Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority
The Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority (NRA) is the peak representative body of the Ngarrindjeri people. It is made up of representatives from 12 grassroots Ngarrindjeri organisations, plus four additional elected community members. Its purpose is to:
- Protect and advance the welfare of the Ngarrindjeri people,
- Protect areas of special significance to the Ngarrindjeri people,
- Improve the economic opportunities of the Ngarrindjeri people,
- Facilitate social welfare programs benefitting aboriginal people,
- Pursue Native Title over the traditional lands and waters of the Ngarrindjeri people,
- Enter into agreements of contracts with third parties on behalf of the Ngarrindjeri people,
- Manage land of cultural significance to the Ngarrindjeri people, and to hold any interest in such land as trustee or otherwise on their behalf,
- Act as the trustee under any trust established for the benefit of the Ngarrindjeri people,
- Protect the intellectual property rights of the Ngarrindjeri people.
In January 2012, Luke Trevorrow, an executive board member of the NRA and director of NRA-owned Ngarrindjeri Ruwe Contracting, was arrested while in possession of 1.35 kilograms (48 oz) of cannabis destined for sale in the Arnhem Land community of Millingimbi, His sentence, 16 months jail, was suspended after one month.
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