❓ Ms Davies questions the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs regarding the lack of Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act workshops in the wheatbelt region, while the Minister defends the current workshop locations and online availability.
AnsweredQoN 325Legislative Assembly
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ABORIGINAL CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT — WORKSHOPS
325. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs:
I refer to the education workshops
being held throughout the state to support the implementation of the new
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act.
(1) How is the government
advertising and promoting these workshops?
(2) Why are no workshops being
hosted in the wheatbelt?
(3) Will the
minister commit to adding workshops in the wheatbelt to assist landowners,
businesses and local governments to understand the act, guidelines and
regulations?
325. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs:
I refer to the education workshops
being held throughout the state to support the implementation of the new
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act.
(1) How is the government
advertising and promoting these workshops?
(2) Why are no workshops being
hosted in the wheatbelt?
(3) Will the
minister commit to adding workshops in the wheatbelt to assist landowners,
businesses and local governments to understand the act, guidelines and
regulations?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(3) The
workshops are going to be advertised through the department's website.
Notices have been sent out to the various media outlets. Notices have been sent
to the various associations representing pastoralists, farmers and so forth,
and various other organisations. With regard to the number of workshops, they
start on 24 May and finish around 28 June. There are 13 workshops in Bunbury,
Armadale, Perth, Perth again, Kununurra, Broome, Karratha, Port Hedland,
Esperance, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Albany and Carnarvon, and there is also an
online session. The wheatbelt is not that far from Perth—and there is
an Esperance and Albany workshop. If people wish to travel to those venues,
they can, or they can go online. There are 13
education sessions. I think there is a good spread in the regions throughout Western
Australia and there are enough opportunities for people to meet in
person at the education sessions or to go online.
workshops are going to be advertised through the department's website.
Notices have been sent out to the various media outlets. Notices have been sent
to the various associations representing pastoralists, farmers and so forth,
and various other organisations. With regard to the number of workshops, they
start on 24 May and finish around 28 June. There are 13 workshops in Bunbury,
Armadale, Perth, Perth again, Kununurra, Broome, Karratha, Port Hedland,
Esperance, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Albany and Carnarvon, and there is also an
online session. The wheatbelt is not that far from Perth—and there is
an Esperance and Albany workshop. If people wish to travel to those venues,
they can, or they can go online. There are 13
education sessions. I think there is a good spread in the regions throughout Western
Australia and there are enough opportunities for people to meet in
person at the education sessions or to go online.
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