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CONSULTATIVE GROUPS
Agency Group 1. Australian Communications Authority Advisory 2. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Advisory 3. Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Advisory
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and
Indigenous Affairs
4. National Office for the Information Economy Advisory 5. Department of Prime Minister and the Cabinet Reference 6. Department of Finance and Administration Reference 7. Department of the Treasury Reference 8. Department of Family and Community Services Reference 9. Department of Education, Science and Training Reference 10. Centrelink Reference 11. Department of Transport and Regional Services Reference 12. Department of Health and Ageing Reference 13. Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Reference 14. Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources Reference 15. Australian Bureau of Statistics Reference 16. Department of Defence Reference 17. Attorney-General‘s Department Reference 18. Department of Innovation and Information Economy, Qld Reference 19. Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reference
Policy, Qld
20. Office of Information Technology, NSW Reference 21. Department of Aboriginal Affairs, NSW Reference 22. Department of Industry and Technology, WA Reference 23. Department of Indigenous Affairs, WA Reference 24. Multimedia Victoria, Vic Reference 25. Aboriginal Affairs Victoria, Vic Reference 26. Information Economy Policy Office, SA Reference 27. Department of State Aboriginal Affairs, SA Reference 28. Department of Corporate and Information Services, NT Reference 29. Department of Community Development, Sport and Reference
Cultural Affairs, NT
30. Department of Premier and Cabinet, Tas Reference 31. ACT Information Services, Chief Minister‘s Department, Reference
ACT
32. Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) Reference
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Submissions to the Issues Paper
Organisation Contact 1 VicTract Gary Sheridan 2 Midwest Development Commission Jackie Healy
Project Manager 3 Pilbara Development Commission Matthew Payne
Senior Project Officer 4 Australian Communications Authority Anna Snidaro
Monitoring Team
Universal Services Obligation 5 Department of Health and Aged Care Steve Nerlich
Assistant Director
Office for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Health 6 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board, Cathy Craigie
Australia Council Director 7 Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research Anne Daly 8 Central TAFE, Western Australia Anne Stafford 9 Imparja Corallie Ferguson
Chief Executive Officer 10 Department of Industry and Trade (through the Ian Rohde
Information Economy Policy Office, Dept for
Administration and Information Services)
11 Australian Indigenous Cultural Network Helena Gulash 12 ntl Australia Pty Ltd Clive Morton
Broadcast Services Director 13 ETC Electronic Trading Concepts Pty Ltd Alistair Muir
Consultant 14 Western Australian Department of Industry and Dan Scherr
Technology Information & Communications
Policy Directorate 15 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Bryan McKain
Commission, Western Desert Region, WA A/Senior Policy Officer 16 Telstra Corporation Andrew Briggs
Group Regulatory Manager
Telstra CountryWide 17 Northern Territory Government Doug Cooke
Manager
Department of Corporate and
Information Services 18 Australian Computer Society Inc. Susan Bandias 19 Central Land Council Philip Watkins 20 Western Australian Municipal Association Ricky Burges
Now: WA Local Government Association Chief Executive Officer 21 Department of Education, Training & Marg Beagley
Employment, South Australia Executive Principal
Open Access College
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Attachment B 22 Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman John Pinnock
Ombudsman 23 Ngaanyatjarra Media Daniel Featherstone
Media Coordinator 24 Optus Judy Anderson 25 SA Dept of Industry and Trade Trevor May
SA State Coordinator
Networking the Nation 26 Kimberley Area Consultative Committee Cori Fong
Chairperson 27 Tangentyere Council John McGlynn
Special Projects Officer 28 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Iris Godfrey
Commission Housing and Infrastructure
Branch 29 Rural Transaction Centres Programme Paul Davies
Director 30 Department of State Aboriginal Affairs, South Fady Boumouglbay
Australia
31 Centre for Appropriate Technology Bruce Walker 32 Queensland Government Lloyd Lacey
Department of Innovation and
Information Economy
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References and Further Reading
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Aboriginal Community Development Employment Program (CDEP):
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4. Aboriginal Economic Development IBIZWA.com, a website set up to promote and
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Internet to promote their business enterprise online; provides them with a web
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5. Aboriginal Languages website: a gateway to a large number of websites that provide
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Attachment C 13. Australian National Training Authority; Partners in a Learning Culture: Australia‟s
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21. Commonwealth Department of Communications, Information Technology and the
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Attachment C 26. Commonwealth Department of Transport and Regional Services; Stronger Regions, A
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Attachment C 40. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission; Education Access: National
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41. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission; Recommendations: National
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43. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission; Rural and Remote Education
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#7.6
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See also: http://www.circit.rmit.edu.au/projects/dao2/dao_sec4.pdf 47. LearnScope is a professional development initiative within the Australian Flexible
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Attachment C 65. Northern Territory Government; Partnership in implementation of Indigenous
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66. NSW Department of Education and Training; NSW Public Schools: Strategic
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