight this month, a significant project is underway which will culminate later this year in a strategy that will guide how ARV can partner with Traditional Owners to progress self-determination within existing governance and statutory frameworks in a genuine, culturally safe and meaningful way.
Development of a strategy to guide and enable self-determination is a central plank of ARV’s corporate plan which is committed to improving outcomes for Indigenous people and self-determination is the key factor contributing to that.
Alpine Country is unique and is home to six Traditional Owner groups – Gunaikurnai, Taungurung, Wurundjeri, Dhudhuroa, Waywurru and Jaithmathang peoples and ARV has both a statutory and moral obligation to protect the “unique environmental, social, cultural and economic characteristics of each alpine resort” as set out in the Alpine Resorts (Management) Act 1997.
A comprehensive consultation process is now underway until September to seek responses and feedback from Registered Aboriginal Parties (RAPs) and non-RAPs through a series of one-on-one conversations and interviews, group sessions and online surveys.
The results will determine the way forward toward Traditional Owner self-determination in Victoria’s alpine resorts.
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