In order to achieve the objectives of this Agreement, the Parties will support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to take ownership of this Agreement.
The Parties are committed to ongoing engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people:
to build awareness and ownership of the Agreement to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to talk to governments on how to apply the commitments under the Agreement to communities and organisations across the country, and
when significant changes to this Agreement are proposed.
An ongoing joint communications strategy will be developed by the Parties for this purpose, which will be considered by the Joint Council within six months of the commencement of this Agreement.
The joint communications strategy will include a central role for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander media, in particular community-controlled media, including the promotion and distribution of material and information across a range of mediums to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as to other Australians.
All communications under the Agreement should be widely accessible and help to preserve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages.
