❓ Hon Robin Chapple questions the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs regarding the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee's (ACMC) determination on three sites related to the Lake Wells potash project and communication with knowledge holders. The Minister provides dates, confirms verbal communication with Central Desert Native Title Services, and tables the ACMC determination.
AnsweredQoN 882Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
ABORIGINAL CULTURAL
MATERIAL COMMITTEE — LAKE WELLS POTASH PROJECT
882. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the minister representing the
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs:
I
refer to Environmental Protection Authority report 1688, which states that the
Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee did not consider three sites that
intersected the development of the Lake Wells potash project as being sites.
(1) On what date
was this determination made by the ACMC?
(2) Were the
knowledge holders who provided the information on these sites to the ACMC
advised that they were not sites by the Department of Planning, Lands and
Heritage; and, if so, on what date?
(3) If no to (2),
why not?
(4) Will the minister table the determination made by
the ACMC about the three sites submitted for registration?
(5) If no to (4),
why not?
MATERIAL COMMITTEE — LAKE WELLS POTASH PROJECT
882. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the minister representing the
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs:
I
refer to Environmental Protection Authority report 1688, which states that the
Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee did not consider three sites that
intersected the development of the Lake Wells potash project as being sites.
(1) On what date
was this determination made by the ACMC?
(2) Were the
knowledge holders who provided the information on these sites to the ACMC
advised that they were not sites by the Department of Planning, Lands and
Heritage; and, if so, on what date?
(3) If no to (2),
why not?
(4) Will the minister table the determination made by
the ACMC about the three sites submitted for registration?
(5) If no to (4),
why not?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following answer is provided on behalf of the
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs.
(1) The ACMC
considered the heritage places at its meeting on 9 May 2020 and determined that
section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 did not apply.
(2)–(3) The
Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage has not formally written to the
knowledge holders, but has advised the Central Desert Native Title Services
verbally.
(4) Yes. I table
the attached information.
[See paper 4180 .]
(5) Not
applicable.
some notice of the question. The following answer is provided on behalf of the
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs.
(1) The ACMC
considered the heritage places at its meeting on 9 May 2020 and determined that
section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 did not apply.
(2)–(3) The
Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage has not formally written to the
knowledge holders, but has advised the Central Desert Native Title Services
verbally.
(4) Yes. I table
the attached information.
[See paper 4180 .]
(5) Not
applicable.
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