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The Department recognises this and the
inequitable relationship between Aboriginal
people and the wider community which
manifests itself in poor health, high
unemployment, low educational achievement,
low income, high imprisonment rates, family
instability and overcrowded housing.
“Effective consultation, negotiation and
collaborative action between Government and
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
could, in the future, focus on the following:
• Providing the means towards self-sufficiency;
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• Strengthening and rebuilding Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander cultures (healing);
• Building a new relationship (reconciliation);
and
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The core to effective and successful
consultation and negotiation could be summed
up in the Department of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Policy and Development’s
philosophy of:
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RESPECT CULTURES;
RECOGNISE TRADITIONS;
RECONCILE PAST AND PRESENT.
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Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs,
Department of Family and Community Services, Negotiating Change
(Unpublished Working Paper), Brisbane, 1995
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Queensland has a significant proportion of the
population of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples.
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The Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Policy and Development (DATSIPD)
is developing a lead agency role in providing a
whole-of-government response to Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander issues.
• Promoting self - determination and self management.”12
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Department of
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Policy
and Development
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It is important now that these past practices
have been revealed to all Australians, and indeed,
the world, for a genuine journey of
reconciliation and healing to become the future
focus and direction of all the nation.
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The Queensland Government has acknowledged
the significance of this report. On 3 June 1997,
the Parliament of Queensland on behalf of the
people of Queensland, expressed its sincere
regret for the personal hurt suffered by those
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who
in the past were unjustifiably removed from
their families.
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Standards for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Children under State, Territory or
Shared Jurisdiction.
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