Walgett Community Working Party chair Garry Trindall. IMAGE: River McCrossen
The Walgett Community Working Party (WCWP) has gone it alone after the Aboriginal-controlled body split with the Murdi Paaki Regional Assembly (MPRA).
The Assembly is a representative body that advocates to the NSW government on behalf of its member groups, but WCWP chair Garry Trindall said they were better off with a direct line to Macquarie Street.
Government agency Aboriginal Affairs NSW (AANSW) certified the working party as a Local Decision-Making Alliance on 6 June…