❓ Hon Giz Watson asks about the WA State Government's implementation of the Bringing Them Home Report and reporting to the Ministerial Council. The government responded that they reported to ATSIC and are participating in an independent evaluation.
AnsweredQoN 977Legislative Council
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In relation to the Bringing Them Home Report (Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families) which made recommendations in 1997, including recommendations relating to the State Government -
(1) Has the current State Government/Minister reported to the Ministerial Council on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs on the State Government’s implementation of the Bringing Them Home Report?
(2) If yes to (1) -
(a) who, or which, agency prepared the report; and
(b) would the Minister for Indigenous Affairs table a copy of the report/s?
(3) If no to (1) -
(a) why not; and
(b) has the State Government/Minister reported to anyone else on the progress of the State Government implementation of the Bringing Them Home Report and if so, who?
(1) Has the current State Government/Minister reported to the Ministerial Council on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs on the State Government’s implementation of the Bringing Them Home Report?
(2) If yes to (1) -
(a) who, or which, agency prepared the report; and
(b) would the Minister for Indigenous Affairs table a copy of the report/s?
(3) If no to (1) -
(a) why not; and
(b) has the State Government/Minister reported to anyone else on the progress of the State Government implementation of the Bringing Them Home Report and if so, who?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
12 August 2003
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Indigenous Affairs
Response time
46 days
(b) would the Minister for Indigenous Affairs table a copy of the report/s?
(b) has the State Government/Minister reported to anyone else on the progress of the State Government implementation of the Bringing Them Home Report and if so, who?
(2) (a) The Department of Indigenous Affairs provided the State Government’s response on implementation of the Bringing Them Home Report to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, who collated the National report. (b) Yes. (3) (a) Not applicable. (b)The State Government is participating in an independent evaluation of government and non-government responses to Bringing Them Home commissioned by the Ministerial Council on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.
(b) Yes. (3) (a) Not applicable. (b)The State Government is participating in an independent evaluation of government and non-government responses to Bringing Them Home commissioned by the Ministerial Council on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.
(3) (a) Not applicable. (b)The State Government is participating in an independent evaluation of government and non-government responses to Bringing Them Home commissioned by the Ministerial Council on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.
(b)The State Government is participating in an independent evaluation of government and non-government responses to Bringing Them Home commissioned by the Ministerial Council on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.
(b) has the State Government/Minister reported to anyone else on the progress of the State Government implementation of the Bringing Them Home Report and if so, who?
(2) (a) The Department of Indigenous Affairs provided the State Government’s response on implementation of the Bringing Them Home Report to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, who collated the National report. (b) Yes. (3) (a) Not applicable. (b)The State Government is participating in an independent evaluation of government and non-government responses to Bringing Them Home commissioned by the Ministerial Council on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.
(b) Yes. (3) (a) Not applicable. (b)The State Government is participating in an independent evaluation of government and non-government responses to Bringing Them Home commissioned by the Ministerial Council on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.
(3) (a) Not applicable. (b)The State Government is participating in an independent evaluation of government and non-government responses to Bringing Them Home commissioned by the Ministerial Council on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.
(b)The State Government is participating in an independent evaluation of government and non-government responses to Bringing Them Home commissioned by the Ministerial Council on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.
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