David McCormack from Yuelamu talks renewables
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A new Network to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples play a central role in developing the renewables sector has been launched in Alice Springs today The Network will support First Nations communities and business enterprises to manage clean energy projects, from small community projects to large-scale, export focussed initiatives. The Network will also pursue policy reform, and advocate for the renewables sector to protect sacred sites as well as include Indigenous businesses. A key initiator of the network and Executive Director of Original Power, Karrina Nolan, says, "The Network will ensure First Nations people are key players as Australia’s clean energy industry grows" Lesly Schultz, who is a Ngadju Traditional Owner, Chair of Ngadju Conservation Aboriginal Corporation says he wants remote communities in Western Australia and throughout the lands to have First Nations people lead in having safe power options.
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