❓ Mr Hill questions the Minister for Indigenous Affairs about the review of the Aboriginal Lands Trust. The Minister explains the review aims to expedite land transfer to Aboriginal people, a process previously endorsed but progressing slowly.
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ABORIGINAL LANDS TRUST, REVIEW 272. Mr S.R. HILL to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs: Will the minister explain why he has implemented a review of the Aboriginal Lands Trust? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. I was in Geraldton with him on Friday in my roles as Minister for Education and Minister for Indigenous Affairs - in the latter role, in the company of Hon Murray Criddle from the National Party, to hand over a parcel of land that had been under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust to local Aboriginal people in the Bundiyarra Aboriginal group. It was a very joyous and important occasion for the people there. The Aboriginal Lands Trust was established in, I think, 1972 to control all the land held in reserve for the benefit of Aboriginal people in the State of Western Australia. Approximately 12 per cent of the total land mass of Western Australia - about 27 million hectares - is under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust. In its wisdom, the previous Government employed the late Senator Neville Bonner to review the Aboriginal Lands Trust in the mid 1990s. His review recommended that the land under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust be transferred to Aboriginal people. Both sides of the House agreed with that recommendation. The process then began but it has been painstakingly slow, to the extent that in the past three years only 29 properties, or 1 000 hectares of land, were transferred to indigenous people. Given that the trust covers 27 million hectares, it is obvious that progress is extremely slow. I want to speed it up, and we will be receiving delegations from the Aboriginal community to speed up that process. The Aboriginal community was agreeable to our undertaking a review of the Aboriginal Lands Trust to effect that outcome. I hope that the review will proceed within the next couple of weeks and, with consultation, will conclude by the end of December. The simple aim of the review is to speed up the process that achieved a good result for the Bundiyarra group in Geraldton, that Neville Bonner outlined as desirable, that the previous Government approved and that this Government embraces. Far more complications are involved than Senator Bonner anticipated, particularly with native title. The process must therefore be reviewed to ensure that it is done expeditiously.
ABORIGINAL LANDS TRUST, REVIEW
Will the minister explain why he has implemented a review of the Aboriginal Lands Trust? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. I was in Geraldton with him on Friday in my roles as Minister for Education and Minister for Indigenous Affairs - in the latter role, in the company of Hon Murray Criddle from the National Party, to hand over a parcel of land that had been under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust to local Aboriginal people in the Bundiyarra Aboriginal group. It was a very joyous and important occasion for the people there. The Aboriginal Lands Trust was established in, I think, 1972 to control all the land held in reserve for the benefit of Aboriginal people in the State of Western Australia. Approximately 12 per cent of the total land mass of Western Australia - about 27 million hectares - is under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust. In its wisdom, the previous Government employed the late Senator Neville Bonner to review the Aboriginal Lands Trust in the mid 1990s. His review recommended that the land under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust be transferred to Aboriginal people. Both sides of the House agreed with that recommendation. The process then began but it has been painstakingly slow, to the extent that in the past three years only 29 properties, or 1 000 hectares of land, were transferred to indigenous people. Given that the trust covers 27 million hectares, it is obvious that progress is extremely slow. I want to speed it up, and we will be receiving delegations from the Aboriginal community to speed up that process. The Aboriginal community was agreeable to our undertaking a review of the Aboriginal Lands Trust to effect that outcome. I hope that the review will proceed within the next couple of weeks and, with consultation, will conclude by the end of December. The simple aim of the review is to speed up the process that achieved a good result for the Bundiyarra group in Geraldton, that Neville Bonner outlined as desirable, that the previous Government approved and that this Government embraces. Far more complications are involved than Senator Bonner anticipated, particularly with native title. The process must therefore be reviewed to ensure that it is done expeditiously.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. I was in Geraldton with him on Friday in my roles as Minister for Education and Minister for Indigenous Affairs - in the latter role, in the company of Hon Murray Criddle from the National Party, to hand over a parcel of land that had been under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust to local Aboriginal people in the Bundiyarra Aboriginal group. It was a very joyous and important occasion for the people there. The Aboriginal Lands Trust was established in, I think, 1972 to control all the land held in reserve for the benefit of Aboriginal people in the State of Western Australia. Approximately 12 per cent of the total land mass of Western Australia - about 27 million hectares - is under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust. In its wisdom, the previous Government employed the late Senator Neville Bonner to review the Aboriginal Lands Trust in the mid 1990s. His review recommended that the land under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust be transferred to Aboriginal people. Both sides of the House agreed with that recommendation. The process then began but it has been painstakingly slow, to the extent that in the past three years only 29 properties, or 1 000 hectares of land, were transferred to indigenous people. Given that the trust covers 27 million hectares, it is obvious that progress is extremely slow. I want to speed it up, and we will be receiving delegations from the Aboriginal community to speed up that process. The Aboriginal community was agreeable to our undertaking a review of the Aboriginal Lands Trust to effect that outcome. I hope that the review will proceed within the next couple of weeks and, with consultation, will conclude by the end of December. The simple aim of the review is to speed up the process that achieved a good result for the Bundiyarra group in Geraldton, that Neville Bonner outlined as desirable, that the previous Government approved and that this Government embraces. Far more complications are involved than Senator Bonner anticipated, particularly with native title. The process must therefore be reviewed to ensure that it is done expeditiously.
I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. I was in Geraldton with him on Friday in my roles as Minister for Education and Minister for Indigenous Affairs - in the latter role, in the company of Hon Murray Criddle from the National Party, to hand over a parcel of land that had been under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust to local Aboriginal people in the Bundiyarra Aboriginal group. It was a very joyous and important occasion for the people there. The Aboriginal Lands Trust was established in, I think, 1972 to control all the land held in reserve for the benefit of Aboriginal people in the State of Western Australia. Approximately 12 per cent of the total land mass of Western Australia - about 27 million hectares - is under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust. In its wisdom, the previous Government employed the late Senator Neville Bonner to review the Aboriginal Lands Trust in the mid 1990s. His review recommended that the land under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust be transferred to Aboriginal people. Both sides of the House agreed with that recommendation. The process then began but it has been painstakingly slow, to the extent that in the past three years only 29 properties, or 1 000 hectares of land, were transferred to indigenous people. Given that the trust covers 27 million hectares, it is obvious that progress is extremely slow. I want to speed it up, and we will be receiving delegations from the Aboriginal community to speed up that process. The Aboriginal community was agreeable to our undertaking a review of the Aboriginal Lands Trust to effect that outcome. I hope that the review will proceed within the next couple of weeks and, with consultation, will conclude by the end of December. The simple aim of the review is to speed up the process that achieved a good result for the Bundiyarra group in Geraldton, that Neville Bonner outlined as desirable, that the previous Government approved and that this Government embraces. Far more complications are involved than Senator Bonner anticipated, particularly with native title. The process must therefore be reviewed to ensure that it is done expeditiously.
The Aboriginal Lands Trust was established in, I think, 1972 to control all the land held in reserve for the benefit of Aboriginal people in the State of Western Australia. Approximately 12 per cent of the total land mass of Western Australia - about 27 million hectares - is under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust. In its wisdom, the previous Government employed the late Senator Neville Bonner to review the Aboriginal Lands Trust in the mid 1990s. His review recommended that the land under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust be transferred to Aboriginal people. Both sides of the House agreed with that recommendation. The process then began but it has been painstakingly slow, to the extent that in the past three years only 29 properties, or 1 000 hectares of land, were transferred to indigenous people. Given that the trust covers 27 million hectares, it is obvious that progress is extremely slow. I want to speed it up, and we will be receiving delegations from the Aboriginal community to speed up that process. The Aboriginal community was agreeable to our undertaking a review of the Aboriginal Lands Trust to effect that outcome. I hope that the review will proceed within the next couple of weeks and, with consultation, will conclude by the end of December. The simple aim of the review is to speed up the process that achieved a good result for the Bundiyarra group in Geraldton, that Neville Bonner outlined as desirable, that the previous Government approved and that this Government embraces. Far more complications are involved than Senator Bonner anticipated, particularly with native title. The process must therefore be reviewed to ensure that it is done expeditiously.
ABORIGINAL LANDS TRUST, REVIEW
Will the minister explain why he has implemented a review of the Aboriginal Lands Trust? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. I was in Geraldton with him on Friday in my roles as Minister for Education and Minister for Indigenous Affairs - in the latter role, in the company of Hon Murray Criddle from the National Party, to hand over a parcel of land that had been under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust to local Aboriginal people in the Bundiyarra Aboriginal group. It was a very joyous and important occasion for the people there. The Aboriginal Lands Trust was established in, I think, 1972 to control all the land held in reserve for the benefit of Aboriginal people in the State of Western Australia. Approximately 12 per cent of the total land mass of Western Australia - about 27 million hectares - is under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust. In its wisdom, the previous Government employed the late Senator Neville Bonner to review the Aboriginal Lands Trust in the mid 1990s. His review recommended that the land under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust be transferred to Aboriginal people. Both sides of the House agreed with that recommendation. The process then began but it has been painstakingly slow, to the extent that in the past three years only 29 properties, or 1 000 hectares of land, were transferred to indigenous people. Given that the trust covers 27 million hectares, it is obvious that progress is extremely slow. I want to speed it up, and we will be receiving delegations from the Aboriginal community to speed up that process. The Aboriginal community was agreeable to our undertaking a review of the Aboriginal Lands Trust to effect that outcome. I hope that the review will proceed within the next couple of weeks and, with consultation, will conclude by the end of December. The simple aim of the review is to speed up the process that achieved a good result for the Bundiyarra group in Geraldton, that Neville Bonner outlined as desirable, that the previous Government approved and that this Government embraces. Far more complications are involved than Senator Bonner anticipated, particularly with native title. The process must therefore be reviewed to ensure that it is done expeditiously.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. I was in Geraldton with him on Friday in my roles as Minister for Education and Minister for Indigenous Affairs - in the latter role, in the company of Hon Murray Criddle from the National Party, to hand over a parcel of land that had been under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust to local Aboriginal people in the Bundiyarra Aboriginal group. It was a very joyous and important occasion for the people there. The Aboriginal Lands Trust was established in, I think, 1972 to control all the land held in reserve for the benefit of Aboriginal people in the State of Western Australia. Approximately 12 per cent of the total land mass of Western Australia - about 27 million hectares - is under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust. In its wisdom, the previous Government employed the late Senator Neville Bonner to review the Aboriginal Lands Trust in the mid 1990s. His review recommended that the land under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust be transferred to Aboriginal people. Both sides of the House agreed with that recommendation. The process then began but it has been painstakingly slow, to the extent that in the past three years only 29 properties, or 1 000 hectares of land, were transferred to indigenous people. Given that the trust covers 27 million hectares, it is obvious that progress is extremely slow. I want to speed it up, and we will be receiving delegations from the Aboriginal community to speed up that process. The Aboriginal community was agreeable to our undertaking a review of the Aboriginal Lands Trust to effect that outcome. I hope that the review will proceed within the next couple of weeks and, with consultation, will conclude by the end of December. The simple aim of the review is to speed up the process that achieved a good result for the Bundiyarra group in Geraldton, that Neville Bonner outlined as desirable, that the previous Government approved and that this Government embraces. Far more complications are involved than Senator Bonner anticipated, particularly with native title. The process must therefore be reviewed to ensure that it is done expeditiously.
I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. I was in Geraldton with him on Friday in my roles as Minister for Education and Minister for Indigenous Affairs - in the latter role, in the company of Hon Murray Criddle from the National Party, to hand over a parcel of land that had been under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust to local Aboriginal people in the Bundiyarra Aboriginal group. It was a very joyous and important occasion for the people there. The Aboriginal Lands Trust was established in, I think, 1972 to control all the land held in reserve for the benefit of Aboriginal people in the State of Western Australia. Approximately 12 per cent of the total land mass of Western Australia - about 27 million hectares - is under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust. In its wisdom, the previous Government employed the late Senator Neville Bonner to review the Aboriginal Lands Trust in the mid 1990s. His review recommended that the land under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust be transferred to Aboriginal people. Both sides of the House agreed with that recommendation. The process then began but it has been painstakingly slow, to the extent that in the past three years only 29 properties, or 1 000 hectares of land, were transferred to indigenous people. Given that the trust covers 27 million hectares, it is obvious that progress is extremely slow. I want to speed it up, and we will be receiving delegations from the Aboriginal community to speed up that process. The Aboriginal community was agreeable to our undertaking a review of the Aboriginal Lands Trust to effect that outcome. I hope that the review will proceed within the next couple of weeks and, with consultation, will conclude by the end of December. The simple aim of the review is to speed up the process that achieved a good result for the Bundiyarra group in Geraldton, that Neville Bonner outlined as desirable, that the previous Government approved and that this Government embraces. Far more complications are involved than Senator Bonner anticipated, particularly with native title. The process must therefore be reviewed to ensure that it is done expeditiously.
The Aboriginal Lands Trust was established in, I think, 1972 to control all the land held in reserve for the benefit of Aboriginal people in the State of Western Australia. Approximately 12 per cent of the total land mass of Western Australia - about 27 million hectares - is under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust. In its wisdom, the previous Government employed the late Senator Neville Bonner to review the Aboriginal Lands Trust in the mid 1990s. His review recommended that the land under the control of the Aboriginal Lands Trust be transferred to Aboriginal people. Both sides of the House agreed with that recommendation. The process then began but it has been painstakingly slow, to the extent that in the past three years only 29 properties, or 1 000 hectares of land, were transferred to indigenous people. Given that the trust covers 27 million hectares, it is obvious that progress is extremely slow. I want to speed it up, and we will be receiving delegations from the Aboriginal community to speed up that process. The Aboriginal community was agreeable to our undertaking a review of the Aboriginal Lands Trust to effect that outcome. I hope that the review will proceed within the next couple of weeks and, with consultation, will conclude by the end of December. The simple aim of the review is to speed up the process that achieved a good result for the Bundiyarra group in Geraldton, that Neville Bonner outlined as desirable, that the previous Government approved and that this Government embraces. Far more complications are involved than Senator Bonner anticipated, particularly with native title. The process must therefore be reviewed to ensure that it is done expeditiously.
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