Inquiry into the Progress Towards National Reconciliation
On 27 August 2002, the Senate referred the following
matter to the Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee for
inquiry and report by March 2003. The current reporting date is 8
October 2003.
The Terms of Reference for this inquiry are :
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Progress towards national reconciliation, including
an examination of the adequacy and effectiveness of the Commonwealth
Government's response to, and implementation of, the recommendations
contained in the following documents :
(a) Reconciliation:
Australia's Challenge: Final Report of the Council for Aboriginal
Reconciliation to the Prime Minister and the Commonwealth Parliament;
(b) the Council
for Aboriginal Reconciliation's Roadmap for Reconciliation
and the associated National Strategies to Advance Reconciliation;
and
(c) the Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Social Justice Commissioner's social justice reports in 2000
and 2001
relating to reconciliation.
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That, in examining this matter, the committee have
regard to the following :
(a) whether processes have been developed
to enable and require government agencies to review their policies and
programs against the documents referred to above;
(b) effective ways of implementing
the recommendations of the documents referred to above, including an
examination of funding arrangements;
(c) the adequacy and effectiveness
of any targets, benchmarks, monitoring and evaluation mechanisms that
have been put in place to address Indigenous disadvantage and promote
reconciliation, with particular reference to the consistency of these
responses with the documents referred to above; and
(d) the consistency of the Government's
responses to the recommendations contained in the documents referred
to above with the needs and aspirations of Indigenous Australians as
Australian citizens and First Nation Peoples.
In addition to the Terms of Reference and links to documents above, the
following documents are provided for your information:
- Members of the Committee (PDF
format)
- Notes to assist in the preparation of submissions (Word 44KB)
Public Hearing
Friday, 4 April 2003 (Word 28KB)
- Sydney.
Proof of Hansard April 4, 2003 (PDF 507KB) (Word format)
Wednesday 14 May 2003 - Canberra (Word 20KB)
Official Hansard May 14, 2003 (PDF 178KB)
Thursday 15 May 2003 - Canberra (Word 24KB)
Official Hansard May 15, 2003 (PDF 254KB)
Monday 19 May 2003 - Melbourne (Word 32KB)
Official Hansard May 19, 2003 (PDF 442KB)
Wednesday 11 June 2003 - Darwin (Word 28KB)
Proof of Hansard June11, 2003 (Word 254KB)
Wednesday 18 June 2003 - Canberra (Word 20KB)
Official Hansard June 18, 2003 (PDF 98KB)
Tuesday 24 June 2003 - Canberra (Word 26KB)
Official Hansard June 24, 2003 (PDF 98KB)
Tuesday 22 July 2003 - Canberra (Word 24KB)
Proof of Hansard July 22, 2003 (Word 130KB)
Submissions
The closing date for the lodgement of submissions is 15 November 2002.
Submissions become Committee documents and are only made public after
a decision by the Committee. Unauthorised release of submissions is not
covered by parliamentary privilege. Further assistance can be obtained
by phoning the secretariat on (02) 6277 3560.
Report - Tabled 8 October 2003
For further information
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