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Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs - Hobart, TAS

4 August 2026

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The hearing formally opens with procedural remarks before TRACA and First Peoples Tasmania outline post‑referendum racism, identity denial, lateral violence and the impacts of exclusionary legal definitions on Tasmanian Aboriginal communities.

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Committee opening and initial Aboriginal testimonies

16:35

Committee opens inquiry into racism and violence

16:35

TRACA: post‑referendum racism and social media attacks

19:18

First Peoples Tasmania: identity denial and lateral violence

26:18

Racism data, platform accountability and Meta’s response

28:48

Data, leadership and resourcing to address racism

28:48

Social media platforms, bots and regulatory expectations

32:44

Meta moderation failures and onshore cultural context

36:17

Systemic racism in Tasmania, funding structures and truth‑telling

48:33

Thorpe: systemic racism, peak bodies and state funding

48:33

Government accountability, Closing the Gap and reporting

01:04:20

Truth‑telling, extinction myths and treaty sequence

01:11:10

Everett/Langford and Dillon: colonial policies, sovereignty and justice

01:23:51

Everett/Langford: assimilation, ‘pretend Aboriginals’ and colonial violence

01:23:51

Tick‑a‑box Aboriginality, heritage law and UNDRIP

01:35:31

Sovereignty, citizenship and treaty preconditions

01:49:51

Rodney Dillon: lifelong racism and economic dispossession

02:16:05

Economic security, government funding flows and community control

02:20:50

Youth justice, Ashley Detention Centre and torture risks

02:28:46

Reporting racism, family‑centred supports and systemic drivers

02:42:12

Media racism, online hate and regulatory inaction

02:49:56

AHPRA evidence on racism, cultural safety and enforcement

03:03:43

AHPRA: cultural safety mandate and regulatory framework

03:03:43

Social media guidance, racism notifications and under‑reporting

03:06:04

Systemic racism within AHPRA and consultation practices

03:09:24

Defining racism vs culturally unsafe care in health

03:18:48

Cairns Hospital evidence, enforcement tools and interim action

03:32:37

Accessing AHPRA’s complaints system and Aboriginal navigators

03:34:44

Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre: structural racism, land and treaty options

03:51:21

TAC opening: normalised racism, heritage control and identity

03:51:21

Michael Mansell: property law, Crown land and RDA limits

03:57:09

Questions on treaty, new Aboriginal state and service racism

04:17:41

Tasmanian Government response on systemic racism and reforms

05:19:14

Tasmanian Government: historical racism and reform context

05:19:14

Systemic racism, legislative reform and Closing the Gap

05:26:41

Ashley Detention Centre, spit hoods and diversion programs

05:31:45

Adult incarceration, cultural training and corrections partnerships

05:35:26

Health system’s role in intergenerational trauma and treaty stance

05:50:01

Aboriginal Health Round Table and workforce plan priorities

05:58:46

Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs - Hobart, TAS

4 August 2026

Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Wed, 5 Aug 2026 Australian Parliament

16:34 - 17:58

Speaker 8

I open this public hearing of the Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs for the inquiry into racism, hate and violence towards First Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. I acknowledge the traditional custodians on the lands on 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 6 August 2025, this hearing will be broadcast on the Parliament's website and the proof and official transcripts of proceedings will be published on the inquiry website.

Any answers to questions taken on notice at this public hearing will also be published on the inquiry's website. I remind members of the media who may be present or listening in online of the need to fairly and accurately report proceedings of the committee. I now call on representatives from the Tasmanian Regional Aboriginal Communities Alliance, TRACA, and First Peoples Tasmania Aboriginal Corporation via teleconference. For the Hansard record, would you please state your full names and the capacity in which you appear and I might start in the room and then I'll come online to you, Mr. Roe.

17:58 - 18:07

Speaker 4

So Nicholas Joseph Cameron, I'm the chair of TRACA and I'm also the CEO of Melythina Tiakana Warrana Aboriginal Corporation.

18:07 - 18:08

Thank you very much.

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