Page 211 - Week 01 - Thursday, 14 February 2019
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for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body; formalising the membership, criteria, terms and process for appointments to vacant member positions in the future; confirming that members are appointed to the council as individuals, in their capacity as leaders in the community, and that the council will remain voluntary and not remunerated; and setting the current co-chairs’ term to 31 August 2020.
The new arrangements will commence this year’s event, to ensure that all Canberrans have ample opportunity to participate in this significant initiative. The Reconciliation Day Council will also become the ACT Reconciliation Council, recognising the year-round role these leaders in our community now have in championing reconciliation.
The council is in the early planning stage for the 2019 event and is considering improvements in areas of promotion, sponsorship and capturing community feedback; opportunities to coordinate events across the ACT, including with relevant national institutions such as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies; and increasing opportunities to experience culture through traditional foods and yarning circles.
Reconciliation Day 2019 is not that far away; I am looking forward to May and the work to get there. It is vital that Reconciliation Day reach more Canberrans each year so that we are not just talking to those who are already committed to writing a better story for our nation. Reconciliation is everyone’s business. I again thank the reconciliation council for all they have done so far.
I present the following paper:
Reconciliation Day: Bringing the Community Together—Ministerial statement, 14 February 2019.
I move:
That the Assembly take note of the paper:
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Ministerial delegation to New Zealand
Ministerial statement
MR BARR (Kurrajong—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Social Inclusion and Equality, Minister for Tourism and Special Events and Minister for Trade, Industry and Investment) (10.23): I am pleased to report to the Assembly this morning on a delegation I led to our sister city of Wellington, New Zealand, in November last year. This mission further developed Canberra’s key capability markets and promoted our city as a trade and investment destination. It also continued to deliver and strengthen the outcomes through the Canberra-Wellington sister city agreement, whilst also celebrating the successes and outcomes achieved to date.
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