A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding the Aboriginal Affairs Co-Ordinating Committee (AACC), its meetings, priority locations, and funding allocations for responding to critical incidents involving Aboriginal people. The response details meeting frequency, ministerial involvement, priority communities, and funding for emergency responses.

AnsweredQoN 7476Legislative Assembly
Asked
20 March 2012
Portfolio
Indigenous Affairs

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I refer to the Aboriginal Affairs Co-Ordinating Committee (AACC), and ask:
(a) how many times has the AACC met in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and
(b) how many meetings has the Minister had with properly convened meetings of the AACC;
(c) which communities (metro, regional and remote) have been classified as priority locations by the AACC;
(d) how much funding has been allocated to the AACC to expedite fast, effective responses to key critical incidences involving Aboriginal people in each of the following years, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12; and
(i) how much of the allocation referred to in (d) was actually spent in each financial year?

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Answered
2 May 2012
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Indigenous Affairs
Response time
43 days
(a)The AACC met the following number of times in each of the respective calendar years:
2009 - Ten
2010 - Eleven
2011 - Eleven
2012 (to April) - Three
(b)  Once.
(c)
· Roebourne (town based)
· Kalumburu (remote)
· Carnarvon, including Burringurrah (town based)
· Ngaanyatjarra Lands (remote)
· Armadale (metropolitan)
(d)  2009-2010 - Nil
2010-2011 - Nil
Funding of $10,000,000 was allocated in 2011-12 under the Aboriginal Communities Emergency Fund to expedite fast, effective responses to key critical incidences involving Aboriginal people.
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