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Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
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Aboriginal Heritage Act

The Hon. S.G. WADE (14:56): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation a question in relation to the Aboriginal Heritage Act.

Leave granted.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: On 22 March 2016, parliament passed a bill to amend the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988. During debate on the bill in the other place, the Treasurer took a number of opposition questions on notice with an assurance that detailed answers would be provided. More than three months later and more than three months after the proclamation and commencement of the amended act, answers to these important questions have not been provided to the opposition. I put these questions directly to the responsible minister in the hope that it might elicit an immediate and detailed response:

1. How many submissions that the government received in relation to the proposed changes to the Aboriginal Heritage Act asked for section 6(2) to be removed or deleted?

2. Has all of the $7.6 million allocated in the 2011-12 financial year for the implementation of changes to the Aboriginal Heritage Act over four years been preserved and, if not, how much of the funding has the government allocated to the implementation of the new act over the forward estimates?

3. What proportion of this allocation will be used to fund the operation and activities of the new recognised Aboriginal representative bodies?

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) (14:57): I thank the honourable member for his question. I don't have those answers in front of me now, but I certainly will take them. I would be pretty sure that if they were taken on notice—and I don't have the Hansard in front of me—the answers are being gathered. I will take them on notice and bring back answers for the honourable member on those questions.

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