Traditional law men and women should be involved in the Reconciliation process and have greater representation on the Aboriginal Reconciliation Council. The Reconciliation process itself should respect the traditional power structure and recognise the status of law men and law women. Noongars to determine these outcomes more than now. After applications have been made, allocations should not be changed. Appropriate funding for the whole of the projects.
Regional offices be the distributors of the money.
Request for funding submissions were often at very short notice. Guidelines for pecuniary interest should be changed. Pecuniary interest is disempowerment, not empowerment. There is a need for appropriate indigenous identity documents which are recognised and could be used to open bank accounts. The power should not be taken away from the elected Regional Councils.