Fomentar actitudes positivas: Alegría.

That is indeed the question. It is clear that there is an appetite for change, from both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. It is the terms of the change, and the resulting relationships that evolve, that remain to be determined. The planning rhetoric ticks many of the right boxes but is coy about implementation; and, as we have seen, falls far short of envisioning the kind of partnership with Aboriginal people that is at the forefront for Aboriginal people themselves.

In contrast, the practical range of on-the-ground projects approved under the various Royalties for Regions funding streams include many projects developed locally and in partnership. Pilbara Cities is providing funding, for example, to the educational and cultural amphitheatre in Karijini National Park in partnership with Gumala Aboriginal Corporation; to the Martu Knowledge program with Kanyarinpa Jukurrpa in Newman; to the Ngarluma Aboriginal Sustainable Housing (NASH) project in Roebourne. Taking even these few examples suggests a much greater involvement of Aboriginal people and organisations in planning and decision- making at the local level. It also suggests a greater continuity in some of the key local bodies, even in the face of name and format changes, like the Pilbara Area Consultative Committee to Pilbara RDA. The relationships built over time,

personally and organisationally, matter; and this can only happen at the local level. Pilbara economic interests may be national, but they will only result in long-term sustainable social development by taking account of the local. And Aboriginal people are integral to that social, as well as economic, development.

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