Section 7: Self-determination and community / Community-led organisations delivering culturally safe service

Section 7: Self-determination and community

Community-led organisations delivering culturally safe service

Community-led Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations are trying to repair the damage caused by colonisation and government policies. These organisations focus on of contemporary problems through self-determination.

Local Decision Making is an initiative of the NSW Government’s community focussed plan for Aboriginal affairs, OCHRE (Opportunity, Choice, Healing, Responsibility and Empowerment). Local Decision Making is built on the principle of self-determination and giving Aboriginal communities say in determining what and how services are delivered to their communities.