❓ Hon Giz Watson asks about the progress of establishing a statewide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages interpreting service, and Hon Sue Ellery replies that the matter is under consideration and has been raised with the Commonwealth government.
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ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER INTERPRETATION SERVICE
I refer to Western Australia’s continued lack of a statewide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages interpreting service for use in court proceedings, medical contexts or other situations. (1) What progress has been made since the Equal Opportunity Commission provided its report on an appropriate model for such a service? (2) What progress will be made over the next 12 months towards establishing such a service? Hon SUE ELLERY
I refer to Western Australia’s continued lack of a statewide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages interpreting service for use in court proceedings, medical contexts or other situations. (1) What progress has been made since the Equal Opportunity Commission provided its report on an appropriate model for such a service? (2) What progress will be made over the next 12 months towards establishing such a service? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1)-(2) The Equal Opportunity Commission’s submission on the provision of a statewide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages interpreting service is currently under consideration by the government. Western Australia and a number of other states and territories have raised this issue with the commonwealth government through the Council of Australian Governments’ Indigenous reform agenda.
(1) What progress has been made since the Equal Opportunity Commission provided its report on an appropriate model for such a service? (2) What progress will be made over the next 12 months towards establishing such a service? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1)-(2) The Equal Opportunity Commission’s submission on the provision of a statewide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages interpreting service is currently under consideration by the government. Western Australia and a number of other states and territories have raised this issue with the commonwealth government through the Council of Australian Governments’ Indigenous reform agenda.
(2) What progress will be made over the next 12 months towards establishing such a service? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1)-(2) The Equal Opportunity Commission’s submission on the provision of a statewide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages interpreting service is currently under consideration by the government. Western Australia and a number of other states and territories have raised this issue with the commonwealth government through the Council of Australian Governments’ Indigenous reform agenda.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1)-(2) The Equal Opportunity Commission’s submission on the provision of a statewide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages interpreting service is currently under consideration by the government. Western Australia and a number of other states and territories have raised this issue with the commonwealth government through the Council of Australian Governments’ Indigenous reform agenda.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1)-(2) The Equal Opportunity Commission’s submission on the provision of a statewide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages interpreting service is currently under consideration by the government. Western Australia and a number of other states and territories have raised this issue with the commonwealth government through the Council of Australian Governments’ Indigenous reform agenda.
(1)-(2) The Equal Opportunity Commission’s submission on the provision of a statewide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages interpreting service is currently under consideration by the government. Western Australia and a number of other states and territories have raised this issue with the commonwealth government through the Council of Australian Governments’ Indigenous reform agenda.
(1) What progress has been made since the Equal Opportunity Commission provided its report on an appropriate model for such a service? (2) What progress will be made over the next 12 months towards establishing such a service? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1)-(2) The Equal Opportunity Commission’s submission on the provision of a statewide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages interpreting service is currently under consideration by the government. Western Australia and a number of other states and territories have raised this issue with the commonwealth government through the Council of Australian Governments’ Indigenous reform agenda.
(2) What progress will be made over the next 12 months towards establishing such a service? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1)-(2) The Equal Opportunity Commission’s submission on the provision of a statewide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages interpreting service is currently under consideration by the government. Western Australia and a number of other states and territories have raised this issue with the commonwealth government through the Council of Australian Governments’ Indigenous reform agenda.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1)-(2) The Equal Opportunity Commission’s submission on the provision of a statewide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages interpreting service is currently under consideration by the government. Western Australia and a number of other states and territories have raised this issue with the commonwealth government through the Council of Australian Governments’ Indigenous reform agenda.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1)-(2) The Equal Opportunity Commission’s submission on the provision of a statewide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages interpreting service is currently under consideration by the government. Western Australia and a number of other states and territories have raised this issue with the commonwealth government through the Council of Australian Governments’ Indigenous reform agenda.
(1)-(2) The Equal Opportunity Commission’s submission on the provision of a statewide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages interpreting service is currently under consideration by the government. Western Australia and a number of other states and territories have raised this issue with the commonwealth government through the Council of Australian Governments’ Indigenous reform agenda.
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