Currently there is no indication that there will be
adequate consultation processes developed with this target group, and in particular with Indigenous children involved in child protection processes.
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Future financing and investments to ease energy access should ensure
adequate support for participation and
consultation of enterprises and other stakeholders in both international
processes and national regulatory and policy decision - making.
Feedback during my
consultations revealed that the majority of public servants consulted did not feel that they had been provided with
adequate information about how the new
processes would work.
The
consultations highlighted critical issues for agreement making directed to economic and social development outcomes, including the need for: effective community decision making structures and community engagement with the
process;
adequate time and resources for capacity development; creative ideas for sustainable economic development; support for outcomes beyond the legal framework; positive relationships; and underlying infrastructure such as health, roads and education to be guaranteed by governments.
Creating a meaningful and effective
consultation process is not just about ensuring
adequate timeframes and providing sufficient resources.
However, the Commission is concerned about the potential impact of the proposed future act
process on the rights of traditional owners, and is particularly concerned that the Bill has been introduced without
adequate consultation.
The Government must also structure
consultation processes such that we are afforded
adequate time and resources to engage in our own decision - making
processes.
I therefore do not believe that the
consultation processes regarding the Amendment Bill (No 2) were
adequate.
Similarly, the Cape York Land Council (CYLC) lists «an agreed structure for the
consultation process» as one of the essential features of an
adequate and effective
consultation process.
The
consultations highlighted important issues for any type of agreement making, including: effective community decision making; community engagement and ownership of the
process and agreement; and
adequate time and resources for capacity development and good decision making structures.
Adequate resourcing should be provided to communities and specific stakeholder groups to support them in their discussions and decision making, prior to a formal
consultation process.
I therefore consider it important that governments or proponents provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with
adequate resources to enable them to participate effectively in
consultation processes.