Administrative bungle to delay appointment of permanent NT Treaty Commissioner

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Chief Minister Michael Gunner has reassured Territorians the Treaty process remains on track despite the Northern Territory being without a commissioner since June.

Professor Dodson resigned in June after Sky News Australia revealed he had been accused of verbally abusing Aboriginal women at events in Darwin and Alice Springs.

It has been unable to appoint a permanent replacement because the Treaty Commissioner Act was written specifically for Professor Dodson. Chief Minister Michael Gunner says the Treaty process was still on track despite the Northern Territory being without a commissioner since June 11. Picture: Che Chorley

“It would be fair to say we might, if we had time, revisit those sorts of things. It is the Act, we’re working to the Act,” he said.“I think there was a body of work that was meant to happen over essentially a couple of years and then a step change in how we handled Treaty, that got interrupted and we’ve got to complete the dots.”The government now faces a race against time to appoint an acting commissioner or risk being in breach of the Act.

 

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