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Planning and Development Act, pursuant to subsection 242(2)—Statement of leases granted for the period 1 July to 30 September 2019.
Priority Investment Program—Funding Guidelines: Building collaboration to attract investment into Canberra’s knowledge economy, dated October 2019.
Property Crime Prevention Strategy 2016-2020—Progress report 2019.
Transport Action Plan—Quarterly update—Number 1, dated October 2019.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body—report on the outcomes of the ATSIEB hearings 2019
MR GENTLEMAN (Brindabella—Manager of Government Business, Minister for Advanced Technology and Space Industries, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Minister for Planning and Land Management and Minister for Police and Emergency Services) (3.21): Pursuant to standing order 211, I move:
That the Assembly take note of the following paper:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body Act, pursuant to subsection 10B(3)—ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body—Report on the outcomes of the ATSIEB Hearings 2019—Ninth Report to the ACT Government.
MS STEPHEN-SMITH (Kurrajong—Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Minister for Children, Youth and Families, Minister for Health and Minister for Urban Renewal) (3.21): I am pleased to have the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body report on the outcomes of the ATSIEB hearings on 28 and 29 March 2019 tabled in the Assembly today. I welcome this report, the ninth prepared by the elected body, the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community’s voice to the Assembly and the ACT government. I thank the chair and members of the elected body for their hard work in preparing this report on behalf of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
One of the most important roles of the elected body is the hearings process, where elected body members directly ask questions to senior government officials and directors-general. Modelled on the estimates process used by the Legislative Assembly and the Australian Senate, this provides for direct accountability to the democratically elected representatives of the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
Over time, the elected body hearings have proved to be a successful method of bringing the concerns and issues of the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community to the attention of the ACT government. Prior to the hearings, elected body members reach out to the community to see if there are any questions or issues people want raised. The hearings are driving real improvements to service delivery and policy development and better life outcomes as a result. The ninth report to the ACT government follows hearings held on 28 and 29 March 2019. The report contains seven whole-of-government recommendations and 17 recommendations for specific directorates.
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