Hon Neil Thomson asks about the frequency and contributions of a senior officer group established to support the Closing the Gap agreement. The Minister provides details on meeting frequency and input to the implementation plan.

AnsweredQoN 258Legislative Assembly
Asked
27 May 2025
Portfolio
Aboriginal Affairs

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Closing the Gap—Senior officer group
258. Hon Neil Thomson to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for
Aboriginal Affairs:
In this week,
Reconciliation Week, I note that it was reported in 2021 that consultations
across the Western Australian government have occurred via a Closing the Gap
senior officer group, which was initially established in 2018 to provide input
into the negotiation of the new agreement.
(1) How many times did the senior officer group
meet in the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024?
(2) What contributions has the senior officer
group provided to the implementation plan?

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I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1) The senior officer group was a time-limited
group that met three times in 2018, three times in 2019, four times in 2020 and
four times in 2021.
(2) The senior officer group provided input on
agency actions and activities to support the delivery of the priority reform
areas and socio-economic targets for the 2021 implementation plan.

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