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STATE STRATEGIC PLAN

In reply to the Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15 September 2011) (First Session).

The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY (Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for State/Local Government Relations): The Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation has been advised:

Work was undertaken on a draft South Australian Aboriginal Strategic Plan, however, it's need was superseded by the Council of Australian Governments' (COAG) National Indigenous Reform Agreement (NIRA), which was approved by COAG in November 2008, and the resulting Overarching Bilateral Indigenous Plan (OBIP), which was signed in early 2011. The OBIP outlines the measures the State and Commonwealth Governments are undertaking to Close the Gap in Indigenous Disadvantage in South Australia under the NIRA.