❓ Mr. Wyatt questions the Environment Minister regarding the employment of Aboriginal rangers for conservation, seeking details on agencies, funding, and the specific country where they work. The Minister provides a breakdown of funding and locations.
AnsweredQoN 5509Legislative Assembly
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I refer to your statement in the Legislative Assembly on 14 June 2016, that as at 14 June ‘200 Aboriginal rangers and Aboriginal people are employed delivering conservation outcomes on their own country’, and I ask: (a) which Government agency engaged each of the 200 Aboriginal rangers; (b) if any of the 200 Aboriginal rangers or people were engaged by non-government organisations, but the cost covered by Government, which organisations engaged the 200 Aboriginal rangers or people, and how much did the WA Government pay to each organisations for the exclusive use for the employment of Aboriginal people to deliver conservation outcomes on their own country; (c) how much was spent by the WA Government in 2014, 2015 and 2016 engaging the 200 Aboriginal people; and (d) on what country were the Aboriginal people employed?
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Answered
16 August 2016
Responded by
Minister for Environment
Response time
56 days
(a) Department of Parks and Wildlife (Parks and Wildlife).
(b) The Department has engaged the services of approximately 197 Aboriginal rangers and traditional owners, either directly or through an external organisation to undertake fee for service work during the 2015-16 financial year. The following payments were made to external organisations for this work:
a
Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation
$44,683
b
Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation
$47,762
c
Bunuba Dawangarri Aboriginal Corporation
$45,000
d
Bunuba Operations Aboriginal Corporation
$88,225
e
Kimberley Land Council
$204,030
f
Mirima Council
$15,353
g
Nyamba Buru Yawuru
$9,676
h
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
$282,850
i
North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance Ltd
$6,831
(c) 2013-14: $3,293,271 spent on engaging the services of Aboriginal rangers or traditional owners by Parks and Wildlife in the Kimberley
2014-15: $3,026,967 spent on engaging the services of Aboriginal rangers or traditional owners by Parks and Wildlife in the Kimberley
2015-16: $4,096,236 spent on engaging the services of Aboriginal rangers or traditional owners by Parks and Wildlife in the Kimberley.
(d) On Ngarla, Nyangumarta, Karajarri, Yawuru, Bunuba, Gooniyandi, Wilinggin, Dambimangari, Uunguu, Balanggarra, Miriuwung Gajerrong, Gidja and Tjurabalum country.
(b) The Department has engaged the services of approximately 197 Aboriginal rangers and traditional owners, either directly or through an external organisation to undertake fee for service work during the 2015-16 financial year. The following payments were made to external organisations for this work:
a
Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation
$44,683
b
Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation
$47,762
c
Bunuba Dawangarri Aboriginal Corporation
$45,000
d
Bunuba Operations Aboriginal Corporation
$88,225
e
Kimberley Land Council
$204,030
f
Mirima Council
$15,353
g
Nyamba Buru Yawuru
$9,676
h
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
$282,850
i
North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance Ltd
$6,831
(c) 2013-14: $3,293,271 spent on engaging the services of Aboriginal rangers or traditional owners by Parks and Wildlife in the Kimberley
2014-15: $3,026,967 spent on engaging the services of Aboriginal rangers or traditional owners by Parks and Wildlife in the Kimberley
2015-16: $4,096,236 spent on engaging the services of Aboriginal rangers or traditional owners by Parks and Wildlife in the Kimberley.
(d) On Ngarla, Nyangumarta, Karajarri, Yawuru, Bunuba, Gooniyandi, Wilinggin, Dambimangari, Uunguu, Balanggarra, Miriuwung Gajerrong, Gidja and Tjurabalum country.
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