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• Regional consultations take place in relation
to funding priorities and the active
participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander communities is sought in these
processes. Where a service is funded, there is
heavy emphasis on local design and
development activities in relation to the new
service.10
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Australian Government (1991), Royal Commission
into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (Final Report), (p. 2 Vol
3), AGPS, Canberra.
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ibid., (p. 3 Vol 3)
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ibid., (p. 199 Vol 3)
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ibid., (p. 202 Vol 3)
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Also the Legislative Standards Act (1992) Queensland
contains fundamental legislative principles
requiring consultation with Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander people on legislation that
affects them.
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• Recommendation 188 - that governments
negotiate with appropriate
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander
organisations and
communities to determine
guidelines as to the
procedures and processes which
should be followed to ensure that the
self-determination principle is applied in
the design and implementation of any policy
or program or the substantial modification of
any policy or program which will particularly
affect Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
people.9
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• To monitor the implementation of regional
consultation and co-ordination arrangements
ensuring that representatives of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander communities are
able to meet regularly with regional executives
of relevant Departments.8
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• To ensure meaningful consultation is
established and maintained, consistent with
the Royal Commissioner’s recommendations,
for each relevant Department or agency and
at the “whole of Government” level. 7
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D e p a r t m e n t o f A b o r i g i n a l and T o r r e s S t r a i t I s l a n d e r P o l i c y a n d D e v e l o p m e n t