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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1088 asked in the Legislative Council on 27 October 2022 by Hon Colin De Grussa

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

SOUTH COAST MARINE PARK — TRADITIONAL OWNERS

1088. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the minister representing the Minister for Environment:

I refer to the proposed south coast marine park.

(1) Can the minister please confirm what status is held by the four traditional owner groups involved with the establishment of the south coast marine park?

(2) Can the minister please list the legal entities through which the four traditional owner groups provide representation as specified under (1), and which entities the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions proposes to enter into co-management arrangements under the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1) The Esperance Tjaltjraak Native Title Aboriginal Corporation, the Ngadju Native Title Aboriginal Corporation and the Mirning Traditional Lands Aboriginal Corporation are prescribed bodies corporate under the commonwealth Native Title Act 1993 and incorporated under the commonwealth Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006.

The Wagyl Kaip Regional Corporation is the corporate entity established to represent the Wagyl Kaip Agreement Group under the terms of the south west native title settlement and Indigenous land use agreements, and incorporated under the commonwealth Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006.

(2) The legal entities through which the four traditional owner groups are represented, and with which the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions proposes to enter into joint management of the proposed south coast marine park are: the Wagyl Kaip Regional Corporation, the Esperance Tjaltjraak Native Title Aboriginal Corporation, the Ngadju Native Title Aboriginal Corporation and the Mirning Traditional Lands Aboriginal Corporation.