Little says the congress was Initially buoyed by discussions with Turnbull's office after he became PM but says communication has gone cold.
"We haven’t met yet, the message came from his office in September that he would like to meet. Since then we’ve written seven times, we have had a meeting with his advisor and we are still seeking that meeting [with the PM]".
The congress is an elected body which also represents the interest of hundreds of Indigenous organisations. And Little says that if Turnbull is truly committed to closing the appalling gap in health, education and employment between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, he'll speak with their elected representatives.
"Here is an organisation, a democratically elected board from its membership of over 9000 individuals with almost over 200 community organisations that have a reach to hundreds of thousands of individuals in communities across this Australia".
"Absolutely we feel ignored now. You can’t ignore the fact that the congress is the voice of the first peoples".