Northern Land Council
Shweta Laroiya is an experienced finance professional currently serving as the Assistant Management Accountant at Northern Land Council since April 2016, where responsibilities include creating grant budgets and finance reports for management and funding bodies. Prior to this role, Shweta held positions as an Administrative Officer at Charles Darwin University, providing support to Indigenous Student Services and assisting with administrative processes, and as a Finance Officer at St. Johns Catholic College, where tasks included budget preparation and accounts management. Earlier, Shweta worked as a Relationship Manager at ICICI Bank Limited, overseeing corporate lending clients and conducting credit assessments. Shweta holds a Certified Professional Accountant designation and has completed an MBA in International Business with marketing majors, along with a Bachelor's degree in Commerce.
Northern Land Council
The Northern Land Council was established in 1973 to represent traditional Aboriginal landowners and Aboriginal people in the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia. The most important responsibilities of the NLC are to consult with traditional landowners and other Aborigines with an interest in the land. This is to make sure the landowners as a group give their informed consent before the Land Council or a Land Trust enters into any agreement, or takes any action affecting their land. It also ensures that affected Aboriginal communities and groups have the chance to express their views and that land use agreements entered into are reasonable. These principles are fundamental to the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. The NLC also acts as a representative body for native title claimants in its area under the Native Title Act 1993.