Membership Criteria

NLE membership application includes the following information;

  1. Noongar Landholder Enterprise Group (NLE) membership is restricted to land owning or managing Noongar Entities.
  2. The applying Noongar Entity must show intent by presenting an application letter signed by the Directors accompanied by a motion from the minutes of a general meeting held by the applying Entity that clearly articulates that the members of that meeting agreeing to apply to the NLE to become a member.
  3. The applying Noongar Entity must demonstrate readiness by providing its most recent financial statement, a Title Deed or other appropriate document for its landholding(s) and any recent business, strategic or property plans.
  4. The applying Noongar Entity must appoint two representatives for the Entity that can be either a current Director or an Appointed Officer of the Entity.
  5. The applying Noongar Entity may also nominate two standing proxies for the appointed representatives, who can attend and vote at NLE meetings if the appointed representatives are unable to attend.
  6. At any given time, the majority of Entity appointed representatives on the NLE must be Noongar.
 

Contact

Simon Wallwork

Executive Officer
Noongar Land Enterprise Group
M 0422 803 890

Address

Noongar Land Enterprise Group
2711 Frankland-Cranbrook Rd,
Cranbrook
WA 6321


References

  1. Assessing the Value of Grower Groups, P. Cook, 2017
  2. https://www.humanrights.gov.au/right-self-determination
  3. What works in effective Indigenous community-managed programs and organisation, Morley, 2015
  4. WA Chem Centre, ABC News,2018 5. Native Foods R&D Priorities and Strategies 2013-2018 July 2013 RIRDC Publication No 13/023
  5. Forest Products Commission http://www.fpc.wa.gov.au/sandalwood
  6. CULTURAL TOURISM IN REGIONS OF AUSTRALIA. A report by Tourism Research Australia commissioned by the Cultural Ministers’ Council Statistics Working Group, Hossain, Heaney, Carter, 2005

Acknowledgement

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia, Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA) has been instrumental in the development of the NLE Group, providing significant support and assistance.