HANSARD
SITTING CALENDAR
SEARCH
LIVE BROADCAST
Hansard Dynamic Member Index
House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
2011-09-14 Daily Xml
Contents
Pdf Xml

APY LANDS, FOOD SECURITY

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (14:20): My question is again to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation. Will the minister explain why the recommendations of the 2004 O'Donoghue and Costello report on the APY lands have not been implemented?

The SPEAKER: Could the member for Croydon sit down please? The Minister for Aboriginal Affairs.

The Hon. G. PORTOLESI (Hartley—Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers, Minister Assisting the Premier in Social Inclusion) (14:21): I don't agree with the premise of her question.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. G. PORTOLESI: The fact is, there was one key issue that the report talked about and that was the appointment of an administrator. It talked about a whole bunch of things, and I have a very long response to those, but it comes down to an administrator, and I talked about that issue with Ms O'Donoghue. That is a very complex—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. G. PORTOLESI: —and a very controversial suggestion. What the authors of that report—in talking about an administrator—are highlighting is a need to unblock, to remove barriers to progress. I have to say that for the first time we have the state government, the federal government and communities working together, and that is the only way to go forward on this matter.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS
MEMBERS
GET INVOLVED
ABOUT PARLIAMENT
VISIT
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
CONTACT