Information about the Inquiry
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On
14 May 2009, the Senate referred the following matter to the Finance and
Public Administration References Committee for inquiry and report by 26
November 2009:
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the relationship between the Central Land Council and Centrecorp
Aboriginal Investment Corporation Pty Ltd (‘Centrecorp’);
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the
committee must inquire into and report upon:
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the
financial and management relationship between the Central Land Council and
Centrecorp, including (without limitation) any equitable relationship
between those entities,
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whether
taxpayers’ funds have been paid or transferred to Centrecorp and how those
monies have been treated in the accounts of the Central Land Council and
Centrecorp,
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the nature
and extent of Centrecorp’s business activities,
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Centrecorp’s
sources of revenue,
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the
beneficiaries of Centrecorp business and other activities and any
additional revenue it receives,
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the nature
and extent of Centrecorp disbursements to any charitable trusts or like
entities,
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the extent to
which any Centrecorp beneficiaries and the Central Land Council are
informed of Centrecorp’s business activities,
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how
Aboriginal Australians living in the Central Australia region benefit from
Centrecorp’s business and charitable operations, and
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all other
matters considered necessary by the committee; and
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the
committee must hear evidence inter alia from:
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the Central
Land Council,
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the
Auditor-General, and
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Centrecorp.
The Committee invites you to provide a written submission addressing
issues that may be of relevance. Closing date for submissions is 22
June 2009. The Committee prefers to receive submissions electronically as an
attached document – email:
fpa.sen@aph.gov.au – otherwise
by fax (02 6277 5809).
Submissions become Committee documents and are made public only after a
decision by the Committee. Publication of submissions includes loading them
onto the internet and their being available to other interested parties
including the media. Persons making submissions must not release them
without the approval of the Committee. Submissions are covered by
parliamentary privilege but the unauthorised release of them is not
protected. Information relating to Senate Committee inquiries, including
notes to assist in the preparation of submissions for a Committee, can be
located on the Internet at
https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm.
Should you require further information please contact the Committee
Secretariat on (02) 6277 3439.
For further information, contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Finance and Public Administration
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia