❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the Department of Indigenous Affairs' practice of registering Aboriginal people's names in the Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register, focusing on consent and potential registration without knowledge.
AnsweredQoN 781Legislative Council
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(1) Would the minister please advise the House whether the Department of Indigenous Affairs can register names of Aboriginal people in the Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register for the Broome area without the person’s consent? (2) If the answer to (1) is yes, would the minister explain under whose jurisdiction permission is given to include names on the register without consent? (3) If the answer to (1) is no, would the minister like to explain why some Aboriginal people’s names have in fact been registered without their consent and for purposes of which they have no knowledge. Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Department of Indigenous Affairs administers an Aboriginal sites register in which names of informants are recorded. There are two ways in which names of informants are recorded in the register. (a) The name of the informant that is deliberately recorded on a site recording form is registered as the site informant in the register. If the informant requests that his or her name not be registered, the department does not record the name in the register. (b) The department understands that it is standard practice for heritage consultants to negotiate with informants about the inclusion of informant names in heritage survey reports. Upon the agreement of informants to have their names associated with sites, heritage consultants submit this information to the department for registration. The department does not register names of informants if heritage consultants specifically request that informant names not be registered.
(2) If the answer to (1) is yes, would the minister explain under whose jurisdiction permission is given to include names on the register without consent? (3) If the answer to (1) is no, would the minister like to explain why some Aboriginal people’s names have in fact been registered without their consent and for purposes of which they have no knowledge. Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Department of Indigenous Affairs administers an Aboriginal sites register in which names of informants are recorded. There are two ways in which names of informants are recorded in the register. (a) The name of the informant that is deliberately recorded on a site recording form is registered as the site informant in the register. If the informant requests that his or her name not be registered, the department does not record the name in the register. (b) The department understands that it is standard practice for heritage consultants to negotiate with informants about the inclusion of informant names in heritage survey reports. Upon the agreement of informants to have their names associated with sites, heritage consultants submit this information to the department for registration. The department does not register names of informants if heritage consultants specifically request that informant names not be registered.
(3) If the answer to (1) is no, would the minister like to explain why some Aboriginal people’s names have in fact been registered without their consent and for purposes of which they have no knowledge. Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Department of Indigenous Affairs administers an Aboriginal sites register in which names of informants are recorded. There are two ways in which names of informants are recorded in the register. (a) The name of the informant that is deliberately recorded on a site recording form is registered as the site informant in the register. If the informant requests that his or her name not be registered, the department does not record the name in the register. (b) The department understands that it is standard practice for heritage consultants to negotiate with informants about the inclusion of informant names in heritage survey reports. Upon the agreement of informants to have their names associated with sites, heritage consultants submit this information to the department for registration. The department does not register names of informants if heritage consultants specifically request that informant names not be registered.
Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Department of Indigenous Affairs administers an Aboriginal sites register in which names of informants are recorded. There are two ways in which names of informants are recorded in the register. (a) The name of the informant that is deliberately recorded on a site recording form is registered as the site informant in the register. If the informant requests that his or her name not be registered, the department does not record the name in the register. (b) The department understands that it is standard practice for heritage consultants to negotiate with informants about the inclusion of informant names in heritage survey reports. Upon the agreement of informants to have their names associated with sites, heritage consultants submit this information to the department for registration. The department does not register names of informants if heritage consultants specifically request that informant names not be registered.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Department of Indigenous Affairs administers an Aboriginal sites register in which names of informants are recorded. There are two ways in which names of informants are recorded in the register. (a) The name of the informant that is deliberately recorded on a site recording form is registered as the site informant in the register. If the informant requests that his or her name not be registered, the department does not record the name in the register. (b) The department understands that it is standard practice for heritage consultants to negotiate with informants about the inclusion of informant names in heritage survey reports. Upon the agreement of informants to have their names associated with sites, heritage consultants submit this information to the department for registration. The department does not register names of informants if heritage consultants specifically request that informant names not be registered.
(1)-(3) The Department of Indigenous Affairs administers an Aboriginal sites register in which names of informants are recorded. There are two ways in which names of informants are recorded in the register. (a) The name of the informant that is deliberately recorded on a site recording form is registered as the site informant in the register. If the informant requests that his or her name not be registered, the department does not record the name in the register. (b) The department understands that it is standard practice for heritage consultants to negotiate with informants about the inclusion of informant names in heritage survey reports. Upon the agreement of informants to have their names associated with sites, heritage consultants submit this information to the department for registration. The department does not register names of informants if heritage consultants specifically request that informant names not be registered.
(b) The department understands that it is standard practice for heritage consultants to negotiate with informants about the inclusion of informant names in heritage survey reports. Upon the agreement of informants to have their names associated with sites, heritage consultants submit this information to the department for registration. The department does not register names of informants if heritage consultants specifically request that informant names not be registered.
(2) If the answer to (1) is yes, would the minister explain under whose jurisdiction permission is given to include names on the register without consent? (3) If the answer to (1) is no, would the minister like to explain why some Aboriginal people’s names have in fact been registered without their consent and for purposes of which they have no knowledge. Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Department of Indigenous Affairs administers an Aboriginal sites register in which names of informants are recorded. There are two ways in which names of informants are recorded in the register. (a) The name of the informant that is deliberately recorded on a site recording form is registered as the site informant in the register. If the informant requests that his or her name not be registered, the department does not record the name in the register. (b) The department understands that it is standard practice for heritage consultants to negotiate with informants about the inclusion of informant names in heritage survey reports. Upon the agreement of informants to have their names associated with sites, heritage consultants submit this information to the department for registration. The department does not register names of informants if heritage consultants specifically request that informant names not be registered.
(3) If the answer to (1) is no, would the minister like to explain why some Aboriginal people’s names have in fact been registered without their consent and for purposes of which they have no knowledge. Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Department of Indigenous Affairs administers an Aboriginal sites register in which names of informants are recorded. There are two ways in which names of informants are recorded in the register. (a) The name of the informant that is deliberately recorded on a site recording form is registered as the site informant in the register. If the informant requests that his or her name not be registered, the department does not record the name in the register. (b) The department understands that it is standard practice for heritage consultants to negotiate with informants about the inclusion of informant names in heritage survey reports. Upon the agreement of informants to have their names associated with sites, heritage consultants submit this information to the department for registration. The department does not register names of informants if heritage consultants specifically request that informant names not be registered.
Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Department of Indigenous Affairs administers an Aboriginal sites register in which names of informants are recorded. There are two ways in which names of informants are recorded in the register. (a) The name of the informant that is deliberately recorded on a site recording form is registered as the site informant in the register. If the informant requests that his or her name not be registered, the department does not record the name in the register. (b) The department understands that it is standard practice for heritage consultants to negotiate with informants about the inclusion of informant names in heritage survey reports. Upon the agreement of informants to have their names associated with sites, heritage consultants submit this information to the department for registration. The department does not register names of informants if heritage consultants specifically request that informant names not be registered.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Department of Indigenous Affairs administers an Aboriginal sites register in which names of informants are recorded. There are two ways in which names of informants are recorded in the register. (a) The name of the informant that is deliberately recorded on a site recording form is registered as the site informant in the register. If the informant requests that his or her name not be registered, the department does not record the name in the register. (b) The department understands that it is standard practice for heritage consultants to negotiate with informants about the inclusion of informant names in heritage survey reports. Upon the agreement of informants to have their names associated with sites, heritage consultants submit this information to the department for registration. The department does not register names of informants if heritage consultants specifically request that informant names not be registered.
(1)-(3) The Department of Indigenous Affairs administers an Aboriginal sites register in which names of informants are recorded. There are two ways in which names of informants are recorded in the register. (a) The name of the informant that is deliberately recorded on a site recording form is registered as the site informant in the register. If the informant requests that his or her name not be registered, the department does not record the name in the register. (b) The department understands that it is standard practice for heritage consultants to negotiate with informants about the inclusion of informant names in heritage survey reports. Upon the agreement of informants to have their names associated with sites, heritage consultants submit this information to the department for registration. The department does not register names of informants if heritage consultants specifically request that informant names not be registered.
(b) The department understands that it is standard practice for heritage consultants to negotiate with informants about the inclusion of informant names in heritage survey reports. Upon the agreement of informants to have their names associated with sites, heritage consultants submit this information to the department for registration. The department does not register names of informants if heritage consultants specifically request that informant names not be registered.
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