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committee's report

The committee tabled its report on 11 September 2003.

View:   Report No. 42, 50th Parliament - Hands on Parliament – A parliamentary committee inquiry into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ participation in Queensland’s democratic processes
View:   Interim Government Response
View:   Government Response

Overview

In recommendation 50 of its Report on the possible reform of and changes to the Acts and laws that relate to the Queensland Constitution, the Queensland Constitutional Review Commission (QCRC), recommended that the Legal, Constitutional and Administrative Review Committee of the 50th Parliament ‘conduct an inquiry into the possibility of special representation for Aborigines and for Torres Strait Islanders’.

In August 2002, the Committee resolved to commence an inquiry in accordance with the QCRC’s recommendation. However, the Committee was concerned that its inquiry not be confined to Indigenous people’s representation in State Parliament but rather also consider Indigenous people’s participation in all levels of government and the various processes which feed into those levels. Thus, the Committee expanded the scope of its inquiry beyond the QCRC’s recommendation to consider the participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in democratic processes in Queensland, including the possibility of special representation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.