I awoke on 21 June 2007 with great anticipation that by day's end we might have a united environmental Indigenous voice for northern Australia. I was the CEO of the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA), a coalition of Indigenous bodies concerned with the future of the vast northern tropical lands and seas. But NAILSMA was showing signs of fracture, and I was hoping that a meeting of its members that day…
