❓ Mr. Wyatt questions the Aboriginal Lands Trust regarding the communities on ALT land, their populations, local council structures, and representation for communication with the state government. The answer provides updated figures and clarifies governance structures.
AnsweredQoN 2991Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the Aboriginal Lands Trust’s (ALT) STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK 2012–2014 document, and I ask: (a) what are the names of the 177 communities on ALT land; (b) what is the population of each community; (c) what local council structure is set up in each of the 177 communities; and (d) what representation is in each of the 177 communities for the people of the community to reach out to state government?
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Answered
22 October 2014
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
Response time
34 days
(a)-(b) Since the launch of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs' Strategic Framework in 2012, the Department of Aboriginal Affairs has undertaken a review of community land holdings, which has identified 184 remote Aboriginal communities and Aboriginal town based reserves located on the Aboriginal Lands Trust estate.
The Tabled Paper attached lists both remote Aboriginal communities and town based reserves that are either occupied permanently or seasonally and have part or all of their land located on land that comprises the Aboriginal Lands Trust estate. This figure is higher than the previously estimated 177 communities due to reclassification of some locations from abandoned to seasonal (occupied for less than nine months of the year) and improvements of land tenure data for the locations.
(c) For communities located on leased Aboriginal Lands Trust land, the governance structure is either an incorporated body under the
Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
(Commonwealth), or and incorporated body under the
Associations Incorporations Act 1987
(State).
(d) Each incorporated body has a board of directors or council through which community members can reach out to State government.
The Tabled Paper attached lists both remote Aboriginal communities and town based reserves that are either occupied permanently or seasonally and have part or all of their land located on land that comprises the Aboriginal Lands Trust estate. This figure is higher than the previously estimated 177 communities due to reclassification of some locations from abandoned to seasonal (occupied for less than nine months of the year) and improvements of land tenure data for the locations.
(c) For communities located on leased Aboriginal Lands Trust land, the governance structure is either an incorporated body under the
Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
(Commonwealth), or and incorporated body under the
Associations Incorporations Act 1987
(State).
(d) Each incorporated body has a board of directors or council through which community members can reach out to State government.
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