APY Executive

The Hon. T.J. STEPHENS (14:27): Supplementary: will the minister now concede that the APY Executive has become so dysfunctional that he should exercise the power given to him by this parliament—and rushed through this parliament—to sack the executive and install the administrator to return effective operations to the body and look after the people who are suffering on the APY lands?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Employment, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Science and Information Economy) (14:27): I thank the honourable member for his question. Again, there is often a misapprehension about what the APY Executive is responsible for. They are a land management body. Many functions such as health, education, policing are not the providence of the APY Executive. I am, as I have said, happy to take the question on notice, seek some advice and bring back a reply for the honourable member.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!