❓ Hon Neil Thomson asks about the number of landowners charged under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 over the past 10 years, the outcomes of those cases, and the associated costs to the government. The Minister provides a table of charges and outcomes, but states that legal proceeding costs are part of the department's operating budget.
AnsweredQoN 1228Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
Aboriginal Heritage Act—Breaches
1228. Hon Neil Thomson to
the Leader of the House representing the Minister
for Aboriginal Affairs:
(1) How many landowners has the Department of
Planning, Lands and Heritage charged for breaching the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 for each of the last
10 years?
(2) Of those in (1), how many resulted in:
(a) a court finding the accused guilty;
(b) a court finding the accused not guilty;
(c) the case being settled prior to a court
finding; and
(d) the case being dropped by the government?
(3) What was the cost to government of these legal
proceedings by year?
1228. Hon Neil Thomson to
the Leader of the House representing the Minister
for Aboriginal Affairs:
(1) How many landowners has the Department of
Planning, Lands and Heritage charged for breaching the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 for each of the last
10 years?
(2) Of those in (1), how many resulted in:
(a) a court finding the accused guilty;
(b) a court finding the accused not guilty;
(c) the case being settled prior to a court
finding; and
(d) the case being dropped by the government?
(3) What was the cost to government of these legal
proceedings by year?
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.
The answer to part (1)
is in tabular form, so I seek leave to have that incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.
(1)
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
7
3
6
2
(2) Two matters are still before the courts. For
the rest:
(a) The answer is 17.
(b) The answer is
zero.
(c) The answer is zero.
(d) The answer is two.
(3) Investigations and prosecutions are undertaken
internally by the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage. The costs of
these activities are part of the usual operating budgets.
honourable member for some notice of the question. The following answer is
provided on behalf of the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs.
The answer to part (1)
is in tabular form, so I seek leave to have that incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.
(1)
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
7
3
6
2
(2) Two matters are still before the courts. For
the rest:
(a) The answer is 17.
(b) The answer is
zero.
(c) The answer is zero.
(d) The answer is two.
(3) Investigations and prosecutions are undertaken
internally by the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage. The costs of
these activities are part of the usual operating budgets.
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