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Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs - Perth, WA (part 1 of 2)

13 July 2026

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The Chair opens the Perth racism, hate and violence inquiry, sets procedural and evidentiary rules, then hears detailed evidence on the 26 January Forrest Chase attempted bombing, including policing responses, protest rights concerns and the lack of political and terrorism‑level recognition.

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Hearing opening and Forrest Chase attack context

15:39

Hearing opening and procedural framework

15:39

Committee opening and procedural cautions

15:39

Forrest Chase attack — policing, protest rights and political silence

20:20

Boorleu Alliance witnesses’ backgrounds and attack context

20:20

Police response on the day — delays and communication failures

27:54

Systemic racism in policing and need for consistent terror response

34:31

Rights to protest and political accountability for silence

39:21

Historical racism, inquiries and racist health systems

42:27

Historical racism, stolen generations and need for truth‑telling

42:27

Thorpe questions absence of agencies and truth‑telling failure

42:27

Eugenics, royal commissions and stolen generations redress gaps

47:05

Lived experience of systemic racism across health, prisons and welfare

53:52

Failures of RAPs, local government coercion and service design

01:15:20

Truth‑telling and investment as preconditions for reconciliation

01:21:34

Mental health and hospital systems — institutional racism and human rights

01:41:15

Health Consumers Council & COMHA — systemic racism in health and mental health

01:41:15

Gayaa Dhuwi plan, absent ‘perpetrator’ agencies and inquiry harms

01:51:16

Institutional racism case studies and human rights framing

02:04:37

Health service access, rural inequity and funding community‑controlled care

02:14:23

Health service design, missed treatment and rural inequity

02:14:23

Broome Aboriginal Medical Service — funding as anti‑racism and police social media

02:32:30

Online and media racism, platform and coverage regulation

02:56:19

Online racism against Aboriginal women and platform regulation

02:56:19

Emba Connect — coordinated online racism targeting Aboriginal women

02:56:19

Platforms’ accountability, referendum fallout and truth‑telling limits

03:11:17

Indigenous media, online abuse and mainstream coverage standards

04:22:40

National Indigenous Times — scope, online abuse and Baloo attack

04:22:40

Escalation after Voice referendum and regulating platforms

04:36:51

Mainstream media racism, language on extremism and free speech balance

04:45:19

National leadership, governance failures and resource sector impacts

05:06:18

Racism as governance failure and post‑Voice national leadership

05:06:18

Ken Wyatt — racism as governance failure and implementation gap

05:06:18

Post‑Voice regression, UNDRIP principles and national leadership

05:17:40

Pilbara native title, mining agreements and intergenerational trauma

05:52:18

Pilbara native title corporations, mining and intergenerational trauma

05:52:18

Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs - Perth, WA (part 1 of 2)

13 July 2026

Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Mon, 13 Jul 2026 Australian Parliament

15:38 - 17:09

Speaker 10

I declare open this hearing of the joint standing committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs for the inquiry into racism, hate, and violence toward Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands in which we meet today, and I pay my respects to their ancestors and their elders past and present. I extend this respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in their cultural and spiritual connections to Australia's lands and waters. In accordance with the committee's resolution of 08/06/2025, this hearing will broadcast on the parliament's website, and the proof and official transcripts of proceedings will be published on the website. Any answers to questions on notice taken at this hearing will also be published on the committee's website.

I remind I remind members of the media who may be present or listening online of the need to fairly and accurately report proceedings of the committee. I remind witnesses that there are legal proceedings around the event on 01/26/2026 in Perth. Witnesses should focus their evidence on the... On their experience and the broader institutional responses to avoid interfering with the course of justice. Please avoid naming the individuals or any specifics of the charges.

Before I call our witnesses, I'll, seek the permission of the witnesses at the table. We had media in the room, so I wanna get your permission and your consent for the recording to happen.

17:09 - 17:10

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