Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities
Media release - Press statement
The Senate Select Committee inquiring into Regional and Remote Indigenous
Communities will be meeting with Indigenous organisations and
representatives of the community in Alice Springs on Wednesday 29 April
and in Ntaria (Hermannsburg) on Thursday 30 April 2009.
A public hearing will be held in Alice Springs on Friday 1 May at the
Coolibah Room, Voyages Alice Springs Resort between 8:45 am and 5:30 pm.
The committee will hear a range of perspectives on local issues affecting
regional and remote Indigenous communities in Central Australia, and will
table its report to the Senate on 15 June 2009.
The select committee was established in March 2008
and is required to report to the Senate twice yearly until the end of the
current parliament on four broad issues, including the impact of state and
territory government policies on the wellbeing of regional and remote
Indigenous communities, the health, welfare, education and security of
children in these communities, employment and enterprise opportunities as
well as the effectiveness of Commonwealth Government policies following
the Northern Territory Emergency Response. The first report was tabled on
30 September 2008.
Submissions received by the committee are publicly
available on its website
www.aph.gov.au/senate_indigenous. Further submissions from
Indigenous people, communities and organisations, local, state, territory
and Commonwealth governments, non-government organisations and other
interested people are welcome
The committee is chaired by the Deputy Leader of the
Nationals the Hon. Senator Nigel Scullion.
Other members of the committee include:
- Northern Territory Labor
Senator Trish Crossin (Deputy Chair)
- Western Australian Liberal
Senators Judith Adams and the Hon David Johnston
- Queensland Labor Senator
Claire Moore
- Western Australian Greens
Senator Rachel Siewert
Media contact:
Committee Secretary Toni Matulick 0419 292
755
For further information, contact:
Senior Clerk's Office
Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia