Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs

Indigenous Businesses

One of the ways that the Committee collects information is to talk to individuals and organsiations at public hearings. A record is taken by Hansard of what is said at each public hearing (a 'transcript').

The Committee has held the following public hearings for the indigenous businesses inquiry:

• Canberra on 11 March 1998;
• Canberra on 25 March 1998;
• Canberra on 1 April 1998;
• Canberra on 8 April 1998;
• Darwin on 23 April 1998;
• Canberra on 13 May 1998;
• Canberra on 27 May 1998; and
• Canberra on 3 June 1998.

You can read the transcript of each hearing that is underlined. However, to view or print the transcipts, you will need the Acrobat PDF reader, which can be downloaded free of charge from Adobe.

The Committee has also held informal meetings with other people and organisations for the inquiry. The Committee has held such meetings in Nhulunbuy and Yirrkala (21 & 22 April 1998), Fitzroy Crossing (5 May 1998), the Warmun community near the Argyle Diamond mine (6 May 1998), Thursday Island (5 May 1998), and Badu and Moa Islands (6 May 1998).

There are no transcripts available for these meetings.