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Inquiry into the relationship between the Central Land Council and Centrecorp Aboriginal Investment Corporation Pty Ltd

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:

1. the relationship between the Central Land Council and Centrecorp Aboriginal Investment Corporation Pty Ltd (‘Centrecorp’);

2. the committee must inquire into and report upon:

   1. the financial and management relationship between the Central Land Council and Centrecorp, including (without limitation) any equitable relationship between those entities,

   2. 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,

   3. the nature and extent of Centrecorp’s business activities,

   4. Centrecorp’s sources of revenue,

   5. the beneficiaries of Centrecorp business and other activities and any additional revenue it receives,

   6. the nature and extent of Centrecorp disbursements to any charitable trusts or like entities,

   7. the extent to which any Centrecorp beneficiaries and the Central Land Council are informed of Centrecorp’s business activities,

   8. how Aboriginal Australians living in the Central Australia region benefit from Centrecorp’s business and charitable operations, and

   9. all other matters considered necessary by the committee; and

3. the committee must hear evidence inter alia from:

   1. the Central Land Council,

   2. the Auditor-General, and

   3. 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 http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm.

Should you require further information please contact the Committee Secretariat on (02) 6277 3439.

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Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

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Fax:	+61 2 6277 5809
Email:	fpa.sen@aph.gov.au

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