❓ Mr. Love questions the Minister regarding the Aboriginal Heritage Legislation Amendment and Repeal Bill 2023, focusing on its drafting, implementation, and cost. The Minister defends the bill, highlighting its basis in existing legislation and ongoing consultation.
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ABORIGINAL HERITAGE
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT AND REPEAL BILL 2023 — IMPLEMENTATION
513. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs:
I
refer to the minister's abject failure in developing and implementing
the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act, including the inability to take
seriously community concerns and a failure to educate and properly consult.
(1) Noting that
the minister's Aboriginal Heritage Legislation Amendment and Repeal
Bill 2023 and amendments to the Aboriginal
Heritage Act 1972 were drafted in a matter of days, how can the community have confidence that this bill will not also have fatal flaws?
(2) Following the
passage of the bill, will there be education sessions on the amended
legislation and will the minister work with the implementation group on its
rollout?
(3) How much will the rollout of the
amended act cost Western Australian taxpayers?
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT AND REPEAL BILL 2023 — IMPLEMENTATION
513. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs:
I
refer to the minister's abject failure in developing and implementing
the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act, including the inability to take
seriously community concerns and a failure to educate and properly consult.
(1) Noting that
the minister's Aboriginal Heritage Legislation Amendment and Repeal
Bill 2023 and amendments to the Aboriginal
Heritage Act 1972 were drafted in a matter of days, how can the community have confidence that this bill will not also have fatal flaws?
(2) Following the
passage of the bill, will there be education sessions on the amended
legislation and will the minister work with the implementation group on its
rollout?
(3) How much will the rollout of the
amended act cost Western Australian taxpayers?
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(1)–(3) As
the member would know through his two briefings on the proposed bill, the new
legislation builds on what has been in existence since 1972. Most of what is in
the bill has been there since 1972. One major amendment to the section 18
consent process requires the transfer of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
Council into the new regime. They are the two major amendments to the bill.
It is not a complex bill. The member
has received briefings. There will be consideration in detail. We are engaged
in consultation with various groups now. The implementation group will remain.
As with the 2021 act, consultation will be demand-driven. If further education
or consultation is needed, that will take place. As the member very well knows,
this is something that he supported. This is something that the farming
industry is well aware of. Industry representatives said that they had worked
with this act since 1972 and were happy with it. The mining industry has worked
with it and it is happy with it. Developers have worked with it, and they are
happy with it. I have not found anyone in major disagreement with respect of what
is proposed.
the member would know through his two briefings on the proposed bill, the new
legislation builds on what has been in existence since 1972. Most of what is in
the bill has been there since 1972. One major amendment to the section 18
consent process requires the transfer of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
Council into the new regime. They are the two major amendments to the bill.
It is not a complex bill. The member
has received briefings. There will be consideration in detail. We are engaged
in consultation with various groups now. The implementation group will remain.
As with the 2021 act, consultation will be demand-driven. If further education
or consultation is needed, that will take place. As the member very well knows,
this is something that he supported. This is something that the farming
industry is well aware of. Industry representatives said that they had worked
with this act since 1972 and were happy with it. The mining industry has worked
with it and it is happy with it. Developers have worked with it, and they are
happy with it. I have not found anyone in major disagreement with respect of what
is proposed.
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