APY Art Centre Collective

Mr TEAGUE (Heysen) (14:49): My question is to the Minister for Arts. Has the minister sought or received advice about whether the APY Art Centre Collective has breached the commonwealth Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act (CATSI Act)? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.

Leave granted.

Mr TEAGUE: The South Australian government referred APY arts to ORIC (Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations). ORIC investigates breaches of the CATSI Act, which concerns matters of governance.

The Hon. A. MICHAELS (Enfield—Minister for Small and Family Business, Minister for Consumer and Business Affairs, Minister for Arts) (14:50): As the member would be aware, that is a federal piece of legislation. What the review panel did was undertake a very thorough investigation. They formed the view that there was sufficient evidence to warrant a referral to ORIC for breaches of the CATSI Act. That referral has been made. This was a very sensitive investigation. I have not been provided with a report from the investigation. The panel formed that view and made direct referrals to ORIC and to the ACCC. At this point in time, those investigations I understand are currently active and I won't make any further comment on those investigations to prejudice them.