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of artwork will be commissioned from a local Aboriginal artist and displayed in the new Legislative Assembly building as a lasting reminder of the year and of the Government's commitment to the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
The Government has produced a poster to commemorate the initiatives undertaken in celebration of the international year. The artwork on the poster was produced by a local Aboriginal artist who is currently an artist-in-residence in the Department of Education and Training, Mr Dale Huddleston. The poster highlights the significance of the year and provides us with a lasting reminder of what can be achieved when government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples work together in partnership.
The International Year of the World's Indigenous Peoples has raised awareness of the richness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures - cultures that Australians should be proud of. It has also heightened our awareness of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities here in the ACT. The year has provided us with an opportunity to enter into a new partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. I am delighted to note from my discussions with members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Council only last week, Madam Speaker, that the role that they perform in the ACT is unique throughout the country and is held by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples nationally in high esteem as a great achievement. No other government has involved its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in advising them in so significant a way, and I look forward to continuing to enhance this critical partnership.
I present the following paper:
World's Indigenous People - International Year -
Ministerial Statement, 16 December 1993.
I move:
That the Assembly takes note of the paper.
Debate (on motion by Ms Szuty) adjourned.
EVIDENCE BILL 1993 - COMMONWEALTH
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MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services): Madam Speaker, I ask for leave of the Assembly to table a ministerial statement on the Commonwealth Evidence Bill 1993 and its application to the Australian Capital Territory.
Leave granted.
MR CONNOLLY: I table that statement. I seek leave to have it incorporated in Hansard.
Leave granted.
Document incorporated at Appendix 9.
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