❓ A parliamentary question regarding the outcomes of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs' youth diversion programs, particularly concerning the Kimberley region and the Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre. The Minister provides details of funded programs and support.
AnsweredQoN 773Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
ABORIGINAL
YOUTH — DIVERSION PROGRAMS
773. Hon SALLY TALBOT to the
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs:
The Department of Aboriginal Affairs' ''Community
Development Strategic Framework 2012–14'' refers to the
following policy objective at page 2 —
Diverting youth at risk involved
with the criminal justice system through connection with Aboriginal elders and
other community members to enable cultural based solutions.
Given that we are now nearing the end of 2013, I ask the
minister —
(1) What outcomes have arisen from this policy objective in
2012 and 2013?
(2) Have any of these outcomes related to the Kimberley
region?
(3) Given that
the policy has a focus on connection with elders, have any of the department's
actions in this area involved interaction with, and support for, the Kimberley
Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre; and, if so, what were the outcomes from
that?
YOUTH — DIVERSION PROGRAMS
773. Hon SALLY TALBOT to the
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs:
The Department of Aboriginal Affairs' ''Community
Development Strategic Framework 2012–14'' refers to the
following policy objective at page 2 —
Diverting youth at risk involved
with the criminal justice system through connection with Aboriginal elders and
other community members to enable cultural based solutions.
Given that we are now nearing the end of 2013, I ask the
minister —
(1) What outcomes have arisen from this policy objective in
2012 and 2013?
(2) Have any of these outcomes related to the Kimberley
region?
(3) Given that
the policy has a focus on connection with elders, have any of the department's
actions in this area involved interaction with, and support for, the Kimberley
Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre; and, if so, what were the outcomes from
that?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this
question.
(1) The Department of Corrective Services is the state
government agency responsible for a range of services and programs aimed at
diverting youth at risk. However, the Department of Aboriginal Affairs supports
programs that divert youth at risk involved with the criminal justice system
through connection with Aboriginal elders and other community members to enable
cultural-based solutions.
Programs supported by DAA include —
In 2012–13, DAA, on behalf
of the Aboriginal Affairs Coordinating Committee, offered a $300 000 grant to
Noongar representatives to develop a Noongar youth diversionary program. The
NYDP was conceptualised by Noongar men seeking to address the over
representation of Noongar youth in the justice system.
$300 000 over three years from DAA
to the Western Australian Football Commission's south east engagement
project. The SEE project has been developed in response to the high rate of
antisocial behaviour of Aboriginal youth in the south east corridor of Perth.
$120 054 from DAA to Fairbridge
Western Australia Incorporated for the purpose of engaging a project
coordinator for the Ngulla Wirn Kaanya Koort Boodja Karlup initiative. This
initiative is aimed at assisting young Aboriginal men transition from prison
into work within the resource sector. A reduction in the recidivism rate of
Aboriginal young men is a key outcome of this initiative.
Can I add that there are some other initiatives from the
educational perspective that I would like to have the opportunity to talk about
with the honourable member at some stage, particularly with regard to care
schools and what we are doing in that whole area through the Aboriginal Affairs
Coordinating Committee. That will become more evident early next year, but I
would not mind having a chat with the member about that. It is quite exciting,
can I say.
(2) No. However, participants of programs funded by DAA may
be from the Kimberley region.
(3) DAA has
provided funding to the Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre for the
following initiatives.
The answer is in tabular form, Mr President, so I table the
response and seek leave to have it incorporated in Hansard .
Leave granted. [See paper 941.]
The following material was incorporated —
August
2011
Establish
and maintain youth programs on Bunuba, Biridu, Junjuwa country
$19,900
November
2011
Contributions
for 2011 Warnamirnti Festival
$50,000
April 2012
Ancestral
repatriations and culture heritage officer position for 2012
$80,000
May 2012
Youth at
risk evaluation
$50,000
TOTAL
$199,900
question.
(1) The Department of Corrective Services is the state
government agency responsible for a range of services and programs aimed at
diverting youth at risk. However, the Department of Aboriginal Affairs supports
programs that divert youth at risk involved with the criminal justice system
through connection with Aboriginal elders and other community members to enable
cultural-based solutions.
Programs supported by DAA include —
In 2012–13, DAA, on behalf
of the Aboriginal Affairs Coordinating Committee, offered a $300 000 grant to
Noongar representatives to develop a Noongar youth diversionary program. The
NYDP was conceptualised by Noongar men seeking to address the over
representation of Noongar youth in the justice system.
$300 000 over three years from DAA
to the Western Australian Football Commission's south east engagement
project. The SEE project has been developed in response to the high rate of
antisocial behaviour of Aboriginal youth in the south east corridor of Perth.
$120 054 from DAA to Fairbridge
Western Australia Incorporated for the purpose of engaging a project
coordinator for the Ngulla Wirn Kaanya Koort Boodja Karlup initiative. This
initiative is aimed at assisting young Aboriginal men transition from prison
into work within the resource sector. A reduction in the recidivism rate of
Aboriginal young men is a key outcome of this initiative.
Can I add that there are some other initiatives from the
educational perspective that I would like to have the opportunity to talk about
with the honourable member at some stage, particularly with regard to care
schools and what we are doing in that whole area through the Aboriginal Affairs
Coordinating Committee. That will become more evident early next year, but I
would not mind having a chat with the member about that. It is quite exciting,
can I say.
(2) No. However, participants of programs funded by DAA may
be from the Kimberley region.
(3) DAA has
provided funding to the Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre for the
following initiatives.
The answer is in tabular form, Mr President, so I table the
response and seek leave to have it incorporated in Hansard .
Leave granted. [See paper 941.]
The following material was incorporated —
August
2011
Establish
and maintain youth programs on Bunuba, Biridu, Junjuwa country
$19,900
November
2011
Contributions
for 2011 Warnamirnti Festival
$50,000
April 2012
Ancestral
repatriations and culture heritage officer position for 2012
$80,000
May 2012
Youth at
risk evaluation
$50,000
TOTAL
$199,900
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