Through transferring greater decision-making and power to Aboriginal communities, the OCHRE Local Decision Making (LDM) initiative aims to transform the relationship between Aboriginal communities and the NSW Government. In order to assess whether the relationship between Aboriginal communities and the NSW Government has been transformed, CIPR (formerly CAEPR) has been commissioned to construct a culturally appropriate instrument that can measure whether there has been an increase in the number of individuals (Regional Alliances/Assemblies and public sector officials) who report a positive change in the relationship between Aboriginal people and the NSW Government. This commissioned report outlines the process of co-developing culturally appropriate instruments to enable the reporting and monitoring of changes to the working relationship across different LDM stages and LDM sites. Key themes and resulting indicators of a working relationship grounded in the perspectives and voices of parties involved in the LDM initiative are also discussed. 

Keywords: Working relationship, survey instrument, indicators, measurement, co-developing, shared decision making, Aboriginal governance, OCHRE, Local Decision Making, government–community engagement.