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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission

Index Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) (1990–2005) was the Australian Government body through which Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders were formally involved in the processes of government affecting their lives. [1]

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services was part of the now disbanded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC).

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Aboriginal Australians

Aboriginal Australians are legally defined as people who are members "of the Aboriginal race of Australia" (indigenous to mainland Australia or to the island of Tasmania).

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Amanda Vanstone

Amanda Eloise Vanstone (née O'Brien; born 7 December 1952) is an Australian former politician and a former Ambassador to Italy.

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Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party (ALP, also Labor, was Labour before 1912) is a political party in Australia.

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Bob Hawke

Robert James Lee Hawke, (born 9 December 1929) is a former Australian politician who was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 1983 to 1991.

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Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia.

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Chief executive officer

Chief executive officer (CEO) is the position of the most senior corporate officer, executive, administrator, or other leader in charge of managing an organization especially an independent legal entity such as a company or nonprofit institution.

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Department of Aboriginal Affairs

The Department of Aboriginal Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between December 1972 and March 1990.

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Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

The Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (also known as FaCSIA) was an Australian government department that existed between January 2006 and December 2007.

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Department of Immigration and Border Protection

The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) was a department of the Government of Australia that was responsible for immigration, citizenship and border control (including visa issuance).

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Embezzlement

Embezzlement is the act of withholding assets for the purpose of conversion (theft) of such assets, by one or more persons to whom the assets were entrusted, either to be held or to be used for specific purposes.

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Fairfax Media

Fairfax Media Limited (formerly John Fairfax and Sons) is one of the largest media companies in Australia and New Zealand, with investments in newspaper, magazines, radio and digital properties.

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Gatjil Djerrkura

Gatjil Djerrkura OAM (Yolŋu Matha:Gätjil Djerrkura) (30 June 1949 – 26 May 2004) was an Aboriginal leader and indigenous spokesman in the Northern Territory and Australia.

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Geoff Clark (politician)

Geoff Clark (born August 1952) is an Australian Aboriginal politician and activist.

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Government of Australia

The Government of the Commonwealth of Australia (also referred to as the Australian Government, the Commonwealth Government, or the Federal Government) is the government of the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy.

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Howard Government

The Howard Government refers to the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister John Howard between 11 March 1996 and 3 December 2007.

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Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia, descended from groups that existed in Australia and surrounding islands prior to British colonisation.

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John Howard

John Winston Howard, (born 26 July 1939) is a former Australian politician who served as the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1996 to 2007.

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List of Australian government entities

This list of Australian government entities is of Australian Ministers, government departments, bureaus and commissions, authorities, corporations and other entities, which are grouped into a number of areas of portfolio responsibility.

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Lowitja O'Donoghue

Lowitja Lois O'Donoghue Smart, AC, CBE, DSG (born Lois O'Donoghue; 1 August 1932This date is believed to be an estimate as no birth certificate was issued) is an Aboriginal Australian retired public administrator.

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Mark Latham

Mark William Latham (born 28 February 1961) is an Australian political commentator and former politician.

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Melanesians

Melanesians are the predominant indigenous inhabitants of Melanesia.

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Mick Gooda

Mick Gooda is an Australian public servant who served as the Australian Human Rights Commission's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner from 2009 to 2016.

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Misha Schubert

Misha Schubert (born 22 February 1973) in an Australian newspaper journalist.

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National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy

The Australian National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy (AEP) is an agreed national policy between the Government of Australia and each State and Territory government and is the foundation of education programs for all Indigenous Australians.

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Nepotism

Nepotism is based on favour granted to relatives in various fields, including business, politics, entertainment, sports, religion and other activities.

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Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination

The Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination (OIPC) has been a division within the Australian Government Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet from 18 September 2013.

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Parliament of Australia

The Parliament of Australia (officially the Federal Parliament; also known as the Commonwealth Parliament or just Parliament) is the legislative branch of the government of Australia.

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Political corruption

Political corruption is the use of powers by government officials or their network contacts for illegitimate private gain.

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Ray Robinson (ATSIC)

Ray 'Sugar Ray' Robinson was an Australian who served as Deputy Chairperson of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission from 1996 to 2003.

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Tasmania

Tasmania (abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as Tassie) is an island state of Australia.

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The Age

The Age is a daily newspaper that has been published in Melbourne, Australia, since 1854.

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Torres Strait

The Torres Strait is a strait which lies between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea.

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Torres Strait Islanders

Torres Strait Islanders are the indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands, part of Queensland, Australia.

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Torres Strait Islands

The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands which lie in Torres Strait, the waterway separating far northern continental Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea.

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Torres Strait Regional Authority

The Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) is an Australian Government body established to administer the Torres Strait Islands.The TSRA consists of 20 elected representatives.

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ATSIC, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission, Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Commission, Aboriginal and torres strait islander commission.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_Commission

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