Footnotes

Footnotes

[1] A history of petrol sniffing was provided by Dr Maggie Brady, see Committee Hansard 27.4.06, pp.11-12 (Dr M Brady).

[2] Senate Select Committee on Volatile Substance Fumes, Volatile Substance Abuse in Australia, Canberra, 1985.

[3] Senate Select Committee on Volatile Substance Fumes, p.151.

[4] Senate Select Committee on Volatile Substance Fumes, p.156.

[5] Senate Select Committee on Volatile Substance Fumes, p.163.

[6] Senate Select Committee on Volatile Substance Fumes, p.237.

[7] Senate Select Committee on Volatile Substance Fumes, pp.237-41.

[8] Parliament of Victoria, Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee, Inquiry into the Inhalation of Volatile Substances Final Report, Melbourne, September 2002.

[9] Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee, p.137.

[10] Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee, pp.434-41.

[11] Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee, pp.171-266.

[12] Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee, p.xiii.

[13] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs, Road to recovery: Report on the inquiry into substance abuse in Australian communities, Canberra, August 2003.

[14] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs, pp.81-84.

[15] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs, pp.84-86.

[16] Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee, Reconciliation: Off track, Canberra, October 2003.

[17] Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee, p.64.

[18] Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee, p.66, citing MacLean SJ & d'Abbs PHN, 'Petrol sniffing in Aboriginal communities: a review of interventions', Drug and Alcohol Review, 2002, 21, pp.65-72.

[19] Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee, p.66.

[20] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Many Ways Forward: Report of the inquiry into capacity building and service delivery in Indigenous communities, Canberra, June 2004.

[21] Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, p.223.

[22] Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, pp.xxvii-xxxi.

[23] Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory, Select Committee on Substance Abuse in the Community, Petrol Sniffing in Remote Northern Territory Communities, Darwin, October 2004.

[24] Select Committee on Substance Abuse in the Community, p.23.

[25] Select Committee on Substance Abuse in the Community, p.24.

[26] Select Committee on Substance Abuse in the Community, pp.23-28.

[27] Submission 22, p.1 (Northern Territory Government).

[28] Australia, Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, 1998, Vol 2, para 15.3.2.1.

[29] Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Vol 2, para. 15.3.8.

[30] Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Vol.4, para 32.4.13.

[31] Gordon S, Putting the picture together: Inquiry into Response by Government Agencies to Complaints of Family Violence and Child Abuse in Aboriginal Communities, (Gordon Inquiry), State Law Publisher, Perth, 2002.

[32] Coroner Alastair Hope, Inquest into the death of Susan Ann Taylor, Coroner's Report, Ref No: 30/31, Perth, WA.

[33] Gordon Inquiry, p.67.

[34] Gordon Inquiry, p.108.

[35] Coroner Wayne Chivell, Finding of Inquest into the Death of Kunmanara Ken, Umuwa, SA, 2002.

[36] Coroner Wayne Chivell, 2002, Executive Summary, para 5.

[37] Coroner Wayne Chivell, 2002, Executive Summary, para 9.

[38] Coroner Wayne Chivell, 2002, Executive Summary, para 16.

[39] Coroner Wayne Chivell, 2002, Executive Summary, para 18.

[40] Coroner Wayne Chivell, 2002, Executive Summary, para 20.

[41] Coroner Wayne Chivell, 2002, paras 13.1-13.2.

[42] Coroner Wayne Chivell, Finding of Inquest into the Deaths of Kunmanara Ward, Kunmanara Ken, Kunmanara Ryan and Kunmanara Cooper, Umuwa, SA, 2005.

[43] Coroner Wayne Chivell, 2005, Executive Summary, paras 18-19.

[44] Coroner Wayne Chivell, 2005, Executive Summary, paras 28-40.

[45] Coroner Wayne Chivell, 2005, Executive Summary, para 41.

[46] Coroner Wayne Chivell, 2005, Executive Summary, para 32.

[47] Coroner Wayne Chivell, 2005, para 13.3.

[48] Coroner Warren Donald, Summary of Findings, September 1998, A82/94.

[49] Coroner Greg Cavanagh, Inquest into the deaths of Kumanjay Presley, Kunmanara Coulthard and Kunmanara Brumby, Alice Springs, 2005, NTMC 034.

[50] Coroner Greg Cavanagh, 2005, para 14, p.7.

[51] Coroner Greg Cavanagh, 2005, para 64, p.33.

[52] Coroner Greg Cavanagh, 2005, paras 36-37, p.20.

[53] Coroner Greg Cavanagh, 2005, para 37, p.20.

[54] Coroner Greg Cavanagh, 2005, paras 66-67, pp.34-35.

[55] Coroner Alastair Hope, Record of Investigation into Death of Owen James Gimme and Mervyn Milner, Balgo, April 2004.

[56] Coroner Alastair Hope, 2004, p.29.

[57] Coroner Alastair Hope, 2004, p.25.

[58] Coroner Alastair Hope, 2004, p.30.

[59] Coroner Alastair Hope, 2004, p.34.

[60] Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Social Justice Report 2003.

[61] Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, p.150.

[62] Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, p.151.

[63] Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, pp.152-53.

[64] Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, p.153.

[65]   Committee Hansard 21.2.06, p.10 (Dr E Chalmers).

[66] Hayman N, 'Petrol Sniffing in Aboriginal Communities' Guest Editorial, Of Substance, Vol. 4 No.1, January 2006, cited in Submission 32, p.2 (AIDA).

[67] Mundy J, 'Snuffing out sniffing', Connexions, p.7 February/March 2001; Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p.38 (Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi Aboriginal Corporation).

[68] Submission 20, p.32 (CAYLUS).

[69] Committee Hansard 8.3.06 p.15 (Wuchopperen Health Service).

[70] Committee Hansard 20.2.06 p.14 (Drug and Alcohol Office WA).

[71] Committee Hansard 16.5.06, p.78 (Mr P Rawson – Adelaide Healing Energy Centre).

[72] Submission 23, p.1 (Mr A Koeppen).

[73] Submission 11a, p.3 (Mr B Edwards).

[74] Submission 17, p.5 (ADCA).

[75] Committee Hansard 8.3.06, p.59 (Aurukun Community Justice Group).

[76] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.34 (Dr B McCoy).

[77] Committee Hansard 8.3.06, p.35 (Remote Area Health Service Qld).

[78] Committee Hansard 8.3.06, p.38 (Prof E Hunter).

[79] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p.1 (Dr S Foster).

[80] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.3 (RFDS Qld).

[81] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p.3 (Dr A White).

[82] Committee Hansard 8.3.06, p.32 (Prof E Hunter – Remote Area Mental Health Services, Qld).

[83] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.13 (Dr M Brady).

[84] Submission 26, p.1 (Dr M Brady).

[85] Submission 25, pp.21-22. (DoHA & DIMIA).

[86] Cairney S, Maruff P, Burns C, Currie J & Currie. B, December 2004, 'Recovery of Brain Function with Abstinence from Petrol Sniffing', Journal of Australian Indigenous issues, v.7 (4), p.28-31.

[87] Submission 25, p.21 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[88] Cairney S, Maruff P, Clough A, Torsillo P, & Currie B, Neurocognitive and social changes associated with unleaded petrol sniffing and abstinence from further sniffing, Project Synopsis, p.1.

[89] Committee Hansard 16.5.06, p.35 (Mr J Hartley – Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation SA and TAPY Inc).

[90] Submission 36, pp.1-2 (Wuchopperen Health Service).

[91] Submission 19, p.5 (Alice Springs Town Council).

[92] Submission 15d, pp.3-4 (NPYWC).

[93] Committee Hansard 16.5.06, p.35 (Mr D Colson – Turkey Bore Community).

[94] Submission 15, p.6 (NPYWC).

[95] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.78 (Senator Adams).

[96] Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory, Select Committee on Substance Abuse, Petrol Sniffing in Remote Northern Territory Communities, Darwin, October 2004.

[97] Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Lateline, 'Lateline sees petrol sniffing problem first-hand', Broadcast 16.5.06, Ms R Linsdell, NPY Women's Council.

[98] Access Economics, Opal Cost Benefit Analysis, 2006, p.iii.

[99] Committee Hansard 16.5.06, pp.3–4 (Mrs M Tur).

[100] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p.59 (NPYWC).

[101] Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Lateline. 'Lateline sees petrol sniffing problem first-hand', Broadcast 16.5.06, Ms R Linsdell, NPY Women's Council.

[102] Submission 11a, p.5 (Mr B Edwards).

[103] Submission 25, p.3 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[104] Submission 29, Additional information 16.6.06, p.1 (South Australian Government).

[105] Access Economics, Opal Cost Benefit Analysis, 2006, p.37.

[106] Submission 19, p.4 (Alice Springs Town Council).

[107] Submission 25, p.3 (DoHA and DIMIA).

[108] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.12 (Dr M Brady).

[109] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.37 (AIDA).

[110] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.26 (Prof T Wilkes).

[111] Submission 29, Additional information 16.6.06, p.1 (South Australian Government).

[112] Committee Hansard 21.02.06, pp.10–11 (Dr E Chalmers).

[113] Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage, Key Indicators 2005, p.8.22.

[114]    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, National summary of the 2003 and 2004 jurisdictional reports against the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance indicators, March 2006, p.iii.

[115] Committee Hansard 16.5.06, p.2 (Ms N Tur).

[116] Submission 16, p.2 (Mr D and Ms M Hewitt).

[117] Submission 17, p.2 (Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia).

[118] Submission 23, pp.1-2 (Mr A Koeppen).

[119] Committee Hansard 16.5.06, p.69 (Ms K Reynolds).

[120] Committee Hansard 16.5.06, p.40 (Mr D Colson – Turkey Bore Community).

[121] Committee Hansard 16.5.06, p.2 (Ms N Tur).

[122] Submission 32, p.3 (AIDA).

[123] Submission 27, p.4 (Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi Aboriginal Corporation).

[124] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.30 (Ass Prof DA Gray).

[125] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.14 (Ass Prof P d'Abbs).

[126] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, pp.14-15 (Ass Prof P d'Abbs).

[127] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, pp.28-29 (Prof ET Wilkes).

[128] Submission 25, p.11 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[129] Submission 36, p.2 (Wuchopperen Health Service).

[130] Coroner Wayne Chivell, Finding of Inquest into the Deaths of Kunmanara Ward, Kunmanara Ken, Kunmanara Ryan and Kunmanara Copper, Umuwa, SA, 2005.

[131] Committee Hansard 8.3.06, p.35 (Remote Area Health Service Qld).

[132] Submission 22, p.2 (Northern Territory Government).

[133] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.2 (Western Australia Government).

[134] Submission 32, p.2 (AIDA).

[135] National Inhalant Abuse Taskforce. National Directions on Inhalant Abuse: Final Report, p.iv, November 2005.

[136] Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy, The National Drug Strategy. Australia’s Integrated Framework 2004–2009, Canberra, 2004, Commonwealth of Australia, p.17.

[137] Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy, National Drug Strategy, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Complementary Action Plan 2003-2006, 'Summary', p.1.

[138] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.30 (Ass Prof DA Gray).

[139] Submission 25, p.5 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[140] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.79 (OIPC).

[141] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.74 (OIPC).

[142] OIPC, Additional information 15.6.06, p.2.

[143] Submission 25, p.6 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[144] Submission 25, p.17 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[145] Committee Hansard 21.2.06, p.26 (Northern Territory Government).

[146] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p.26 (CAYLUS).

[147] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p.27 (CAYLUS).

[148] Submission 27c, p.2 (Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi Aboriginal Corporation).

[149] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p.65 (Alice Springs Town Council).

[150] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p.28 (Tangentyere Council).

[151] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.39 (Prof E Wilkes).

[152] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, pp.67 and 79 (OIPC).

[153] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.79 (OIPC).

[154] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.62 (OIPC).

[155] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.100 (DoHA).

[156] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.100 (OIPC).

[157] Submission 21, p.4 (Tangentyere Council).

[158] Committee Hansard 16.5.06, p.7 (Mrs N Tur).

[159] Committee Hansard 16.5.06, p.8 (Mrs N Tur).

[160] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.13 (Western Australia Government).

[161] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.13 (Western Australia Police Service).

[162] Submission 29, p.2 (South Australia Government).

[163] Submission 25, p 17 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[164] Submission 29, p.3. (South Australia Government).

[165] Indigenous Coordination Centres, Questions and Answers, http://www.indigenous.gov.au

[166] Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Committee Hansard 30.5.06, p.CA94.

[167] Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Committee Hansard 30.5.06, p.CA93.

[168] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.15 (Ass Prof P d'Abbs).

[169] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.32 (Ass Prof D Gray)

[170] Committee Hansard 8.3.06, p.15 (Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drug Services, Queensland).

[171] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p.19 (Tangentyere Council).

[172] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p.29 (Tangentyere Council).

[173] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p.30 (CAYLUS).

[174] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, pp.30-31 (CAYLUS).

[175] Committee Hansard 21.2.06, p.33 (Northern Territory Government).

[176] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.17 (Western Australia Government).

[177] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, pp.17-18 (Western Australia Government).

[178] Submission 29, p.5 (South Australian Government).

[179]    Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.91 (OIPC).

[180] Submission 15d, pp.7-8 (NPYWC).

[181] Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory, Select Committee on Substance Abuse in the Community, Petrol Sniffing in Remote Northern Territory Communities, October 2004, p. 25.

[182] Parliament of Victoria, Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee, Inquiry into the Inhalation of Volatile Substances: Final Report, September 2002, pp.179–80.

[183] Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee September, p.181.

[184] Submission 27, p. 24 (Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi Aboriginal Corporation).

[185] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.10 (WAPS).

[186] Committee Hansard 21.2.06, p.22 (DHCS NT).

[187] Committee Hansard 21.2.06, p.22 (DHCS NT).

[188] Committee Hansard 21.2.06, p.9 (DHCS NT).

[189] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, pp.21–22 (CAYLUS).

[190] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.33 (National Drug Research Institute WA).

[191] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.11 (Department of Corrective Services WA).

[192] Select Committee on Substance Abuse in the Community, p. 25.

[193] Evidence taken from informal Committee discussion.

[194] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.33 (National Drug Research Institute WA).

[195] Committee Hansard 08.3.06, p.26 (Remote Area Mental Health Service Qld).

[196] Committee Hansard 08.3.06, p.42 (Anglicare Nth Queensland Ltd).

[197] Select Committee on Substance Abuse in the Community, p.48.

[198] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, pp.58-59 (NPYWC).

[199] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, pp.57–58 (Dr R Spargo).

[200] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.3 (Drug and Alcohol Office WA).

[201] Coroner Wayne Chivell, Finding of Inquest into the Deaths of Kunmanara Ward, Kunmanara Ken, Kunmanara Ryan and Kunmanara Cooper, Umuwa, SA, 2005, p.85.

[202] Evidence taken from informal Committee discussion.

[203] Australian Associated Press, SA: Trafficking in petrol to be an offence in SA, 31.5.06, Story No.2660.

[204] Submission 25, p.10 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[205] Committee Hansard 16.5.06, p.61 (Ms K Reynolds).

[206] Submission 15, p.4 (NPYWC).

[207] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.19 (WAPS).

[208] Submission 15d, p.7 (NPYWC).

[209] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.39 (National Drug Research Institute WA).

[210] Committee Hansard 16.5.06, p.23 (LSSA).

[211] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, pp.8–9 (WAPS).

[212] Committee Hansard  20.2.06, pp.9–10 (WAPS).

[213] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.31 (National Drug Research Institute WA).

[214] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.86 (OIPC).

[215] Australian Institute of Criminology, AICrime reduction matters, No. 26: Night Patrols. 5.8.04, http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/crm/crm026.html. [accessed 26 May 2006].

[216] Evidence taken from informal Committee discussion.

[217] Submission 29a, p.4 (South Australian Government).

[218] Submission 29a, p.4 (South Australian Government); Submission 39a, p.4 (AER Foundation).

[219] Submission 29a, p.4 (South Australian Government).

[220] Submission 29a, p.4 (South Australian Government).

[221] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.6 (WAPS).

[222] Submission 25, p.6 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[223] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.6 (WAPS).

[224] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.7 (WAPS).

[225] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.13 (WAPS).

[226] Northern Territory Government, Media Release, 'Fight Against Substance Abuse Strengthens', 19.1.06.

[227] Committee Hansard 21.2.06, p.33 (DHCS NT).

[228]    Committee Hansard 27.4.06, pp.101–02 (OIPC).

[229] MacLean S & d'Abbs P, 'Petrol Sniffing in Aboriginal Communities: A review of interventions', Drug and Alcohol Review, 2002, 21, p.70.

[230] Additional information, Yuendumu Mt Theo Youth Program, Information on the Program, p.14 Mt Theo Management Committee.

[231] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, pp.13, 18 (Dr M Brady).

[232] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p.6 (Dr R Thompson).

[233] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p.19 (YALC).

[234] Committee Hansard 8.3.06, p.18 (Alcohol Tobacco and other Drug Services Qld).

[235] Submission 19, p.5 (Alice Springs Town Council).

[236] Submission 38, p.13 (Queensland Government).

[237] Evidence taken from informal Committee discussion.

[238] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, pp.3-4 (Drug and Alcohol Office WA).

[239] Submission 25, p.13 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[240] Submission 25, p.28 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[241] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p.2 (Dr R Thompson).

[242] Submission 20, p.10 (CAYLUS).

[243] Submission 21, pp.4-5 (Tangentyere Council).

[244] Submission 20, p.4 (CAYLUS).

[245] Submission 15, p.5 (NPYWC).

[246] Submission 27, p.17 (Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi Aboriginal Corporation).

[247] Submission 27, p.19 (Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi Aboriginal Corporation).

[248] Submission 21, pp.8-9 (Tangentyere Council).

[249] Submission 42, p.1 (ANTaR SA).

[250] Submission 25, pp.12-13 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[251] Submission 17, p.7 (ADCA).

[252] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, pp.16-17 (CAYLUS).

[253] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p.13 (Mr B Abbott, Ilpurla Aboriginal Corporation).

[254] Committee Hansard 8.3.06, pp.32-33 (Remote Area Mental Health Service Qld).

[255] Submission 25, p.29 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[256] Submission 25, p.29 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[257] Submission 15d, p.6 (NPYWC).

[258] Submission 15d, p.6 (NPYWC).

[259] Submission 15d, p.6 (NPYWC).

[260] Committee Hansard 16.5.06, p.84 (Ms R Nethercott).

[261] Submission 15d, p.6 (NPYWC).

[262] Submission 29a, p.8 (South Australia Government).

[263] Committee Hansard 16.5.06, p.86 (Ms Rosalie Nethercott).

[264] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p.59 (Ms Vicki Gillick, NPYWC).

[265] Submission 25, p.28 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[266] Submission 15, p.5 (NPYWC).

[267] Submission 37, pp.7-8 (Ms P Fietz).

[268] Submission 17, p.5 (ADCA).

[269] Centrelink, retrieved 19.5.06, www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/indigenous/cdep.htm.

[270] Submission 11a, p.3 (Mr B Edwards).

[271] The Eight Point Plan is discussed in chapter 3.

[272] Submission 25, p.11 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[273] Submission 25, p.26 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[274] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p8 (Dr R Thompson).

[275] Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations, retrieved 22.5.06, www.orac.gov.au.

[276] Submission 27, p.12 (Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi Aboriginal Corporation).

[277] Submission 24, p.2 (Western Australia Government).

[278] Submission 25, p.12 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[279]    Submission 25, p.6 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[280] Submission 22, p.2 (Northern Territory Government).

[281] Submission 3, p.2 (BP Australia).

[282] Submission 40, p.4 (Ngaanyatjarra Council and Ngaanyatjarra Health).

[283] Submissions 3, p.2 (BP Australia); 25, p.14 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[284] Submission 25, p.14 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[285] Submission 25, p.4 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[286] Submission 25 pp.4, 15 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[287] Minister for Health and Ageing, The Hon Tony Abbott, Media Release, 'Roll out of OPAL fuel to help combat petrol sniffing', 10.2.06.

[288] Submission 25, pp.14-15 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[289] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.68 (OATSIH).

[290] Submission 25, p.4 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[291] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.70 (OATSIH).

[292] Submission 38, p.9 (Queensland Government)

[293] Submission 38, p.6 (Queensland Government).

[294] BP Australia, Opal – A safer fuel for remote communities.

[295] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.54 (BP Australia).

[296] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.53 (BP Australia).

[297] Mr G Heuston, BP President, Opal Launch, February 2005.

[298] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.51 (BP Australia).

[299] Submission 33, p.2 (Ausfuel).

[300] Committee Hansard 21.2.06, p.6 (Ausfuel).

[301] Committee Hansard 16.5.06, p.32 (Mr Dennis Colson – Turkey Bore Community).

[302] Submission 3a, p.1 (BP Australia).

[303] Cited in Submission 38, p.14 (Queensland Government).

[304] Committee Hansard 8.3.06, p.50 (Mr D Walmbeng).

[305] Submission 20 attachment 1, p.39 (CAYLUS).

[306] Submission 20, p.9 (CAYLUS).

[307] Committee Hansard 21.2.06, p.24 (Northern Territory Government).

[308] Committee Hansard 21.2.06, p.24 (Northern Territory Government).

[309] Submission 22, p.3 (Northern Territory Government).

[310] Committee Hansard 20.2.06, p.30 (Ass Prof DA Gray).

[311] Shaw G, Department of Health and Ageing, An evaluation of the Comgas Scheme, 2004, p.8.

[312] Submission 25, p.14 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[313] Submissions 19, p.8 (Alice Springs Council); 27, p.22 (Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi Aboriginal Corporation).

[314] Submission 21, p.14 (Tangentyere Council).

[315] Submission 15, pp.2-3 (Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council).

[316] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p.62 (Alice Springs Town Council).

[317] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p.62 (Alice Springs Town Council).

[318] Submissions 10, p.2 (Mr G Ring); 17, p.9 (Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia); 31, p.19 (Ms A Abate);

[319] Submission 14, p.1 (Central Australian District Medical Officers).

[320] Committee Hansard 22.2.06, p.62 (Alice Springs Town Council).

[321] Submission 22, p.3 (Northern Territory Government).

[322] The Opal Alliance consists of the GPT Group (owners of the Ayers Rock Resort in Central Australia), the NPY Women's Council and CAYLUS.

[323] Access Economics, Opal Cost Benefit Analysis, 2006, pp.iii-v.

[324] Access Economics, Opal Cost Benefit Analysis, 2006, p.iv.

[325] Access Economics, Opal Cost Benefit Analysis, 2006, p.v.

[326] Access Economics, Opal Cost Benefit Analysis, 2006, p.66.

[327] Submission 40, pp.4-5 (Ngaanyatjarra Council/Ngaanyatjarra Health Service).

[328] Submission 40, p.5 (Ngaanyatjarra Council/ Ngaanyatjarra Health Service).

[329] Submission 40, p.5 (Ngaanyatjarra Council/ Ngaanyatjarra Health Service).

[330] Submission 25, p.15 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[331] Submission 25, p.4 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[332] Submission 25, p.15 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[333] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.76 (OATSIH).

[334] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.76 (OATSIH).

[335] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.77 (OIPC).

[336] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, pp.73,83 (OATSIH).

[337] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.73 (OATSIH).

[338] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.71 (OIPC).

[339] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.101 (OATSIH).

[340] Committee Hansard 27.4.06, p.100 (OIPC).

[341] Submission 3, p.5 (BP Australia).

[342] Submission 25, pp.14-15 (DoHA & DIMIA).

[343] Committee Hansard  20.2.06, p.50 (BP Australia).

[344] Committee Hansard  21.2.06, p.3 (Ausfuel).

[345] Submission 3, p.4 (BP Australia).

[346]    Submission 3, p.3 (BP Australia).