Community- by-community – there will be change
Source: Queensland. Minister for Local Government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships. Media Release
"Mayors from 14 Indigenous communities, Ministers, State Members of Parliament and senior government officers met in Cairns and vowed to work in partnership to create jobs, houses and economic development opportunities. Local Government, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Minister Desley Boyle and Community Services and Housing Minister Karen Struthers listened to the Mayors and committed to action – community-by-community. “There will not be a one-size fits all approach on-the-ground because we recognise that each community has its own priorities, good ideas and challenges,” Minister Boyle said. “What we must have is action now - not later. We have State money and Federal money to apply, but first we must remove the blockages to moving forward,” she said."