TLF ID R9400
This is an edited sound recording of a Northern Territory politician, Marion Scrymgour, talking in July 2008 about representing the views of Indigenous men after she became the first Indigenous woman to be elected to the NT Legislative Assembly in 2001. Scrymgour says that she seeks to empower Indigenous men to take responsibility for solving problems in their communities. She also says that being Indigenous means that she is better prepared to represent the views of people in remote communities without compromising herself by breaching cultural protocols.