"We have had so many self-appointed people, black and white, who have decided to be our spokespeople, who know nothing about us and our issues. They are the people who have been running the show all these years without ever asking us whether it's okay for them to do so. They are the ones who want to keep our people in the dark as if we are some sort of stone age people...."

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Bess Nungarrayi Price was born at Yuendumu in Central Australia. Her first language is Warlpiri. She also knows Luritja, Western Arrernte and Anmatyerre. Mrs Price has a Batchelor of Applied Science in Aboriginal Community Management and Development from Curtin University and has worked in education and training, public administration, the media, community development, interpreting, translating and language teaching and has experience in small business management. Bess has recently been appointed to the Commonwealth's Violence Against Women Advisory Group. In addition, she chairs the NT Indigenous Affairs Advisory Council and is a member of the NT's Hospital Services Planning Project Committee, the Wild Harvest Advisory Committee with the Desert Knowledge CRC in Alice Springs and the management board of Indigenous Community TV.