ABORIGINAL CULTURAL
HERITAGE BILL 2021 — CONSULTATION
1175. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the minister representing the
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs:
I
refer to question without notice 1036 asked on 30 November 2021. I refer to
Minister Dawson's comments in the Legislative Council on 9
December 2021, when he said —
I am aware of at least one location,
Warburton, at which the session was done in language �
�
� I answered the question the way it
was asked. Your comments are wrong.
(1) Of the 175
workshops, meetings and information sessions held as part of the consultation
process for the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill 2021, were any conducted in
First Nations languages?
(2) If yes to
(1), which sessions, and in which First Nations languages were they conducted?
(3) Does the Department of Planning, Lands and
Heritage plan to conduct any of the co-design and consultation workshops
for the regulations of the ACH bill in First Nations languages?
(4) If yes to
(3), how many workshops and in which languages?
Hon MATTHEW SWINBOURN
replied:
I thank the member for some notice of
the question. I provide this response on behalf of the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs,
who is out of the chamber on urgent parliamentary business.
(1)–(2) Interpreting
services were provided in workshops held at Balgo, Warmun and Warburton.
(3)–(4) The
Western Australian government is establishing a regulatory task force—the
Aboriginal cultural heritage reference group—that will comprise two
Aboriginal representatives, one male and one female, and a representative from
each of industry and the WA government. The role of the Aboriginal cultural
heritage reference group will be to oversee the development of the co-design
process to ensure that it is delivered in an inclusive and culturally
appropriate manner. It will be up to the group to determine the number and
location of workshops and meetings as well as the format in which they will be
conducted.