Matriarchs key to unlocking Aboriginal community change

Matriarchs can power change, Kimberley Aboriginal Women's Council deputy chair Mary O'Reeri says. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

Indigenous women must be involved in decisions affecting their communities, say young and old at an annual roundtable in Australia's remote north.

Any reform affecting their people and communities must involve women, Mary O'Reeri has told the Kimberley Aboriginal Women's Leadership in Broome.