❓ Premier Court accuses federal and state Labor leaders of sabotaging WA's native title legislation, hindering progress on leasehold land issues and economic development, particularly in the mining sector.
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(1) Is the Premier aware that two of his fellow Western Australians, the federal Leader of the Opposition and the opposition shadow Aboriginal affairs spokesman, have been the architects of the motion to disallow the determination made by the commonwealth Attorney General certifying that the State’s native title legislation complies with the relevant parts of the commonwealth Native Title Act? (2) What will this mean to Western Australia and its citizens? Mr COURT
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Deputy Leader of the Opposition can add to that list the state Leader of the Opposition, because Bob McMullan, Kim Beazley as the federal Leader of the Opposition, and the state Leader of the Opposition have once again sabotaged our genuine attempts to try to get in place a workable native title framework to cover leasehold lands. They know only too well that the current legislation is not working on leasehold lands. They know there is a logjam, yet every time an attempt is made to do something constructive, they obstruct what is taking place. The Australian Labor Party candidate for the seat of Eyre said that he was disappointed at the way the Senate had treated the Western Australian legislation. An article in the Weekend Kalgoorlie Miner reads - “Eastern States politicians just don’t seem to understand problems caused by the failure of the current (Federal native title) legislation,” he said. That is one of Labor’s own candidates. Will he be disendorsed if he is publicly saying that it does not work? As I understand it, the federal Leader of the Opposition and his shadow Cabinet will be in Kalgoorlie next Monday. I hope they take the time to sit down with not only the mining and exploration industries but also Aboriginal leaders, because no benefits are flowing through from leasehold land while this logjam in the system exists. We have been able to negotiate in some areas. All we have asked for with leasehold land is to change from the right to negotiate to the consultation process. Mr Carpenter: Is that all? Mr COURT: The member must consider that Paul Keating said there was no native title on leasehold land. Mr Carpenter: You have no idea. Mr COURT: The member for Willagee might say that it is a fundamental human right. That is the catchcry of members opposite. It is no such thing: It was a statutory right created by Paul Keating when he thought that he could shift responsibility for those Aboriginal issues from the Commonwealth to the resources sector. Members opposite might have thought it clever politics to have the legislation disallowed in two hours. What a disgrace. It was an absolutely critical debate affecting the future of the State, our critical land and resource management system and Aboriginal people. The Labor Party had the legislation thrown out after a two-hour debate in the Senate. It will be an election issue.
(2) What will this mean to Western Australia and its citizens? Mr COURT replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Deputy Leader of the Opposition can add to that list the state Leader of the Opposition, because Bob McMullan, Kim Beazley as the federal Leader of the Opposition, and the state Leader of the Opposition have once again sabotaged our genuine attempts to try to get in place a workable native title framework to cover leasehold lands. They know only too well that the current legislation is not working on leasehold lands. They know there is a logjam, yet every time an attempt is made to do something constructive, they obstruct what is taking place. The Australian Labor Party candidate for the seat of Eyre said that he was disappointed at the way the Senate had treated the Western Australian legislation. An article in the Weekend Kalgoorlie Miner reads - “Eastern States politicians just don’t seem to understand problems caused by the failure of the current (Federal native title) legislation,” he said. That is one of Labor’s own candidates. Will he be disendorsed if he is publicly saying that it does not work? As I understand it, the federal Leader of the Opposition and his shadow Cabinet will be in Kalgoorlie next Monday. I hope they take the time to sit down with not only the mining and exploration industries but also Aboriginal leaders, because no benefits are flowing through from leasehold land while this logjam in the system exists. We have been able to negotiate in some areas. All we have asked for with leasehold land is to change from the right to negotiate to the consultation process. Mr Carpenter: Is that all? Mr COURT: The member must consider that Paul Keating said there was no native title on leasehold land. Mr Carpenter: You have no idea. Mr COURT: The member for Willagee might say that it is a fundamental human right. That is the catchcry of members opposite. It is no such thing: It was a statutory right created by Paul Keating when he thought that he could shift responsibility for those Aboriginal issues from the Commonwealth to the resources sector. Members opposite might have thought it clever politics to have the legislation disallowed in two hours. What a disgrace. It was an absolutely critical debate affecting the future of the State, our critical land and resource management system and Aboriginal people. The Labor Party had the legislation thrown out after a two-hour debate in the Senate. It will be an election issue.
Mr COURT replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Deputy Leader of the Opposition can add to that list the state Leader of the Opposition, because Bob McMullan, Kim Beazley as the federal Leader of the Opposition, and the state Leader of the Opposition have once again sabotaged our genuine attempts to try to get in place a workable native title framework to cover leasehold lands. They know only too well that the current legislation is not working on leasehold lands. They know there is a logjam, yet every time an attempt is made to do something constructive, they obstruct what is taking place. The Australian Labor Party candidate for the seat of Eyre said that he was disappointed at the way the Senate had treated the Western Australian legislation. An article in the Weekend Kalgoorlie Miner reads - “Eastern States politicians just don’t seem to understand problems caused by the failure of the current (Federal native title) legislation,” he said. That is one of Labor’s own candidates. Will he be disendorsed if he is publicly saying that it does not work? As I understand it, the federal Leader of the Opposition and his shadow Cabinet will be in Kalgoorlie next Monday. I hope they take the time to sit down with not only the mining and exploration industries but also Aboriginal leaders, because no benefits are flowing through from leasehold land while this logjam in the system exists. We have been able to negotiate in some areas. All we have asked for with leasehold land is to change from the right to negotiate to the consultation process. Mr Carpenter: Is that all? Mr COURT: The member must consider that Paul Keating said there was no native title on leasehold land. Mr Carpenter: You have no idea. Mr COURT: The member for Willagee might say that it is a fundamental human right. That is the catchcry of members opposite. It is no such thing: It was a statutory right created by Paul Keating when he thought that he could shift responsibility for those Aboriginal issues from the Commonwealth to the resources sector. Members opposite might have thought it clever politics to have the legislation disallowed in two hours. What a disgrace. It was an absolutely critical debate affecting the future of the State, our critical land and resource management system and Aboriginal people. The Labor Party had the legislation thrown out after a two-hour debate in the Senate. It will be an election issue.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Deputy Leader of the Opposition can add to that list the state Leader of the Opposition, because Bob McMullan, Kim Beazley as the federal Leader of the Opposition, and the state Leader of the Opposition have once again sabotaged our genuine attempts to try to get in place a workable native title framework to cover leasehold lands. They know only too well that the current legislation is not working on leasehold lands. They know there is a logjam, yet every time an attempt is made to do something constructive, they obstruct what is taking place. The Australian Labor Party candidate for the seat of Eyre said that he was disappointed at the way the Senate had treated the Western Australian legislation. An article in the Weekend Kalgoorlie Miner reads - “Eastern States politicians just don’t seem to understand problems caused by the failure of the current (Federal native title) legislation,” he said. That is one of Labor’s own candidates. Will he be disendorsed if he is publicly saying that it does not work? As I understand it, the federal Leader of the Opposition and his shadow Cabinet will be in Kalgoorlie next Monday. I hope they take the time to sit down with not only the mining and exploration industries but also Aboriginal leaders, because no benefits are flowing through from leasehold land while this logjam in the system exists. We have been able to negotiate in some areas. All we have asked for with leasehold land is to change from the right to negotiate to the consultation process. Mr Carpenter: Is that all? Mr COURT: The member must consider that Paul Keating said there was no native title on leasehold land. Mr Carpenter: You have no idea. Mr COURT: The member for Willagee might say that it is a fundamental human right. That is the catchcry of members opposite. It is no such thing: It was a statutory right created by Paul Keating when he thought that he could shift responsibility for those Aboriginal issues from the Commonwealth to the resources sector. Members opposite might have thought it clever politics to have the legislation disallowed in two hours. What a disgrace. It was an absolutely critical debate affecting the future of the State, our critical land and resource management system and Aboriginal people. The Labor Party had the legislation thrown out after a two-hour debate in the Senate. It will be an election issue.
(1)-(2) The Deputy Leader of the Opposition can add to that list the state Leader of the Opposition, because Bob McMullan, Kim Beazley as the federal Leader of the Opposition, and the state Leader of the Opposition have once again sabotaged our genuine attempts to try to get in place a workable native title framework to cover leasehold lands. They know only too well that the current legislation is not working on leasehold lands. They know there is a logjam, yet every time an attempt is made to do something constructive, they obstruct what is taking place. The Australian Labor Party candidate for the seat of Eyre said that he was disappointed at the way the Senate had treated the Western Australian legislation. An article in the Weekend Kalgoorlie Miner reads - “Eastern States politicians just don’t seem to understand problems caused by the failure of the current (Federal native title) legislation,” he said. That is one of Labor’s own candidates. Will he be disendorsed if he is publicly saying that it does not work? As I understand it, the federal Leader of the Opposition and his shadow Cabinet will be in Kalgoorlie next Monday. I hope they take the time to sit down with not only the mining and exploration industries but also Aboriginal leaders, because no benefits are flowing through from leasehold land while this logjam in the system exists. We have been able to negotiate in some areas. All we have asked for with leasehold land is to change from the right to negotiate to the consultation process. Mr Carpenter: Is that all? Mr COURT: The member must consider that Paul Keating said there was no native title on leasehold land. Mr Carpenter: You have no idea. Mr COURT: The member for Willagee might say that it is a fundamental human right. That is the catchcry of members opposite. It is no such thing: It was a statutory right created by Paul Keating when he thought that he could shift responsibility for those Aboriginal issues from the Commonwealth to the resources sector. Members opposite might have thought it clever politics to have the legislation disallowed in two hours. What a disgrace. It was an absolutely critical debate affecting the future of the State, our critical land and resource management system and Aboriginal people. The Labor Party had the legislation thrown out after a two-hour debate in the Senate. It will be an election issue.
Mr Carpenter: Is that all? Mr COURT: The member must consider that Paul Keating said there was no native title on leasehold land. Mr Carpenter: You have no idea. Mr COURT: The member for Willagee might say that it is a fundamental human right. That is the catchcry of members opposite. It is no such thing: It was a statutory right created by Paul Keating when he thought that he could shift responsibility for those Aboriginal issues from the Commonwealth to the resources sector. Members opposite might have thought it clever politics to have the legislation disallowed in two hours. What a disgrace. It was an absolutely critical debate affecting the future of the State, our critical land and resource management system and Aboriginal people. The Labor Party had the legislation thrown out after a two-hour debate in the Senate. It will be an election issue.
Mr COURT: The member must consider that Paul Keating said there was no native title on leasehold land. Mr Carpenter: You have no idea. Mr COURT: The member for Willagee might say that it is a fundamental human right. That is the catchcry of members opposite. It is no such thing: It was a statutory right created by Paul Keating when he thought that he could shift responsibility for those Aboriginal issues from the Commonwealth to the resources sector. Members opposite might have thought it clever politics to have the legislation disallowed in two hours. What a disgrace. It was an absolutely critical debate affecting the future of the State, our critical land and resource management system and Aboriginal people. The Labor Party had the legislation thrown out after a two-hour debate in the Senate. It will be an election issue.
Mr Carpenter: You have no idea. Mr COURT: The member for Willagee might say that it is a fundamental human right. That is the catchcry of members opposite. It is no such thing: It was a statutory right created by Paul Keating when he thought that he could shift responsibility for those Aboriginal issues from the Commonwealth to the resources sector. Members opposite might have thought it clever politics to have the legislation disallowed in two hours. What a disgrace. It was an absolutely critical debate affecting the future of the State, our critical land and resource management system and Aboriginal people. The Labor Party had the legislation thrown out after a two-hour debate in the Senate. It will be an election issue.
Mr COURT: The member for Willagee might say that it is a fundamental human right. That is the catchcry of members opposite. It is no such thing: It was a statutory right created by Paul Keating when he thought that he could shift responsibility for those Aboriginal issues from the Commonwealth to the resources sector. Members opposite might have thought it clever politics to have the legislation disallowed in two hours. What a disgrace. It was an absolutely critical debate affecting the future of the State, our critical land and resource management system and Aboriginal people. The Labor Party had the legislation thrown out after a two-hour debate in the Senate. It will be an election issue.
(2) What will this mean to Western Australia and its citizens? Mr COURT replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Deputy Leader of the Opposition can add to that list the state Leader of the Opposition, because Bob McMullan, Kim Beazley as the federal Leader of the Opposition, and the state Leader of the Opposition have once again sabotaged our genuine attempts to try to get in place a workable native title framework to cover leasehold lands. They know only too well that the current legislation is not working on leasehold lands. They know there is a logjam, yet every time an attempt is made to do something constructive, they obstruct what is taking place. The Australian Labor Party candidate for the seat of Eyre said that he was disappointed at the way the Senate had treated the Western Australian legislation. An article in the Weekend Kalgoorlie Miner reads - “Eastern States politicians just don’t seem to understand problems caused by the failure of the current (Federal native title) legislation,” he said. That is one of Labor’s own candidates. Will he be disendorsed if he is publicly saying that it does not work? As I understand it, the federal Leader of the Opposition and his shadow Cabinet will be in Kalgoorlie next Monday. I hope they take the time to sit down with not only the mining and exploration industries but also Aboriginal leaders, because no benefits are flowing through from leasehold land while this logjam in the system exists. We have been able to negotiate in some areas. All we have asked for with leasehold land is to change from the right to negotiate to the consultation process. Mr Carpenter: Is that all? Mr COURT: The member must consider that Paul Keating said there was no native title on leasehold land. Mr Carpenter: You have no idea. Mr COURT: The member for Willagee might say that it is a fundamental human right. That is the catchcry of members opposite. It is no such thing: It was a statutory right created by Paul Keating when he thought that he could shift responsibility for those Aboriginal issues from the Commonwealth to the resources sector. Members opposite might have thought it clever politics to have the legislation disallowed in two hours. What a disgrace. It was an absolutely critical debate affecting the future of the State, our critical land and resource management system and Aboriginal people. The Labor Party had the legislation thrown out after a two-hour debate in the Senate. It will be an election issue.
Mr COURT replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Deputy Leader of the Opposition can add to that list the state Leader of the Opposition, because Bob McMullan, Kim Beazley as the federal Leader of the Opposition, and the state Leader of the Opposition have once again sabotaged our genuine attempts to try to get in place a workable native title framework to cover leasehold lands. They know only too well that the current legislation is not working on leasehold lands. They know there is a logjam, yet every time an attempt is made to do something constructive, they obstruct what is taking place. The Australian Labor Party candidate for the seat of Eyre said that he was disappointed at the way the Senate had treated the Western Australian legislation. An article in the Weekend Kalgoorlie Miner reads - “Eastern States politicians just don’t seem to understand problems caused by the failure of the current (Federal native title) legislation,” he said. That is one of Labor’s own candidates. Will he be disendorsed if he is publicly saying that it does not work? As I understand it, the federal Leader of the Opposition and his shadow Cabinet will be in Kalgoorlie next Monday. I hope they take the time to sit down with not only the mining and exploration industries but also Aboriginal leaders, because no benefits are flowing through from leasehold land while this logjam in the system exists. We have been able to negotiate in some areas. All we have asked for with leasehold land is to change from the right to negotiate to the consultation process. Mr Carpenter: Is that all? Mr COURT: The member must consider that Paul Keating said there was no native title on leasehold land. Mr Carpenter: You have no idea. Mr COURT: The member for Willagee might say that it is a fundamental human right. That is the catchcry of members opposite. It is no such thing: It was a statutory right created by Paul Keating when he thought that he could shift responsibility for those Aboriginal issues from the Commonwealth to the resources sector. Members opposite might have thought it clever politics to have the legislation disallowed in two hours. What a disgrace. It was an absolutely critical debate affecting the future of the State, our critical land and resource management system and Aboriginal people. The Labor Party had the legislation thrown out after a two-hour debate in the Senate. It will be an election issue.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Deputy Leader of the Opposition can add to that list the state Leader of the Opposition, because Bob McMullan, Kim Beazley as the federal Leader of the Opposition, and the state Leader of the Opposition have once again sabotaged our genuine attempts to try to get in place a workable native title framework to cover leasehold lands. They know only too well that the current legislation is not working on leasehold lands. They know there is a logjam, yet every time an attempt is made to do something constructive, they obstruct what is taking place. The Australian Labor Party candidate for the seat of Eyre said that he was disappointed at the way the Senate had treated the Western Australian legislation. An article in the Weekend Kalgoorlie Miner reads - “Eastern States politicians just don’t seem to understand problems caused by the failure of the current (Federal native title) legislation,” he said. That is one of Labor’s own candidates. Will he be disendorsed if he is publicly saying that it does not work? As I understand it, the federal Leader of the Opposition and his shadow Cabinet will be in Kalgoorlie next Monday. I hope they take the time to sit down with not only the mining and exploration industries but also Aboriginal leaders, because no benefits are flowing through from leasehold land while this logjam in the system exists. We have been able to negotiate in some areas. All we have asked for with leasehold land is to change from the right to negotiate to the consultation process. Mr Carpenter: Is that all? Mr COURT: The member must consider that Paul Keating said there was no native title on leasehold land. Mr Carpenter: You have no idea. Mr COURT: The member for Willagee might say that it is a fundamental human right. That is the catchcry of members opposite. It is no such thing: It was a statutory right created by Paul Keating when he thought that he could shift responsibility for those Aboriginal issues from the Commonwealth to the resources sector. Members opposite might have thought it clever politics to have the legislation disallowed in two hours. What a disgrace. It was an absolutely critical debate affecting the future of the State, our critical land and resource management system and Aboriginal people. The Labor Party had the legislation thrown out after a two-hour debate in the Senate. It will be an election issue.
(1)-(2) The Deputy Leader of the Opposition can add to that list the state Leader of the Opposition, because Bob McMullan, Kim Beazley as the federal Leader of the Opposition, and the state Leader of the Opposition have once again sabotaged our genuine attempts to try to get in place a workable native title framework to cover leasehold lands. They know only too well that the current legislation is not working on leasehold lands. They know there is a logjam, yet every time an attempt is made to do something constructive, they obstruct what is taking place. The Australian Labor Party candidate for the seat of Eyre said that he was disappointed at the way the Senate had treated the Western Australian legislation. An article in the Weekend Kalgoorlie Miner reads - “Eastern States politicians just don’t seem to understand problems caused by the failure of the current (Federal native title) legislation,” he said. That is one of Labor’s own candidates. Will he be disendorsed if he is publicly saying that it does not work? As I understand it, the federal Leader of the Opposition and his shadow Cabinet will be in Kalgoorlie next Monday. I hope they take the time to sit down with not only the mining and exploration industries but also Aboriginal leaders, because no benefits are flowing through from leasehold land while this logjam in the system exists. We have been able to negotiate in some areas. All we have asked for with leasehold land is to change from the right to negotiate to the consultation process. Mr Carpenter: Is that all? Mr COURT: The member must consider that Paul Keating said there was no native title on leasehold land. Mr Carpenter: You have no idea. Mr COURT: The member for Willagee might say that it is a fundamental human right. That is the catchcry of members opposite. It is no such thing: It was a statutory right created by Paul Keating when he thought that he could shift responsibility for those Aboriginal issues from the Commonwealth to the resources sector. Members opposite might have thought it clever politics to have the legislation disallowed in two hours. What a disgrace. It was an absolutely critical debate affecting the future of the State, our critical land and resource management system and Aboriginal people. The Labor Party had the legislation thrown out after a two-hour debate in the Senate. It will be an election issue.
Mr Carpenter: Is that all? Mr COURT: The member must consider that Paul Keating said there was no native title on leasehold land. Mr Carpenter: You have no idea. Mr COURT: The member for Willagee might say that it is a fundamental human right. That is the catchcry of members opposite. It is no such thing: It was a statutory right created by Paul Keating when he thought that he could shift responsibility for those Aboriginal issues from the Commonwealth to the resources sector. Members opposite might have thought it clever politics to have the legislation disallowed in two hours. What a disgrace. It was an absolutely critical debate affecting the future of the State, our critical land and resource management system and Aboriginal people. The Labor Party had the legislation thrown out after a two-hour debate in the Senate. It will be an election issue.
Mr COURT: The member must consider that Paul Keating said there was no native title on leasehold land. Mr Carpenter: You have no idea. Mr COURT: The member for Willagee might say that it is a fundamental human right. That is the catchcry of members opposite. It is no such thing: It was a statutory right created by Paul Keating when he thought that he could shift responsibility for those Aboriginal issues from the Commonwealth to the resources sector. Members opposite might have thought it clever politics to have the legislation disallowed in two hours. What a disgrace. It was an absolutely critical debate affecting the future of the State, our critical land and resource management system and Aboriginal people. The Labor Party had the legislation thrown out after a two-hour debate in the Senate. It will be an election issue.
Mr Carpenter: You have no idea. Mr COURT: The member for Willagee might say that it is a fundamental human right. That is the catchcry of members opposite. It is no such thing: It was a statutory right created by Paul Keating when he thought that he could shift responsibility for those Aboriginal issues from the Commonwealth to the resources sector. Members opposite might have thought it clever politics to have the legislation disallowed in two hours. What a disgrace. It was an absolutely critical debate affecting the future of the State, our critical land and resource management system and Aboriginal people. The Labor Party had the legislation thrown out after a two-hour debate in the Senate. It will be an election issue.
Mr COURT: The member for Willagee might say that it is a fundamental human right. That is the catchcry of members opposite. It is no such thing: It was a statutory right created by Paul Keating when he thought that he could shift responsibility for those Aboriginal issues from the Commonwealth to the resources sector. Members opposite might have thought it clever politics to have the legislation disallowed in two hours. What a disgrace. It was an absolutely critical debate affecting the future of the State, our critical land and resource management system and Aboriginal people. The Labor Party had the legislation thrown out after a two-hour debate in the Senate. It will be an election issue.
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