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Auditor-General Report No. 28 of 2002–03
Northern Territory Land Councils and the Aboriginals Benefit Account
Published
Friday 7 February 2003
Portfolio
Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Entity
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission; Anindilyakwa Land Council; Central Land Council; Northern Land Council; Tiwi Land Council
Sector
Indigenous
Social Services
The audit assessed the operations of the four Northern Territory Land Councils which provide a range of services to Aboriginal people under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. The audit also assessed the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commision's (ATSIC) administration of the Aboriginals Benefit Account, which provides funding to the Land Councils under the same Act. The objectives of the audit were to assess:
- whether the governance arrangements used by ATSIC and the Land Councils are appropriate;
- whether ATSIC meets its legislative requirements concerning the Aboriginals Benefit Account in an effective and efficient way; and
- whether the Land Councils are effective and efficient in managing their recourses to meet the objectives of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976.