ABORIGINAL
CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT — REGULATIONS
483. Hon NEIL THOMSON to the minister representing the
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs:
I refer to the regulations under
development for the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act.
(1) Has the minister consulted
extensively with —
(a) small and medium-sized contracting
businesses;
(b) trades, such as plumbers,
electricians, builders and carpenters;
(c) farmers and their representatives Western Australian
Farmers Federation and the Pastoralists and the Graziers Association;
and
(d) the approximately 55 000 landowners
with more than 1 100 square metres?
(5) If no to any of (1)–(4),
why not?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I
thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The honourable
member said (1)(a), (b), (c), and (d), and
then (5) ''If no to any of (1)–(4), why not?'' Noting
that there are mistakes in the question, I have an answer for the
member.
(1)–(2) The
government is undertaking a co-design process to develop regulations and other
key documents that will support the new Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021.
The co�design process is being overseen by a reference group comprising
representatives of the Aboriginal community, industry and government. There are
three phases of co-design, the first of which has just been completed and
included 15 public workshops in 12 locations throughout the state. The
workshops were advertised and open to Aboriginal people, community representatives and stakeholders and were also able to
be accessed online. Submissions were invited for this first phase of
co-design and close on 27 May 2022. The Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage is also engaging directly with
Aboriginal organisations, government agencies and peak land user representative
bodies, including the Pastoralists and Graziers Association, Western Australian
Farmers Federation and Western Australian Local Government Association.