Central Australia is a region that should have huge opportunities for the traditional owners, especially in roles that are related to their culture and connection to country.
When I first arrived in Central Australia to work for a large land council three years ago, the Aboriginal chief executive told me how difficult it was to drive economic development for the benefit of his people.
His organisation, he lamented, was imbued with the “soft bigotry of low expectations”, a reference to “nay saying” non-Indigenous bureaucrats who shot down ideas that related to Aboriginal employment and small business development.
