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Central Australian Indigenous organisations win Planning
Award The co-editor of Planning for Country: Cross cultural approaches to decision making on Aboriginal lands, Paul Mitchell, recently accepted the Norman Waterhouse Planning, Scholarship, Research and Training Award in Adelaide on behalf of those involved in its production. The award recognises an outstanding contribution to issues relating to rural/urban planning in Australia contained in a substantial report, book, thesis, article or piece of research. The book was also runner-up in the coveted Planning Minister’s Award for an example of best practice in planning. Planning for Country records the substantial experience, passion and knowledge of many contributors and people throughout Central Australia who have worked in the landcare, land management and community development fields. In making the presentation, the judges commented: “This is a very special text which presents, in an accessible and attractive fashion, an excellent guide to involving Aboriginal communities in a range of different contextual circumstances. This book should be compulsory reading for all students of planning and for all planning practitioners.” The Central Land Council’s Director, David Ross, said: “I thank the researchers Fiona Walsh and Paul Mitchell for the hard yards they did on this. It was on-the-ground work, helping traditional owners in our area to learn about the possibilities that land management and planning could open up for them. The key to much of our work is ensuring that traditional owners have the tools to understand and make decisions for themselves. This is what this book successfully sets out to do - it's a guide on how to transfer the necessary skills - and they’ve done a good job of it." Land and Water Australia, the Indigenous Land Corporation and WWF Australia contributed funds towards the publication of Planning for Country. For more information or interview, please contact Jane Hodson at the CLC on 08 8951 6211 or Kirsty Nancarrow at the IAD on 08 8951 1379. Planning for Country (rrp $45, ISBN 1 86465 037 0) is available at the IAD Press bookshop on South Tce, the online store at www.iad.edu.au/press and all good bookshops. |
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