APY Tjukurpa Law and Culture Council of Elders

The Hon. S.G. WADE (14:37): Supplementary: do I take it from the minister's answer that the last payment was paid to the APY Executive as a response to financial controls? In other words, it would not have gone to the APY Executive directly if there were not financial concerns? To put it another way: do I take it that normally the payment would go to the council of elders itself, but the reason it went to the APY Executive was because of the government's concern about financial issues?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (14:38): I can only presume that it was paid in the way most payments are made to APY, that is, through the elected body that represents APY pursuant to statute, but if that is different I will bring back a response to the honourable member.