Page 948 - Week 03 - Wednesday, 22 March 2017

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volunteer workers has worked tirelessly to support the needs of the Aboriginal community in this area but cannot even get a meeting with the minister for Indigenous affairs to discuss their needs, vision and aspirations. They need offices, they need access to meeting spaces, and they need a more regular source of funding, which could be drawn from the small grants program which the Labor government promised to establish on being re-elected.

Tjillari justice does not work in isolation, working in partnership with Marymead and, until the recent closure, utilising the services of SHOUT. We would like to commend this organisation to the Assembly and hope that by bringing its needs to its attention it will find the support it needs to continue its excellent work.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

The Assembly adjourned at 6.31 pm.


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