Roles and Functions

YMAC is the NTRB for the Traditional Owners of the Pilbara and Geraldton (Yamatji) Representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Body (RATSIB) areas of Australia. Our service provision focuses on the Pilbara, Mid West and Gascoyne regions of WA. YMAC operates under the NTA and CATSI Act. YMAC functions determined under the NTA include:

• Facilitation and assistance functions referred to in sections 203BA and 203BB; • Certification functions referred to in section 203BE; • Dispute resolution functions referred to in section 203BF; • Notification functions referred to in section 203BG; • Agreement-making functions referred to in section 203BH; • Internal review functions referred to in section 203BI; and • Other functions referred to in section 203BJ, and such other functions as are conferred on representative bodies by the act.

Wirruwana (Dirk Hartog Island), Malgana Country