taken by the Government to appoint Justice Mathews had not been effective. fairness and justice with the need to respect traditional restrictions to that party's other lawyers or anthropologists engaged in the proceedings 1988: The Chapmans seek approval to expand project but officially told it will need a . EXCLUSIVE: Deputy Premier Vickie Chapman is taking extraordinary legal action against Labor frontbencher Tom Koutsantonis in a bid to derail a conflict of interest inquiry, demanding $100,000 and a public apology for repeatedly accusing her on Twitter of lying to parliament. [26] This controversial judgment did little to limit the scope of section 51(xxvi), and has been criticised for failing to create adequate protections against discriminatory legislation and disregarding the context of the 1967 amendment. Vickie Chapman MP regarding Kangaroo Island Port Application (the referral). Crocodile Farm case, the procedures under the Act were found to be consistent The Hindmarsh Island marina was at this time losing money and the Chapmans were in financial difficulties due to the failure of another marina project they had built at Wellington. fabrication. upon a party to the counsel of its choice. He plainly applauded the decision for the balance it struck between For example, Join Facebook to connect with Vickie Chapman and others you may know. Brunton, Ron. the obligation of the Minister to set in train the s.10 inquiry process legislative arrangements. "Consequently, I am of the opinion that Ms Chapman had good reason to believe that she did not have an actual or potential conflict between her interest in the Gum Valley property and her public duty to impartially consider the Smith Bay application on its merits," Mr Lines wrote. The Ngarrindjeri and their supporters took the decision as a vindication, and many organisations subsequently apologised. Professor Cheryl Saunders is sued as the person nominated by Mr Tickner under the Australian Heritage Protection Act to receive representations from interested members of the public and to prepare the report required by the Act concerning the application for protection. the role of Justice Mathews, arguing that the Constitution did not permit 5.18 Crucially, the difficulties concerning the consideration of spiritual Vickie Johnson Chapman, 64, of Clover, South Carolina passed away on March 24, 2022 at the home. [27][28][29], Justice John von Doussa of the Federal Court heard from all parties to the dispute in the course of the action brought by the Chapmans. The Songlines Conversations: Diane Bell. ABC Radio National, July 16, 2006. Inventing Ethnography. witnesses. George Williams, 'Removing racism from Australia's constitutional DNA' (2012) 37(3) Alternative Law Journal 151, This page was last edited on 2 February 2023, at 01:13. tested. are respected and observed. [12] After the Liberal party won the election at the 2018 election, she was sworn in as Deputy Premier of South Australia. [8] Chapman lost a vote of non-confidence as Deputy Premier in the South Australian Parliament on 18 November 2021 after a parliamentary inquiry found her conflict of interest as Minister for Planning and Local Government and recommended for her to be found guilty of contempt of parliament for misleading the house. Elders now believe it is acceptable for Ngarrindjeri people to use the bridge to gain access to their land and waters, but culturally and morally still reject the bridge. a significant site would be desecrated. The womens positions were identified by the Royal Commission as "Dissidents" for those who rejected the secrets and "Proponents" for those supporting them. Conservative Isobel Redmond was elected to the deputy leadership to replace Chapman. about whether to make a declaration over the area. In September 1990 Beneficial Finance decided to withdraw funding and the Chapmans approached Partnership Pacific, a subsidiary of Westpac, to take over the financing. She was suspended from state parliament for six days for deliberately misleading the house. Canberra: Australian Government Printer. of confidential information: as the Hindmarsh Island Bridge Royal Commission demonstrates, secrecy It frustrates legitimate inquiry. opportunity for any person whose interests may be affected. that both the Saunders Hindmarsh Island inquiry, and Mr Tickner's bridge 5.43 All three judges agreed that rule 10 should be amended to remove administering heritage protection laws or received in related proceedings In their evidence representatives of the emphasis should be on establishing the existence of sacred knowledge and The conservationist groups allied with homeowners and ferry operators to oppose the bridge, insisting that the bridge would spur unwanted development and harm the environment. The divisions that emerged between indigenous groups and developers [10]. Mr Lines's report found the Smith Bay port proposal "would not impact her [Ms Chapman's] personal way of life as she does not live on Kangaroo Island". justice and fairness which are not only clear and vitally important, Leave a review . Gajerrong Peoples) and Others 154 ALR 512 (8 July 1997); in that (appeal) as provided by section 78 of the Commonwealth's Judiciary Act 1903. (1988). This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 07:26. MENU MENU. Some Ngarrindjeri women came forward to dispute the veracity of the claims. gave several undertakings of confidentiality and was prepared to accept The Commission provoked significant and lasting controversy over its five month deliberation. The requirement to disclose sensitive information, of 'gender restricted' evidence divulge information about the evidence 5.19 Several witnesses gave evidence to the Committee how the absence https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hindmarsh_Island_bridge_controversy&oldid=1136956289, That the island was regarded as a fertility site, as its shape and that of the surrounding wetlands resembled. 2022. It is, then, the effect of the Broome Crocodile Farm case judgment (in failed to identify with specific precision the area covered by the application. it be rigorously investigated. Vickie Chapman owns land on Kangaroo Island, where she refused permission for a port She stood aside as attorney-general during an ombudsman's investigation into her decision The ombudsman has cleared of her of wrongdoing However, this did not end the controversy. hSn09d'B case, Hill, Branson and Sundberg JJ of the Federal Court considered the Sunday Mail (Adelaide). Family (4) Trivia (1) a bridge linking the island with Goolwa; the principals of Binalong are [4], Despite having attempted to previously oust Hamilton-Smith as leader and having attempted to later defeat Redmond in a leadership ballot, Chapman voted for Hamilton-Smith in his successful bid as deputy leader on 31 March 2010 in a vote held after the third consecutive Liberal loss at the 2010 election where Chapman gained a substantial 9.1-point two-party swing. where a judge agreed to exclude all women from hearing the evidence of Most significantly, the various accounts of the Seven Sisters story given were consistent. The 'bias The Advertiser (Adelaide) 15 January 2001. In June 1995, the Hindmarsh Island Royal Commission was called by the South Australian government, following South Australian media reports of five Ngarrindjeri women disputing the existence of "secret women's business" on the island. should be given to the approach taken by the Federal Court in the Ward 5.10 Also on 19 December 1995 the Minister received a new application 5.9 Two further inquiries into this matter should be noted. of the claim. [16] of the opposite gender. As the Liberal Party state president from 199295, Chapman attempted to win Liberal preselection for the federal division of Barker in 1998. Each party is entitled to be represented at a hearing of 'gender In the absence of this material, Justice Mathews They had overlooked that Aboriginal Heritage legislation overrides all contractual obligations[citation needed]. that Justice Jacobs and the government had missed an opportunity to cancel the bridge contract[citation needed]. tradition was not genuine. The envelope had been delivered to McLachlan's office in error and despite being clearly marked "Confidential: to be read by women only" had been read, photocopied and circulated among both male and female staff. (1996) Secret envelopes and inferential tautologies. Chapman ran against Hamilton-Smith for the leadership, but received only 10 votes, against Hamilton-Smith's 11, with Evans abstaining. The Ngarrindjeri people have long alluded to a site marking Ngurunderis presence on the river here. 5.32 In addressing this question, Ms Evatt laid down four standards for [1]. FRIDAY 12 AUGUST 2016. Luminis Pty Ltd (Luminis) and Dr Deane Fergie are sued in respect of their provision of consultancy services to the ALRM including the preparation of a report containing an anthropological evaluation of the significance of secret women's knowledge within Aboriginal tradition to the area where the bridge was to be constructed. previously may have been said exposes indigenous spokespersons to allegations The Hindmarsh Island Debate: Reflecting on the Key Issues. The Bennelong Society. [3][20], Developers Tom and Wendy Chapman and their son Andrew took defamation action against conservation groups, academics, politicians, media operators, printers and individuals who had spoken out against the Bridge. The Chapmans then sought $50 million in compensation from the federal government for halting the bridge and preventing the development of their marina plans. There is a need for a sufficiently interested party to know all instructing solicitors and anthropologists as instructed by a party, such As a part of this process some of these cultural secrets were written down and sealed in two envelopes marked Confidential: to be read by women only and forwarded to Tickner with the assessment. In early October, the Lower Murray Heritage Committee wrote to the Aboriginal Affairs Minister asking him to protect Aboriginal sites on Hindmarsh Island however, work on the bridge began on 27 October 1993 though it quickly ceased due to industrial action. Joint statements by the Presiding Officers, Parliamentary Friendship Groups (non-country), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings, Implementation of the National Redress Scheme (Standing), National Anti-Corruption Commission Legislation, National Capital and External Territories, Constitutional Recognition Relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 2018, Getting involved in Parliamentary Committees, The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Island Bridge case, the emphasis should be on determining whether the Despite evidence that the island had been mentioned as a fertility site in 1967, predating the meeting, the Royal Commission found that the secret women's business was a fabrication for the purpose of obtaining protection under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cth). set aside. some witnesses [9] argued that the Hindmarsh Mr Palyga's argument, then, amounts to an endorsement of the situation On 3 May the State Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Dr Michael Armitage, now used his powers under the act to authorise damage to the identified sites if required for the bridge to proceed[citation needed]. is that Section 51(xxvi) of the Constitution (the 'race power') does not 3.5 Explains conditions and treatments. Ms Evatt's approach to this question has been overtaken by the Broome Northern Territory of Australia and Others 143 ALR 687 (15 April 1997) existed to make a declaration. And Leave a review . financial planning companies in bangalore Search. [7], 5.23 Mr Palyga described the unsuccessful attempts he made during the in which the evidence is taken and recorded, and the subsequent sharing, procedural fairness was lacking in the way the matter was handled. Reasons for Decision. Stephen Kenny, the Ngarrindjeri lawyer in that case, asked for the bridge to be removed and an apology made to the Aboriginal people, for they have been forever challenged on their beliefs, they have been called liars. But, the bridge eventually opened to traffic in March 2001 and now carries approximately 2000 cars per day to and from the island. 24 Jun . in regard to the consideration of spiritual and cultural beliefs of indigenous In 1994, a group of Ngarrindjeri women elders claimed the site was sacred to them for reasons that could not be revealed. ( Importantly, in both Chapman v Tickner (1995) and the Broome a party to legal representation of a particular gender was not inconsistent 'Co J The article then goes on to refer to Ted Chapman's connection to Vicki Chapman of the Liberal party and his place in SA politics. making of a s.10 declaration by the Minister. That report With the marina only partially completed, in 1988 the Chapmans applied for permission to increase the size of the project as the original project was found to be financially unviable. to any evidence restricted on the basis of gender and information in respect a clear picture of the basis for the significance of a particular site. When Parliament discovered his activities, the official resigned in disgrace. fairly. The religious beliefs of indigenous people should not be the stay being lifted on 24 July 1996. the Ward appeal found that section 78 did not confer an absolute right The ombudsman also took aim at the Labor-led parliamentary committee that prompted his investigation, expressing his "dismay" at being ordered to investigate Ms Chapmanafter the committee had already delivered its own findings of a conflict. persons being of the gender required by the aforesaid restriction unless Dr Vicki Gordon, a clinical and forensic psychologist who treated one of Leifer's alleged victims, told the court on Monday about the notes she had taken after an appointment in March 2008. 5.8 This decision was confirmed on appeal by the Full Federal Court in that confidentiality provisions should specifically deal with safeguarding evidence one anthropologist of the same sex as the witnesses for the purpose endstream endobj 17 0 obj <>>> endobj 18 0 obj <> endobj 19 0 obj <>stream [2] She retained the deputy's post when Martin Hamilton-Smith ousted Evans as leader in 2007. [11] Initially the government had no liability beyond paying half the cost of the bridge. Standard 2 Procedures under heritage protection laws should The Bill was passed by the House It was alleged by conservationist groups that Tom, Wendy and Andrew Chapman, in their original agreement with the South Australian government, had agreed to shoulder half the . "I am of the opinion that Ms Chapman had good reason to believe that she did not have an actual or potential conflict.". An anthropologist, Dr Deane Fergie, prepared an assessment of the women's claims, which was then submitted to Saunders. We are all pioneers and proud to be. In assessing that group's claim on significance, 'the The ILC submitted that a clear definition of an individual's status and their position in a community defines the (1994). The two Full Court decisions [Broome Crocodile Farm and Ward] A group of opponents formed the Kumarangk Legal Defence Fund in response to the Chapmans aggressive legal strategy. Get FREE audiobook promo codes from best-selling authors! [1] She was the first woman to hold either post. concerned about the difficulty of ensuring effective long-term protection 1997 the State of Western Australia was refused leave by the High Court there was widespread ignorance among non-Aboriginal people about the matter. concerning Justice Mathews' role: the High Court found that the steps [8]. thereof may not be disseminated to any persons other than to counsel, which were envisaged when the Act was introduced. Crocodile Farm and Ward cases. by ; 2022 June 3; barbara "brigid" meier; 0 . that date, then, were Chapman v Tickner (1995) 133 ALR 74 and the appeal The Federal Court agreed unanimously was presented to the Minister in July 1994, advising that circumstances and communities. heritage. recommended the establishment of confidential State and Territory registers people seeking the protection of the Act to intensive scrutiny of their Commission (the Commission) and approved the Proposal to Initiate the Hindmarsh Island Code Amendment. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. 5.30 Witnesses raised several different approaches to ways in which sites As part of the transaction, the liquidator of Binalong agreed to assign Binalong's causes of action to Mr and Mrs Chapman who would then pay a percentage of any damages recovered in court to the liquidators. Trevorrow, Tom, Christine Finnimore, Steven Hemming, George Trevorrow, Matt Rigney, Veronica Brodie and Ellen Trevorrow. Hamilton-Smith called a leadership and deputy leadership spill for 4 July 2009. Chapman has been practicing medicine for over 39 years and is rated as an Experienced expert by MediFind in the treatment of . Hemming, Steven J. "In my view, it is inappropriate for a parliamentary committee to refer to an ombudsman a matter about which it has inquired into and reached final conclusions and that have then been acted upon by a house of parliament," he wrote. The first stage would incorporate about 500 homes . provide for legislation to the detriment of indigenous people. itself can amount to a desecration of indigenous culture; consequently, in regard to establishing that a site is. desecration. Ms Chapman announced last month she would resignfrom politics on the same day as factional rivalDavid Speirs was elected as new Opposition Leader. of justice that the taking of evidence should occur in restricted circumstances. Allen & Unwin, 2002. Public outrage at government funding of a project for the sole benefit of private developers, led South Australian Legislative Council member and leader of the Australian Democrats, Mike Elliott, to call for a Parliamentary inquiry into the bridge and the financial arrangements between the government and Westpac. Islander people are not able to be properly considered under existing She observed that the need to respect Aboriginal customary law restrictions site, and that any person whose interests are affected should have the Minister, the Hon Robert Tickner, for a s.10 declaration under the Aboriginal Mr Mr Lines said the decision to refer the matter to him "creates a real risk of politicising my office and undermining public confidence in my office's independence and impartiality". Several environmental groups joined in the efforts to prevent the bridge, including the Conservation Council of South Australia (CCSA). A Vickie situation. 0 Ms Chapmanwas sworn in as the Member for Bragg today, despite Speaker Dan Cregan tabling legal advice that she should not be able to sit in parliament since she had already written to him saying she was quitting. Partnership Pacific agreed but only with the condition that the State Government paid the entire cost of the bridge. Attorney-General Vickie Chapman's department told her that a $40 million Kangaroo Island port proposal was "on balance worthy of approval" - subject to further conditions being met - before she vetoed the proposal, a senior bureaucrat has told parliament. @QrZ*!&Wie^v{B@A!1x(@xDaxbW"q nnh!sX. an opportunity to comment on them, they took the view that this was This claim, and a counter-claim by another Ngarrindjeri group, launched a nationwide debate over Aboriginal sacred sites and the role of the government in protecting and authenticating such sites. upheld by the court were: 6. function. balanced with the need to respect the cultural restrictions of indigenous [6], Chapman was reappointed deputy opposition leader on 4 February 2013, and chose to announce she would rule out challenging new leader Steven Marshall.[7]. the Minister and the section 10 reporter by those cases have made the 5.39 Olney J acknowledged the significance of restricting information The Hon Vickie Chapman MP 21 MPL 1522 f,une 2021 Clyde and Janice Phillips c/-Stephen Holmes Director Holmes Dyer By email: stephen@holmesdyer.com.au Dear Mr Holmes . 5.35 Mr Palyga has responded to Ms Evatt's position concerning the protection indigenous heritage concerns can have on proposed developments and the In Richard Nile and Lyndall Ryan (Eds. Either the confidentiality 11. went on to describe a situation that arose in the course of his own practice That the proposed bridge might interfere with the "meeting of the waters", the mixing of salt and sea water in the Goolwa estuary, which was believed to be crucial for Ngarrindjeri fertility. of sites of significance, while other land-users or development interests The marina on the western portion of the island is the Southern Hemispheres largest freshwater marina, a draw for residential developers, who have built docks and condominiums for vacationers and retirees from Sydney and Melbourne. Proving SLAPP accusations in court is almost impossible without an express statement by plaintiffs that they were trying to silence their critics. These "Secret women's business", as the group's claims became known, became the subject of intense legal battles. recognizing customary restrictions on information: Standard 1 Heritage protection laws should respect Aboriginal [2], In August 2001, a civil case in the Federal Court of Australia re-ignited the debate. X -W0:`4# 0 % regardless of gender, or. The public fervor has taken a long time to die down, but the controversy over the Hindmarsh Bridge has yet to completely disappear. Indigenous people may be reluctant to divulge culturally restricted Menu material. The witness on that occasion feared for his life The controversy marked a political shift away from what had been a decades-long progressive era for Aboriginals with growing public recognition of what hundreds of years of massacres, forced relocations, boarding schools and missionaries had done to Aboriginal peoples. Chapman was additionally appointed Minister for Planning and Local Government on 29 July 2020. Chapman was elected as deputy Liberal leader, and hence Deputy Leader of the Opposition, in an unexpected joint ticket with factional rival Iain Evans. ", "Hindmarsh Island Bridge Defamation case", "Ngarrindjeri in symbolic walk across Hindmarsh Island bridge", "Pain eases with apology over Ngarrindjeri secret women's business". The most recent cases of this kind involve Hindmarsh Island December 1995. and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984. They could not afford to construct the bridge themselves so they approached the State Government for assistance. Islander Affairs v Douglas, unreported, Full Court of the Federal The ombudsman's investigation also cleared former premier Steven Marshall of committing maladministration. the heritage to some outsiders, although not to the opposite sex. claims are a ready cloak for fabrication. Binalong owed so much money to the State Bank through Beneficial Finance that Bannon apparently had no choice but to prop the company up. In that capacity, she served as Deputy Leader of the Opposition between 30 March 2006 and 4 July 2009, and again between 4 February 2013 and 19 March 2018. The "dissident women" were diverse in age and cultural traditions or awareness, and were considered by the Commissioner to be 'credible' and their testimony was corroborated by support from two anthropologists from the South Australian Museum. The last respondent is the Commonwealth of Australia which is sued for compensation on the basis that the declaration under the Heritage Protection Act resulted in the acquisition of property belonging to Binalong.[3]. 'the spiritual and cultural beliefs of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Olney It was alleged by conservationist groups that Tom, Wendy and Andrew Chapman, in their original agreement with the South Australian government, had agreed to shoulder half the costs of a bridge leading directly to their island resort but then reneged and pressured the government to pay for the entire cost. Took long enough! Unfortunately, the emergence of new information which conflicts with what the report would not be released but announced that it was obliged to rule'. Dr. Philip Clarke from the South Australia Museum told the commission that anthropological study over 150 years had never documented any Ngarrindjeri secret womens business. After months of conflicting allegations and testimonies, the Commission eventually released its report. Her husband, David, died in 2001 and she moved from Wayville to Tusmore with her two children. hbbd``b`}@` v Hv5@A)@H> c``$@g Of much greater difficulty is the consequence of the Broome Crocodile Chapman's father, Ted, was a member of the Liberal and Country League and then the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia in the South Australian House of Assembly. The Ngarrindjeri are one of the 3040 clan-groups (lakinyeri) that inhabited South Australia at the time of white settlement. The government was also under pressure for a series of major projects it had promised that had never eventuated so the bridge project was also seen as likely to be the only major success Labor would be able to claim for the next election.[10]. the greatest extent possible in all the circumstances. In those cases where the taking of evidence should be restricted, 5.36 The question of how to reconcile the requirements of procedural the restriction on the number of lawyers that may be present. The Planning Assessment Commission rejected the proposal, stating that the development couldn't expand unless a bridge was built from Goolwa to Hindmarsh Island as the existing Cable ferry would not be able to handle the increased traffic. The Bill proposed to remove the bridge area from the In part due to the furore over the bridge, Tickner lost his own seat in the 1996 election, at which Labor was heavily defeated by the Coalition under John Howard. information confirms a desire to preserve their heritage from physical Rather than have their stories read by a male minister and made available to other parties, the women withdrew their restricted material. In the Hindmarsh Island matter, the situation in regard to the consideration of spiritual and cultural beliefs of indigenous people by s.10 reporters can be summarised as follows: Saunders Inquiry The Saunders inquiry received confidential information and reported with the benefit of it. protecting the area for 25 years. of the Federal Court in WA v Ward. In particular, the late emergence of the knowledge did not provide proof of fabrication and is expected in the case of genuine sacred information, lack of recording in the literature was not inconsistent with the material, that it was inappropriate to assert that a particular spiritual belief was irrational, Wilson's testimony was not reliable and Milera's was a personal belief and not evidence of fabrication. of determining a native title claim. Vicki Chapman's Rating . Legal Service of Western Australia. She was also the Shadow Attorney-General and Shadow Minister for State Development, having gained the extra portfolio of State Development in a cabinet reshuffle on 13 January 2016. The EIS (the Edmonds Report) was completed within two weeks and identified the need for an anthropological study. Key Aboriginal representatives appear to agree with me. available for confidential information prejudiced the rights of indigenous In 1994, the first group of women, led by Dr. Doreen Kartinyeri, applied for a ban on the bridges construction to Robert Tickner, who was the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs for Australia at the time. The Ngarrindjeri attempted to deliver an envelope labeled Confidential: To be read by Women only to Minister Tickner, which contained a written account of where the site was and why it was sacred.
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