Sentences with phrase «senior federal bureaucrat»

One senior federal bureaucrat said Australia had adopted a «done - to» model of Indigenous affairs policy: «I'll do health «to you» rather than the self - determination model which will give you the skills and empower you to do it for yourself... if you look at the Cape York Welfare Reform trial and if you look at the Intervention, then that was really the big culmination of «you can't do it for yourselves.»

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I was shocked that Chief Oyegum, a very senior former bureaucrat who occupied the position of federal permanent secretary and who now chairs the ruling political party, could seek to impugn the judgments of the nation's highest court simply because their judgments did not align with his political interests and expectations.

The delegate to the ULCC are mainly senior or middle - level bureaucrats from the provincial, territorial and federal governments, but law commission representatives and others (such as a representative from the OBA and one from the CBA) are invited to join their respective delegations).

I also conducted consultations across Australia with Indigenous communities, Community Councils and organisations, ATSIC Regional Councils as well as with Ministers, senior bureaucrats at the state, territory and federal level, and with staff within the new regional coordination centres who will be implementing these changes.

I also conducted consultations across Australia with a variety of Indigenous communities, organisations and community councils, ATSIC Regional Councils and Commissioners, as well as with Ministers and senior bureaucrats at the state, territory and federal level, and with staff within the new regional coordination centres who will be implementing the changes.

The symposium also heard from a senior Federal Indigenous health bureaucrat, Professor Ian Anderson, about plans to «refresh» Closing the Gap targets.

She has worked closely with community sector leaders, Members of Parliament, senior bureaucrats in Federal Government agencies as well as peak bodies, research institutes and universities.