ABORIGINAL CULTURAL
HERITAGE BILL
767. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the Minister for Aboriginal
Affairs:
I refer to consultation conducted
by the government for the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill, since the
discussion draft was presented in September 2020.
(1) How many Western Australian
Aboriginal organisations have been consulted, including, by item —
(a) registered native title bodies;
(b) prescribed bodies corporate;
(c) Aboriginal corporations; and
(d) other Aboriginal representative
organisations in Western Australia?
(2) In relation to (1), how many of
these organisations support the bill as it is currently written?
(3) In relation to (2), if not
known, why not?
(4) In relation
to (1), how many Aboriginal organisations do not support the bill as it is
currently written?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I
thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Given the level of
detail required, I am not able to provide the information in the time
frame available. An answer will be provided to the honourable member in the
next sitting week. By way of explanation, a previous minister undertook a range
of consultations over a three-year period. The department has undertaken some
consultation and meetings have happened with my office, so diaries will need to
be gone through and it will take some time to collate that information. I will
provide it when I can.