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Uluru Statement from the Heart

In reply to Mr TEAGUE (Heysen) (29 June 2023). (Estimates Committee A)

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector): I have been advised:

As part of the 2022-23 state budget, this government committed $500,000 per annum (indexed) from 2022-23 to implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

The Uluru Statement is the consensus position agreed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and leaders from across Australia who participated in an extensive consultation process that culminated in the First Nations National Constitutional Convention held at Uluru in the Northern Territory in May 2017.

As I informed the committee, the three elements in the statement—Voice, Treaty and Truth—are defined sequentially. The work undertaken by the Commissioner for First Nations Voice during 2022-23 represents the first stage of this process.

I am advised that $496,000 was spent by the Commissioner for First Nations Voice in 2022-23. This included the salary costs for the commissioner and his office during this period. The tasks undertaken by the commissioner during this time included two rounds of statewide community engagement.

Consideration is being given to the allocation of the remaining budget across the forward estimates.

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