Publications

Statement from Dharriwaa Elders Group Walgett for the Sydney Rally to Stop the Narrabri Coal Seam Gas Project 14 September 2023.
Dharriwaa Elders Group letter to Walgett Shire Council tabled and read at Council meeting 31 July 2023 re Walgett Pool closure.
Dharriwaa Elders Group and Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service Statement regarding high levels of homelessness in Walgett 13 July 2023.
Dharriwaa Elders Group 7 June 2023: Statement supporting Complaint to Law Enforcement Conduct Commission about NSW Police Response to the Covid19 Public Health Emergency.
Dharriwaa Elders Group and Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service advocacy to improve food and water security in Walgett - a resource to assist the teaching of critical thinking May 2023.
Dharriwaa Elders Group Statement - Water management in the Northern Murray-Darling Basin, April 2023. Provided to NSW Water Minister Rose Jackson in Walgett.
MEDIA RELEASE 13 April 2023: ABORIGINAL ORGANISATIONS DEMAND ACTION: WALGETT DRINKING WATER HEALTH THREAT
Yuwaya Ngarra-li Briefing Paper - Key Findings from the Food and Water Security Surveys in Walgett February 2023
Yuwaya Ngarra-li Briefing Paper: Walgett's Housing Need, March 2023
Yuwaya Ngarra-li Briefing Paper: Walgett's Drinking Water, February 2023
Floodplain Harvesting licence rules in the water sharing plan for the regulated river water sources in the Namoi Valley, Submission from Dharriwaa Elders Group, Walgett, 29 January 2023.
Yuwaya Ngarra-li Policy Paper: Creating better futures with contracts, 5 October 2022
Some responses to the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill 2022 by Dharriwaa Elders Group 23 September 2022. A submission made to Portfolio Committee No. 7 Planning and Environment of the NSW Parliament.
Caring for Elders, Community and Culture: A study of the potential impact of changes to the funding of home care on the aged care services provided by Dharriwaa Elders Group (DEG), by Dr Bob Davidson for the Yuwaya Ngarra-li partnership of Dharriwaa Elders Group with University of NSW, June 2022.
Summary - Caring for Elders, Community and Culture: A study of the potential impact of changes to the funding of home care on the aged care services provided by Dharriwaa Elders Group (DEG), by Dr Bob Davidson for the Yuwaya Ngarra-li partnership of Dharriwaa Elders Group with University of NSW, June 2022.
This statement is made so that voters were aware of Dharriwaa Elders Group's policy for water management when they voted Saturday 21 May 2022. Water management is broken and the rivers, wetlands, groundwaters , floodplains and the environment and communities that depend on them are suffering. Government can change this situation if voters elect politicians to make change happen.
This statement is about the harm caused by NSW Police during the Covid-19 pandemic in Walgett between July 2020 and October 2021. The NSW Government made a big mistake for our community in tasking police to lead the local emergency response to this public health crisis.
Statement 21 March 2022: Urgent action needed on systemic failure of leadership and outcomes at Walgett Community College High School.
Submission from Dharriwaa Elders Group and Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service to NSW Inquiry into Food Production and Supply February 2022
Statement from Dharriwaa Elders Group 22 October 2021 "Today we report the concerns of Walgett parents that schools are not COVID safe".
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Statement from the Dharriwaa Elders Group on Minister Hazzard's visit to Walgett, 8 September 2021.
Statement from the Dharriwaa Elders Group, Walgett, on news of a local case of COVID-19, 12 August 2021.
Submission to NSW Parliament Legislative Council Select Committee on Floodplain Harvesting 13 August 2021, Dharriwaa Elders Group.
UN Food Summit 2021 Report and UN Food Summit 2021 - Case Study - Rosewarne E1, Hunnisett C1, Bennett-Brook K, Coombes J,Rosewarne E1, Hunnisett C1, Bennett-Brook K, Coombes J,Corby C, Leslie G, McCausland R, McKenzie B, Spencer W, Feeny E2, Webster J2.Whose paradigm counts? An Australia-Pacific perspective on unheard voices in foodand water systems. Sydney, Australia: The George Institute for Global Health; 2021.1 joint first authorship; 2 joint senior authorship
'CommUNIty-Led development: A partnership to realize Aboriginal Elders’ vision for change', Community Development, pp. 1 - 19, McCausland R; Spencer W; MacGillivray P; Robinson V; Hickey V; Baldry E; McEntyre E, 2021.
Statement 25 February 2021: Urgent action needed on systemic failure of leadership and outcomes at Walgett Community College high school.
Submission responding to a call by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment for input to a report on “Too Dirty, Too Little, Too Much: The Global Water Crisis and Human Rights Joint Submission by DEG, MLDRN and EDO November 2020
Inquiry into food prices and food security in remote Indigenous communities A submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs from Dharriwaa Elders Group and Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service 15 July 2020
Dharriwaa Elders Group Annual Report 30 June 2020.
Proposed amendments to the Water Management (General) Regulation 2018 - submission from the Dharriwaa Elders Group in Walgett .
NSW Border Rivers: Floodplain harvesting in water sharing plans, Submission from Dharriwaa Elders Group, Walgett, 30 November 2020.
Rationale for, and impacts of, new dams and other water infrastructure in NSW. Submission into the Portfolio Committee No. 7 Planning and Environment inquiry from Dharriwaa Elders Group 22 September 2020.
Recommendations for the Review of the National Water Initiative. A submission to the Productivity Commission Review of the National Water Initiative from Dharriwaa Elders Group and Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service 11 September 2020.
Statement by Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service and Dharriwaa Elders Group regarding evidence provided to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs Inquiry into Food Pricing and Food Security in Remote Indigenous Communities. 12 August 2020.
Core Principles of Yuwaya Ngarrali - Virginia Robinson 2020
‘Walgett community unites to tackle pandemic-related food shortages’, Croakey, 8 April 2020. Hickey V, Spencer W, Webster J.
Dharriwaa Elders Group Annual Report 30 June 2019.
A brief submission in response to the Draft Barwon-Darling Watercourse and Namoi Water Resource Plans (“WRPs”) made by Dharriwaa Elders Group 29 October 2019 to the NSW Dept. of Planning, Industry and Environment
Letter from Dharriwaa Elders Group to the Walgett Shire Council of 10 October 2019 urging resolution rejecting CSG exploration & mining
Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service Issues paper re Water Quality for NACCHO 16 September 2019, prepared by WAMS, Dharriwaa Elders Group and Yuwaya Ngarra-li partners
Statement from DEG and WAMS 12 August 2019 re Walgett's Drinking Water
Yuwaya Ngarra-li Walgett Food Forum Report 26 June 2019
Statement regarding enhancement of Walgett's water infrastructure from a meeting convened 22 May 2019 by Dharriwaa Elders Group and its University of NSW Yuwaya Ngarra-li partners with Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service.
Dharriwaa Elders Group brief submission to "Review of Water Sharing Plan for the Barwon-Darling Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012" 31 March 2019 .
Dharriwaa Elders Group Annual Report 30 June 2018.
DEG's statement regarding findings of high salt levels in Walgett's drinking water. 30 November 2018.
Draft Great Artesian Basin Strategic Management Plan 2018. A brief submission from the Dharriwaa Elders Group that insists that Australian Governments better manage this highly valued water source. 9 November 2018.
Walgett Action Plan for Children and Young People June 2018.
Walgett Youth Justice Forum Report June 2018.
Submission in response to the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill 2018 (NSW) 18 April 2018.
Yuwaya Ngarra-li Youth Justice Forum Statement March 2018.
Submission to NSW Parliament's Inquiry into the provision of drug rehabilitation services in regional, rural and remote NSW 8 December 2017.
Dharriwaa Elders Group Annual Report 30 June 2017.
Submission to NSW Premier by Dharriwaa Elders Group 17 August 2017.
Submission to NSW Minister for the Environment Gabrielle Upton by Dharriwaa Elders Group 17 August 2017
Submission to Minister Frydenberg by Dharriwaa Elders Group 17 August 2017
Submission to NSW Travelling Stock Route Review by Dharriwaa Elders Group 7 July 2017
Moving Forward to Healthy Communities - a long-term Framework to address Social and Emotional Wellbeing in Walgett and surrounding NW NSW Aboriginal communities. Endorsed by the Walgett Gamilaraay Aboriginal Community Working Party 25 May 2016.
Submission to NSW Govt. Biodiversity Reforms by Dharriwaa Elders Group 28 June 2016
Submission by Dharriwaa Elders Group, Walgett, 19 October 2015. NSW Legislative Council General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 Inquiry into Reparations for the Stolen Generations in NSW.
A Brief Response from the Dharriwaa Elders Group to "Reforming the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage System in NSW" March 2014
Walgett Aboriginal Women's Workshops Report - Dharriwaa Elders Group February 2011 (1.2 MB)
NSW Greens leader Lee Rhiannon speech re the DEG and her Walgett visit
A brief response from the Dharriwaa Elders Group - (497KB) 31 March 2009, to the NSW Dept Environment and Climate Change's Discussion Paper "Towards an Aboriginal Land Management Framework (NSW ALMF") for NSW"
Dharriwaa Elders Group Supplementary Submission 29 August 2008 to the NSW Legislative Council Social Issues Standing Committee Inquiry into Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage
Dharriwaa Elders Group submission to NSW Inquiry into Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage, December 2007
Dharriwaa Elders Group report from Review of REF and supporting documentation for Opal Prospecting Areas 1 - 4 "Opal Mining Within the Narran-Warrambool Reserve, Lightning Ridge, Review of Environmental Factors August 2008" undertaken by Bangalay Botanicals
DEG's response to the Review of the Western Lands Act 1901 - (90KB), made to the Western Lands Commissioner 28 February 2008
Dharriwaa Elders Group submission 15 January 2008 in response to Walgett Shire Council's Draft "Aboriginal Community Development and Reconciliation Plan 2007 - 2010"
"Walgett Youth Priorities" 2004
submission regarding the NSW Dept of Mineral Resources "Opal Mining within the Narran-Warrambool Reserve, Lightning Ridge - Review of Environmental Factors, 2004", July 2005
submission in response to the NSW Draft Native Vegetation Regulation 2004, December 2004 (484KB)
submission regarding the NSW Government Review of the Rural Lands Protection Act 1998, June 2004 (24KB)
submission to the NSW Scientific Committee regarding threatened species, November 2003 (116KB)
submission in response to Brewarinna Draft Native Vegetation Management Plan, September 2002 (213 KB)
submission in response to Walgett Draft Native Vegetation Management Plan, August 2002 (296 KB)
2015 - 2016 Dharriwaa Elders Group annual report
2014 - 2015 Dharriwaa Elders Group annual report - (1.2 MB)
2013 - 2014 Dharriwaa Elders Group annual report
2012 - 2013 Dharriwaa Elders Group annual report
2011-2012 Dharriwaa Elders Group annual report
2010 - 2011 Dharriwaa Elders Group annual report
2009 - 2010 Dharriwaa Elders Group annual report - (1.7 MB)
2008 - 2009 Dharriwaa Elders Group annual report - (1.42 MB)
2007 - 2008 Dharriwaa Elders Group annual report - part 1 (738KB), part 2 (697KB)
2006 - 2007 Dharriwaa Elders Group annual report - part 1 (885KB), part 2 (2,373KB)
2005 - 2006 Dharriwaa Elders Group annual report - part 1 (530KB), part 2 (636KB)
2004 - 2005 Dharriwaa Elders Group annual report - part 1 (601KB), part 2 (582KB)

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