About us

Strategic Plan

The MLDRIN Confederation has 8 main principles:

• Our core principle is that only traditional owners are best placed to talk for Country.
• The Sovereignty and inherent rights of traditional custodians are never ceded.
• MLDRIN will not interfere with the internal governance of individual Indigenous Nations.
• All Indigenous Nations are equal within the MLDRIN Confederacy.
• MLDRIN respects the diversity of Nations in relation to tradition, sites, stories, cultural practices and governance.
• Resources of the Confederation will be shared equally.
• Self-determination of the Nations and of MLDRIN is the only sustainable way to do business.
• Informed consent.

MLDRIN's Values are:

• Traditional lore and customs of the respective Indigenous Nations are paramount.
• The land and water are sacred, as is our knowledge of it.
• The River system must be treated with respect because the land, waters and the people are interconnected.
• Caring for Country must be sustainable and respectful.
• Caring for Country means talking to each other, upstream and downstream.
• The role of Elders is held in the highest esteem and respect.
• Young people must be respected and involved in the Care for Country.

MLDRIN has developed a Strategic Plan that encompasses these principles and values including the development and implementation of programs that fully involve traditional owners in the Caring for Country.