Shaneane Weldon is a Wangkatja woman raised in the North Eastern Goldfields home/country of her mother and grandparents. Shaneane has a degree in Community Management and Development, as well as a Bachelor of Education. She has over 25 years experience in dealing with Aboriginal politics and has held leadership positions in various Aboriginal Corporations. At present Shaneane is the Deputy President of the Shire of Laverton where she has been a Shire Councillor for the past 16 years.  Included in her various Community commitments, Shaneane is also a Justice of Peace a role she has held for the past 24 years.

She is also an active board member of several not-for-profit organisations and Native Title bodies, including more recently the Yilka Talintji Aboriginal Prescribed Body Corporate where she is a Traditional Owner under her father’s side of the family.

Shaneane is passionate about Aboriginal languages and the preservation of it. She believes that education is the key to success, and was one of the reasons she became a Teacher so that she can influence and be a role model to her Aboriginal students.

Shaneane resigned from the Central Desert Board in March 2022 due to running for a seat in the Federal election.  She was reappointed to the Board in August 2022.