Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        The committee notes that the Northern Territory Emergency Response is now being referred to as 'Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory'.

Chapter 2 - Commonwealth Policy on Indigenous Affairs

[1]        The Hon Kevin Rudd, MP, Prime Minister, House of Representatives Hansard,
26 February 2009, p. 3.

[2]        Council of Australian Governments, Communiqué – 2 October 2008, http://www.coag.gov.au/coag_meeting_outcomes/2008-10-02/index.cfm
(accessed 4 June 2009).

[3]        Council of Australian Governments, Communiqué – 2 July 2009, http://www.coag.gov.au/coag_meeting_outcomes/2009-07-02/index.cfm#closing_the_gap
(accessed 27 October 2009).

[4]        Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No. 2, p. 32.

[5]        Council of Australian Governments, Communiqué – 2 July 2009, http://www.coag.gov.au/coag_meeting_outcomes/2009-07-02/index.cfm#closing_the_gap
(accessed 27 October 2009).

[6]        Council of Australian Governments, Communiqué – 2 July 2009, http://www.coag.gov.au/coag_meeting_outcomes/2009-07-02/index.cfm#closing_the_gap
(accessed 27 October 2009).

[7]        Council of Australian Governments, Communiqué – 2 July 2009, http://www.coag.gov.au/coag_meeting_outcomes/2009-07-02/index.cfm#closing_the_gap
(accessed 27 October 2009).

[8]        See also Dr Rosalie Schultz, Submission No. 108.

[9]        House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Everybody's Business: Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Community Stores, November 2009.

[10]      Council of Australian Governments, Communiqué – 2 July 2009, http://www.coag.gov.au/coag_meeting_outcomes/2009-07-02/index.cfm#closing_the_gap
(accessed 28 October 2009).

[11]      Council of Australian Governments, Communiqué – 2 July 2009, http://www.coag.gov.au/coag_meeting_outcomes/2009-07-02/index.cfm#closing_the_gap
(accessed 28 October 2009).

[12]      The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Remote Indigenous housing investment, Press release, 23 March 2009.

[13]      FaHCSIA, New Remote Housing System - NT, http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/indigenous/progserv/housing/pages/newremote_housing_system.aspx (accessed 23 June 2009).

[14]      Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, Productivity Commission, Report on Government Services 2009, January 2009, p. 3.

[15]      Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2009 Report, July 2009, p. 3.

[16]      Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2009 Report, July 2009, p. 3.

[17]      Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2009 Report, July 2009, p. 3.

[18]      Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2009 Report, July 2009, p. 4.

[19]      Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2009 Report, July 2009, p. 3.

[20]      Council of Australian Governments, National Indigenous Reform Agreement (Closing the Gap), pp 9–15.

[21]      Council of Australian Governments, National Indigenous Reform Agreement (Closing the Gap), p. 15.

[22]      Advice provided to the secretariat by the Indigenous Policy Branch of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, 28 October 2009.

[23]      Council of Australian Governments, National Indigenous Reform Agreement (Closing the Gap), p. 15.

[24]      Mr Patrick Walker, Department of Indigenous Affairs, Western Australia, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, pp 96–97; Mr Patrick Davies, Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 55.

[25]      The Hon Fred Chaney AO, Desert Knowledge Australia, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 61.

[26]      The Hon Fred Chaney AO, Desert Knowledge Australia, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, pp 62–63.

[27]      Ms Michelle Scott, Commissioner for Children and Young People, Western Australia, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 31.

[28]      Mr Harry Yungabun, Marra Worra Worra and Mr Patrick Davies, Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 71.

[29]      Mrs Caroline Sibosado, Lombadina Aboriginal Corporation, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 85.

[30]      Mr Patrick Walker, Department of Indigenous Affairs, Western Australia, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 106.

[31]      Indigenous Implementation Board of Western Australia, Report to the Hon. Dr Kim Hames MLA, Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Indigenous Affairs, August 2009, p. 24; Mr Patrick Walker, Department of Indigenous Affairs, Western Australia, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 106.

[32]      Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2, p. 128.

[33]      Mr Joe Ross, Fitzroy Futures Governing Committee, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, pp 9–10.

[34]      Commonwealth government, Budget Paper No. 2, 12 May 2009, p. 210.

[35]      Closing the Gap Clearinghouse website, http://www.aihw.gov.au/indigenous/closing_the_gap.cfm (accessed 26 October 2009).

[36]      Advice provided to the secretariat by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 28 October 2009.

[37]      Commonwealth government, Budget Paper No. 2, 12 May 2009, p. 254.

[38]      The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Office of Coordinator-General for Remote Indigenous Services, Press release, 27 May 2009.

[39]      Senator Judith Adams, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2009, p. 57.

[40]      FaHCSIA, answer to question on notice, 9 June 2009 (received 22 June 2009).

[41]      Correspondence to committee from the Hon Jenny Macklin MP, 23 November 2009.

[42]      Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation Development Team, Voices from the Campfires: Establishing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation, September 2009, p. xii.

[43]      The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Strong future for the Healing Foundation, Press release, 24 September 2009.

[44]      Mr Tom Calma, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Our future in our hands - Creating a sustainable National Representative Body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, August 2009, pp 27–28.

[45]      The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Australian Government response to 'Our Future in Our Hands', Press release, 22 November 2009.

[46]      Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Juvenile justice in Australia 2007–08, Juvenile Justice Series No 5, November 2009, p. vii.

[47]      These figures exclude NSW where the data is not available.

[48]      Department of the Attorney-General, Draft National Indigenous Law and Justice Framework, http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Consultationsreformsandreviews_DraftNationalIndigenousLawandJusticeFramework (accessed 10 November 2009).

[49]      The Hon Robert McClelland MP, Attorney-General and the Hon Brendan O'Connor MP, Minister for Home Affairs, Tackling Indigenous Law and Justice Issues, Press release, 6 November 2009.

[50]      The Hon Robert McClelland MP, Attorney-General, Communiqué - Indigenous Community Safety Roundtable, Press release, 6 November 2009.

Chapter 3 - Follow up from the Committee's last report

[1]        Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2, p. 9.

[2]        Correspondence to committee from the Hon Jenny Macklin MP, 23 November 2009.

[3]        Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2, p. 16.

[4]        Correspondence to committee from the Hon Jenny Macklin MP, 23 November 2009.

[5]        Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2,
p. 85.

[6]        Correspondence to committee from the Hon Jenny Macklin MP, 23 November 2009.

[7]        Ibid.

[8]        Ibid.

[9]        Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2,
pp 86 and 89.

[10]      Correspondence to committee from the Hon Jenny Macklin MP, 23 November 2009.

[11]      Ibid.

[12]      Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2,
p. 91.

[13]      Ibid, p. 92.

[14]      Correspondence to committee from the Hon Jenny Macklin MP, 23 November 2009.

[15]      Ibid.

[16]      Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2,
p. 85.

[17]      Correspondence to committee from the Hon Jenny Macklin MP, 23 November 2009.

[18]      Ibid.

[19]      Ibid.

[20]      Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2, p. 132.

[21]      Correspondence to committee from the Hon Jenny Macklin MP, 23 November 2009.

[22]      Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2, p. 13.

[23]      Correspondence to committee from the Hon Warren Snowden MP, received 9 November 2009.

[24]      Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2, p. 21.

[25]      Correspondence to committee from the Hon Warren Snowden MP, received 9 November 2009.

[26]      Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2,
p. 86.

[27]      Correspondence to committee from the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy, received 23 November 2009.

[28]      Ibid.

[29]      Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2,
p. 91.

[30]      Correspondence to committee from the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy, received 23 November 2009.

[31]      Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2,
p. 94.

[32]      Correspondence to committee from the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy, received 23 November 2009.

[33]      Northern Territory government, Working Future, http://www.workingfuture.nt.gov.au/remote_services.html (accessed 25 November 2009).

[34]      Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2,
p. 149.

[35]      Correspondence to committee from the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy, received 23 November 2009.

[36]      Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2, p. 150.

[37]      Correspondence to committee from the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy, received 23 November 2009.

[38]      Correspondence to committee from the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy, received 23 November 2009.

[39]      Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2,
p. 157.

[40]      Correspondence to committee from the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy, received 23 November 2009.

[41]      Correspondence to committee from the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy, received 23 November 2009.

[42]      Advice provided to secretariat by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.

[43]      Council of Australian Governments, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory National Partnership Agreement, p. 4.

[44]      Council of Australian Governments, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory National Partnership Agreement, p. 6.

[45]      Council of Australian Governments, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory National Partnership Agreement, pp 6–8.

[46]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 1, October 2009, pp 5–6.

[47]      The Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Hon Warren Snowdon MP, Comprehensive consultation on redesigning the Northern Territory Emergency Response, Joint press release, 23 November 2009.

[48]      Jumbunna House of Indigenous Learning, Will They be Heard? A response to the NTER Consultations June to August 2009, November 2009.

[49]      Australian Government and Northern Territory Government Response to the Report of the NTER Review Board, May 2008, p. 4.

[50]      The Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Hon Warren Snowdon MP, Commencement of rent payment for five year leases, Joint press release, 2 October 2009.

[51]      The Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Hon Warren Snowdon MP, Commencement of rent payment for five year leases, Joint press release, 2 October 2009.

[52]      Dr Jeff Harmer, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Community Affairs Estimates Hansard, 23 October 2009, p. 10.

[53]      FaHCSIA, New Remote Housing System - NT, http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/indigenous/progserv/housing/pages/newremote_housing_system.aspx (accessed 23 June 2009).

[54]      NT Department of Local Government and Housing website http://www.housing.nt.gov.au/remotehousing/sihip (accessed 30 October 2009).

[55]      NT Department of Local Government and Housing website http://www.housing.nt.gov.au/remotehousing/sihip (accessed 30 October 2009).

[56]      The Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Hon Rob Knight MLA, NT Minister for Housing and the Hon Warren Snowdon MP, Leases signed in Maningrida, Gunbalanya and Wadeye, Joint press release,10 September 2009.

[57]      The Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Joint Press Release with the Attorney-General, the Hon Robert McClelland MP, 21 October 2009.

[58]      The Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Hon Rob Knight MLA, NT Minister for Housing and the Hon Warren Snowdon MP, Leases signed in Maningrida, Gunbalanya and Wadeye, Joint press release,10 September 2009.

[59]      Dr Jeff Harmer, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Community Affairs Estimates Hansard, 23 October 2009, pp 10–12.

[60]      Dr Jeff Harmer, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Community Affairs Estimates Hansard, 23 October 2009, p. 13.

[61]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Northern Territory government, Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program – Review of Program Performance, August 2009, p. 5.

[62]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Northern Territory government, Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program – Review of Program Performance, August 2009, pp 6–8.

[63]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Northern Territory government, Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program – Review of Program Performance, August 2009, p. 8.

[64]      Northern Territory Emergency Response Review Board Report, 30 September 2008, p. 16.

[65]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 1, October 2009, p. 6.

[66]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 1, October 2009, p. 5.

[67]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Future Directions for the Northern Territory Emergency Response, Discussion paper, 21 May 2009.

[68]      The Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Hon Warren Snowdon MP, Strengthening the Northern Territory Emergency Response, Joint press release, 25 November 2009.

[69]      Productivity Commission, Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2009, July 2009, p. 9.

[70]      Ibid.

[71]      Ibid.

[72]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 7.

[73]      Ibid, p. 11.

[74]      Ibid, p. 12.

[75]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Northern Territory Emergency Response Monitoring Report, Part Two, June 2009, p. 6.

[76]      Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2,
p. 78.

[77]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Northern Territory Emergency Response Monitoring Report, Part Two, June 2009, p. 11.

[78]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Northern Territory Emergency Response: One Year On, 20 June 2008, p. 21.

[79]      Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2,
pp 79–81.

[80]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 13.

[81]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 14.

[82]      Ibid.

[83]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Northern Territory Emergency Response Monitoring Report, Part Two, June 2009, p. 7.

[84]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Northern Territory Emergency Response Monitoring Report, Part Two, June 2009, p. 15.

[85]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 6.

[86]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 6.

[87]      Correspondence provided to the committee from Mr Michael Zissler, Commander Northern Territory Emergency Response Operations Centre, 26 May 2009.

[88]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 26.

[89]      Ibid p.27

[90]      Ibid.

[91]      Ibid.

[92]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Northern Territory Emergency Response Monitoring Report, Part Two, June 2009, p. 19.

[93]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 27.

[94]      Ibid, p.26.

[95]      Ibid, p.25.

[96]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 26.

[97]      Ibid, p.23.

[98]      Ibid, p. 24.

[99]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Northern Territory Emergency Response Monitoring Report, Part Two, June 2009, p. 18.

[100]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 21.

[101]    Ibid, p. 22.

[102]    Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2,
p. 86.

[103]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 21.

[104]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 22.

[105]    Ibid, p. 19.

[106]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 22.

[107]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 28.

[108]    Ibid, p.29.

[109]    Ibid.

[110]    Northern Territory Emergency Response Review Board Report, 30 September 2008, p. 29.

[111]    Northern Territory Emergency Response Review Board Report, 30 September 2008, p. 30.

[112]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Northern Territory Emergency Response Monitoring Report, Part Two, June 2009, p. 17.

[113]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 19.

[114]    Northern Territory government, additional information provided at hearing, 22 May 2009.

[115]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 32.

[116]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 33.

[117]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Northern Territory Emergency Response Monitoring Report, Part Two, June 2009, p. 24.

[118]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 33.

[119]    Ibid, p. 34.

[120]    Ibid, p. 35.

[121]    Ibid, p. 36.

[122]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 37.

[123]    Ibid, pp 37–38.

[124]    Ibid, p. 39.

[125]    Ibid.

[126]    Ibid.

[127]    Ibid p. 40.

[128]    Ms Susan Cox QC, Northern Territory Legal Aid Commission, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2009, p. 29.

[129]    Ms Susan Cox QC, Northern Territory Legal Aid Commission, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2009, p. 29.

[130]    Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2, p. 100.

[131]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 44.

[132]    Ibid.

[133]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Northern Territory Emergency Response Monitoring Report, Part Two, June 2009, p. 34.

[134]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 41.

[135]    Ibid, p. 43.

[136]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Northern Territory Emergency Response Monitoring Report, Part Two, June 2009, p. 35.

[137]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, pp 43–44.

[138]    Ibid p. 44.

[139]    Ibid p. 46.

[140]    Ibid.

[141]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, pp 44–45.

[142]    Centrelink, BasicsCard, http://www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/filestores/co514_0807/$file/co514_0807en.pdf (accessed 15 June 2009).

[143]    Northern Territory Emergency Response Review Board Report, 30 September 2008, p. 21.

[144]    Northern Territory Emergency Response Review Board Report, 30 September 2008, p. 23.

[145]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Future Directions for the Northern Territory Emergency Response, 21 May 2009, pp 11–12.

[146]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 56.

[147]    Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2,
pp 29–30.

[148]    ABC Online, 30 June 2009, Government considers petrol sniffing advice.

[149]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 1, October 2009, p. 35.

[150]    Ibid, pp 35–37.

[151]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 60.

[152]    Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2,
p. 124.

[153]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 60.

[154]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 26.

[155]    Ibid p. 64

[156]    Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2,
p. 121.

[157]    Correspondence provided to the committee from Mr Michael Zissler, Commander Northern Territory Emergency Response Operations Centre, 26 May 2009.

[158]    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Whole of Government Monitoring Report January–June 2009, Part 2, October 2009, p. 75.

[159]    Ibid, p. 76.

[160]    Ibid.

Chapter 4

[1]        Australian Bureau of Statistics, Prisoners in Australia, 2008, catalogue no. 4517.0.

[2]        Australian Bureau of Statistics, Prisoners in Australia, 2008, catalogue no. 4517.0.

[3]        The Hon Wayne Martin, Chief Justice of Western Australia, Corrective Services of Indigenous Offenders – Stopping the Revolving Door, 17 September 2009, pp 1–5.

[4]        Mr Peter Collins, Aboriginal Legal Service of WA, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 1.

[5]        Legal Aid Western Australia, Submission 1, p. 2.

[6]        Mr Peter Collins, Aboriginal Legal Service of WA, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 5.

[7]        Mr Peter Collins, Aboriginal Legal Service of WA, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 3.

[8]        Mr Dominic Brunello, Aboriginal Legal Service of WA, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 10.

[9]        Inspector Jim Cave, WA Police, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 97.

[10]      Acting Commander Darryl Gaunt, WA Police, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 120.

[11]      Indigenous Licensing and Fine Default: A Clean Slate, Report presented on behalf of the Minister for Corrective Services, Margaret Quirk MLA, September 2007, p. 1.

[12]      Indigenous Licensing and Fine Default: A Clean Slate, Report presented on behalf of the Minister for Corrective Services, Margaret Quirk MLA, September 2007, p. 2.

[13]      The Hon Wayne Martin, Chief Justice of Western Australia, Corrective Services of Indigenous Offenders – Stopping the Revolving Door, 17 September 2009, pp 11–12

[14]      Mr Alexander Payne, Legal Aid WA, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 3.

[15]      Mr Peter Collins, Aboriginal Legal Service WA, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 3.

[16]      Mr Andrew Marshall, Department of the Attorney General, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, pp 86–87.

[17]      Acting Commander Darryl Gaunt, WA Police, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 121.

[18]      Acting Commander Darryl Gaunt, WA Police, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 121.

[19]      Mr Peter Collins, Aboriginal Legal Service WA, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 3.

[20]      Inspector Jim Cave, WA Police, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 96.

[21]      Coroner of Western Australia, Inquest into the Death of Mr Ward, June 2009, pp 135–142.

[22]      Mr Peter Collins, Aboriginal Legal Service WA, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 2.

[23]      Mr Alexander Payne, Legal Aid WA, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 8.

[24]      Mr Andrew Marshall, Department of the Attorney-General, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 84.

[25]      Mr Alexander Payne, Legal Aid WA, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 3.

[26]      Mr Dominic Brunello, Aboriginal Legal Service WA, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 9.

[27]      Ms Jacqueline Tang, Department of Corrective Services, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 81.

[28]      Ms Jacqueline Tang, Department of Corrective Services, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 81.

[29]      Ms Jacqueline Tang, Department of Corrective Services, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 76.

[30]      Ms Jacqueline Tang, Department of Corrective Services, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, pp 78–79.

[31]      Acting Commander Darryl Gaunt, WA Police, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, pp 112–114.

[32]      Mr Terrence Murphy, Department for Child Protection, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 58.

[33]      Mr Andrew Marshall, Department of the Attorney General, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 91.

[34]      Dr Don Weatherburn, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, p. 22.

[35]      Dr Don Weatherburn, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, p. 22.

[36]      Mr Jamie Elliot, Halls Creek People's Church, Committee Hansard, 25August 2009, p. 43.

[37]      Dr Don Weatherburn, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, p. 24.

[38]      Dr Don Weatherburn, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, p. 24.

[39]      Law Reform Commission of WA, Court Intervention Programs: Final Report, June 2009, p. 11.

[40]      Ibid, p. 11.

[41]      Ms Jacqueline Tang, Department of Corrective Services, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 82.

[42]      Mr Neil Fong, Department of Corrective Services, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 82.

[43]      Ms Jacqueline Tang, Department of Corrective Services, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 83.

[44]      Inspector Jim Cave, WA Police, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 96.

[45]      Correspondence to committee from WA government, received 12 October 2009.

[46]      Dr Don Weatherburn, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, pp 31–32.

[47]      The Hon Wayne Martin, Chief Justice of Western Australia, Corrective Services of Indigenous Offenders – Stopping the Revolving Door, 17 September 2009, pp 4–5.

[48]      Ms Jacqueline Tang, Department of Corrective Services, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 80.

[49]      Ms Jacqueline Tang, Department of Corrective Services, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 82.

[50]      Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services, Report No. 56, November 2008, p. v.

[51]      Mr Neil Fong, Department of Corrective Services, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 83.

[52]      Mr Patrick Walker, Department of Indigenous Affairs, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 101.

[53]      Bilateral Agreement on Indigenous Affairs between the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of Western Australia 2006–2010, s. 3.4.

[54]      Mr William McLennan and Ms Jodie Holbrook, Western Australian Local Government Association, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 124.

[55]      Mr Graeme Campbell, Shire of Broome, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 58.

[56]      Mr Warren Olsen, Shire of Halls Creek, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 3.

[57]      Correspondence to committee from WA government, received 12 October 2009.

[58]      Council of Australian Governments, National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing, p. 6.

[59]      Ms Patricia Muir, Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, pp 54–55.

[60]      Correspondence to committee from the Centre for Appropriate Technology, received 26 August 2009.

[61]      Ibid.

[62]      Correspondence to committee from WA government, received 12 October 2009.

[63]      Mr Neil Gower, Mamabulanjin Aboriginal Corporation, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 55.

[64]      Mrs Rhonda Wilcomes, Kurungal Council, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 31.

[65]      Mrs Rhonda Wilcomes, Kurungal Council, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 36.

[66]      Shire of Derby/West Kimberley, answer to question on notice, 24 August 2009 (received 10 September 2009).

[67]      Mr Warren Olsen, Shire of Halls Creek , Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 2.

[68]      Correspondence to committee from WA government, received 12 October 2009.

[69]      Mr Patrick Davies, Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 54.

[70]      Ms Tamela Vestergaard, Karrayili Adult Education Centre, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 77.

[71]      Mr Warren Olsen, Shire of Halls Creek , Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 8.

[72]      Correspondence to committee from WA government, received 12 October 2009.

[73]      Ibid.

[74]      Correspondence to committee from WA government, received 12 October 2009.

[75]      Mr Warren Olsen, Shire of Halls Creek, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 10.

[76]      Ms Rhonda Wilcomes, Kurungal Council, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 32.

[77]      Mr William Mitchell, WA Local Government Association, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 122.

[78]      Mr William Mitchell, WA Local Government Association, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 122.

[79]      Mr Andrew Twaddle, Shire of Derby/West Kimberley, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 41.

[80]      Mr Graeme Campbell, Shire of Broome, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 60.

[81]      Mr Warren Olsen, Shire of Halls Creek, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, pp 3–4.

[82]      Mr Darrell Henry, Committee Hansard, 8 October 2009, p. 34.

[83]      Mr Darrell Henry, Committee Hansard, 8 October 2009, pp 34–35.

[84]      Mr Darrell Henry, Committee Hansard, 8 October 2009, p. 34.

[85]      Mr Chris Clare, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 14.

[86]      Mrs Dale Reichel, Ngaringga Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation Safe House, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 93.

[87]      Ms Michelle Scott, Commissioner for Children and Young People, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 25.

[88]      Mr Vasudeva Barnao, WAITCH project, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 15.

[89]      University of Notre Dame, Fitzroy Valley Alcohol Restriction Report, July 2009, p. 10.

[90]      University of Notre Dame, Fitzroy Valley Alcohol Restriction Report, July 2009, p. 11.

[91]      Inspector Jim Cave, WA Police, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 92.

[92]      Ms Christine Gray, Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 57.

[93]      University of Notre Dame, Fitzroy Valley Alcohol Restriction Report, July 2009, p. 26.

[94]      University of Notre Dame, Fitzroy Valley Alcohol Restriction Report, July 2009, p. 24.

[95]      Dr David Shepherd, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 78.

[96]      Mr Bert Dorgelo, WA Country Health Service, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 14.

[97]      Mr Bert Dorgelo, WA Country Health Service, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 14.

[98]      Ms Christine Gray, Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 57.

[99]      Dr David Shepherd, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 85.

[100]    University of Notre Dame, Fitzroy Valley Alcohol Restriction Report, July 2009, p. 10.

[101]    Ms Kathleen Bates, Halls Creek People's Church, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 37.

[102]    Mr Christopher Loessl, Yura Yungi Aboriginal Medical Services, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 69.

[103]    Ms Olive Knight, Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 71.

[104]    Mrs Millie Hills, Halls Creek Aboriginal Corporation, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 49.

[105]    Mrs Dale Reichel, Ngaringga Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation Safehouse, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 96.

[106]    Mr Robert Reichel, Halls Creek People's Church, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 40.

[107]    Mr Robert Reichel, Halls Creek People's Church, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 42.

[108]    Mrs Dale Reichel, Ngaringga Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation Safehouse, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 92.

[109]    Inspector Jim Cave, WA Police, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 101.

[110]    Father Matthew Digges, Catholic Diocese of Broome, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 71.

[111]    Ms Virginia O'Neill, Yura Yungi Aboriginal Medical Service, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 61.

[112]    Mr Bob Mahony, Nirrumbuk Skills Centre, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 41.

[113]    Mr William Clements, Nirrumbuk Skills Centre, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p.42.

[114]    Inspector Jim Cave, WA Police, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 93.

[115]    Mr Thomas King, Mamabulanjin Aboriginal Corporation, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 46.

[116]    University of Notre Dame, Fitzroy Valley Alcohol Restriction Report, July 2009, p. 9.

[117]    Mr James Freemantle, Liquor Commission of WA, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 36.

[118]    Mr Chris Clare, Warmun Community, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 22.

[119]    Dr David Shepherd, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 85.

[120]    University of Notre Dame, Fitzroy Valley Alcohol Restriction Report, July 2009, p. 61.

[121]    Mr Peter Collins, Aboriginal Legal Service WA, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 7.

[122]    Ms Michelle Scott, Commissioner for Children and Young People, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 25.

[123]    Mrs Patricia Muir and Mr Patrick Davies, Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, pp 64–65.

[124]    Mr Jamie Elliot, Halls Creek People's Church, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 38.

[125]    Mrs Dale Reichel, Ngarringa Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation Safe House, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 96.

[126]    Mr William Clements, Nirrumbuk Skills Centre, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p.42.

[127]    Mrs Kathleen Bates, Halls Creek People's Church, Committee Hansard, 25.5.09, pp 37 and 42.

[128]    Mr Wes Morris, Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 92.

[129]    Mr Wes Morris, Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 89.

[130]    Correspondence to committee from WA government, received 12 October 2009.

[131]    Ibid.

[132]    Ibid.

[133]    Committee meeting notes, 21 August 2008.

[134]    Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No 2,
p. 121.

[135]    Fr Matthew Digges, Catholic Diocese of Broome, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 71.

[136]    May M, ‘Disturbing Behaviour: Neurotoxic Effects in Children’, Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol 108, No 6, June 2000, pp 266–267.

[137]    Sampson, P, Streissguth, A, Bookstein, F and Barr, H, ‘On Categorizations in Analyses of Alcohol Teratogenesis’, Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol 108, Supplement 3, June 2000, p. 421.

[138]    Ibid, p. 422.

[139]    Dr David Shepherd, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 80.

[140]    Mr Bert Dorgelo, WA Country Health Service, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, pp 16–17.

[141]    Mr Bert Dorgelo, WA Country Health Service, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 17.

[142]    Mr Patrick Davies, Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 62.

[143]    Mrs Olive Knight, Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 58.

[144]    Ms Michelle Scott, Commissioner for Children and Young People, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 28.

[145]    Mrs Olive Knight, Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 62.

[146]    Dr David Shepherd, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 80.

[147]    Ms Patricia Muir, Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 63.

[148]    Mrs Millie Hills, Halls Creek Aboriginal Corporation, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 49.

[149]    Mrs Millie Hills, Halls Creek Aboriginal Corporation, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 59.

[150]    Ms Valma Banks, Yura Yungi Aboriginal Medical Service, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 65.

[151]    Ms Joan Bedford, Ngaringga Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation Safehouse, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 93.

[152]    Dr David Shepherd, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 75.

[153]    Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, Report No. 1, p. 23.

[154]    Mr Bert Dorgelo, WA Country Health Service, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 20.

[155]    Ms Helen Fiztgerald, Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 24.

[156]    Mrs Patricia Muir, Nindilingarri Cultural Health Service, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 64.

[157]    Ms Christine Gray, Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 66.

[158]    Ms Christine Gray, Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 27.

[159]    Mr Neil Fong, Department of Corrective Services, Committee Hansard, 9 October 2009, p. 76.

[160]    Correspondence to committee from WA government, received 12 November 2009.

[161]    Ibid.

[162]    Ibid.

[163]    Mr Warren Olsen, Shire of Halls Creek, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 2.

[164]    Correspondence to committee from WA government, received 12 November 2009.

[165]    Correspondence to committee from WA government, received 12 November 2009.

[166]    Ibid.

[167]    Ibid.

[168]    Mrs Caroline Sibosado, Lombadina Aboriginal Corporation, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 78.

[169]    Mrs Millie Hills, Halls Creek Aboriginal Corporation, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 50

[170]    Mr Patrick Davies, Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 53.

[171]    Ms Caroline Davey, Karrayili Adult Education Centre, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 73.

[172]    Ms Tamela Vestergaard, Karrayili Adult Education Centre, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 77.

[173]    Mr Bob Mahony, Nirrumbuk Aboriginal Corporation, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 43.

[174]    Ms Caroline Davey, Karrayili Adult Education Centre, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 79.

[175]    Ms Tehani Mahony, NUDJ Plumbing, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, pp 33–35.

[176]    Ms Tehani Mahony, NUDJ Plumbing Services, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 34.

Chapter 5

[1]        Ms Jody Broun, Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, p. 88.

[2]        Ms Jody Broun, Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, p. 88.

[3]        Ms Jody Broun, Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, p. 89.

[4]        Ms Jodie Broun, Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, p. 90.

[5]        New South Wales Reconciliation Council, Submission 61, p. 4.

[6]        New South Wales Reconciliation Council, Submission 61, p. 4.

[7]        Department of Corrective Services, Submission 68, p. 1.

[8]        Australian Bureau of Statistics, Prisoners in Australia, 2008. Catalogue no. 4517.0.

[9]        Australian Bureau of Statistics, Prisoners in Australia, 2008, Catalogue no. 4517.0.

[10]      Jacqueline Fitzgerald, 'Why Are Indigenous Imprisonment Rates Rising?', Issue Paper no. 41, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, August 2009, p. 1.

[11]      Jacqueline Fitzgerald, 'Why Are Indigenous Imprisonment Rates Rising?', Issue Paper no. 41, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, August 2009, p. 6.

[12]      Mr Luke Grant, Department of Corrective Services, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, p. 78.

[13]      Mr Luke Grant, Department of Corrective Services, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, p. 86.

[14]      Committee meeting notes, 18 November 2008.

[15]      Dr Don Weatherburn, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Committee Hansard, 15 October, p. 31.

[16]      Committee meeting notes, 17 November 2008.

[17]      Mr Michael Allen, Housing NSW, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, p. 99.

[18]      Mr Michael Allen, Housing NSW, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, p. 100.

[19]      Ms Donna Hensen, Women's Legal Services, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, p. 15.

[20]      Ms Natascha Rohr, Women's Legal Services, Committee Hansard. 15 October 2009, p. 16.

[21]      Ms Donna Hensen, Women's Legal Services, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, p. 15.

[22]      Mr Grant Arthur, Wheatbelt Development Commission, Committee Hansard, 8 October 2009, p. 51.

[23]      Mr Grant Arthur, Wheatbelt Development Commission, Committee Hansard, 8 October 2009, pp 53–54.

[24]      Mr Grant Arthur, Wheatbelt Development Commission, Committee Hansard, 8 October 2009, pp 54–55.

[25]      Ms Vikki Butters, Kimberley Language Resource Centre, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 25.

[26]      Ms Vikki Butters, Kimberley Language Resource Centre, Committee Hansard, 25 August 2009, p. 26.

[27]      Ms Jodie Broun, Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, p. 90.

[28]      Fr Matthew Digges, Catholic Diocese of Broome, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 71.

[29]      Ms Sylvia Ghaly, Association of Children's Welfare Agencies, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, p. 5.

[30]      Mr Phillip Leslie, Mission Australia, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, p. 46.

[31]      Mr Grant Arthur, Wheatbelt Development Commission, Committee Hansard, 8 October 2009, p. 57.

[32]      Ms Jane Woodruff, UnitingCare Children, Young People and Families, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, p. 65.

[33]      Mr Patrick Davies, Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 52.

[34]      Ms Anne Hampshire & Mr Phillip Leslie, Mission Australia, Committee Hansard, 15 October 2009, pp 46–47.

[35]      Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, New research shows complexity of Indigenous health funding an impediment to success, Press release, 17 August 2009.

[36]      Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, The Overburden Report: Contracting for Indigenous health services (short summary), August 2009, p. 2.

[37]      Ms Lynette Masuda, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council, Committee Hansard, 26 August 2009, p. 30.

[38]      Mrs Patricia Muir, Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 68.

[39]      Mr Sean Conlan, Western Australian Country Health Service, Committee Hansard, p. 12.

[40]      Mrs Patricia Muir, Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2009, p. 69.