TY - JOUR
T1 - Torres Strait governance structures and the centenary of Australian federation
T2 - A missed opportunity?
AU - Sanders, Will
PY - 2000/9
Y1 - 2000/9
N2 - In his 1993 Boyer lecture, Getano Lui Jnr called for a change in the status of Torres Strait governance structures within the Australian federation, nominating the centenary of Federation on 1 January 2001 as a possible time for change. In 1996, the Commonwealth Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs initiated a parliamentary committee inquiry into greater autonomy for the people of the Torres Strait, which reported favourably in 1997. This report was not, however, greeted all that favourably by Torres Strait Islanders and it now seems unlikely that any significantly new governance structures for Torres Strait will be in place by the centenary of Federation. This paper attempts to explain why.
AB - In his 1993 Boyer lecture, Getano Lui Jnr called for a change in the status of Torres Strait governance structures within the Australian federation, nominating the centenary of Federation on 1 January 2001 as a possible time for change. In 1996, the Commonwealth Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs initiated a parliamentary committee inquiry into greater autonomy for the people of the Torres Strait, which reported favourably in 1997. This report was not, however, greeted all that favourably by Torres Strait Islanders and it now seems unlikely that any significantly new governance structures for Torres Strait will be in place by the centenary of Federation. This paper attempts to explain why.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034344198&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1467-8500.00164
DO - 10.1111/1467-8500.00164
M3 - Article
SN - 0313-6647
VL - 59
SP - 22
EP - 33
JO - Australian Journal of Public Administration
JF - Australian Journal of Public Administration
IS - 3
ER -