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.