House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
2009-02-17 Daily Xml

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ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES, FUNDING

376 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (17 November 2008).

1. How much funding did the state government allocate in 2008-09 to each of the following communities:

(a) Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara;

(b) Maralinga Tjarutja;

(c) The Aboriginal Lands Trust.

2. How does this level of funding compare with the previous year?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Minister for Environment and Conservation, Minister for Early Childhood Development, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister Assisting the Premier in Cabinet Business and Public Sector Management):

1.

(a) Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara received a grant of $1,240,000 in 2008-09 for the administration of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 (SA).

(b) Maralinga Tjarutja received a grant of $468,054 in 2008-09 for the administration of the Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights Act 1984.

(c) The Aboriginal Lands Trust received a grant of $521,110 in 2008-09 for the administration of the Aboriginal Lands Trust Act, 1966 (SA).

2. Funding for the three Statutory Land Holding Authorities increased by 2.5 per cent CPI from 2006-07 to 2007-08.