ABS Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Publication To Be Presented To ATSIC April 26, 2000 Media Alert..... News Diary Event..... Tomorrow ABS ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PUBLICATION TO BE PRESENTED TO ATSIC AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE LAUNCH The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will present the publication Housing and Infrastructure in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities, Australia (Cat. No. 4710.0) to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission during a launch at the Mural Hall, Parliament House tomorrow. Senator John Herron, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, will give the keynote address. The publication presents results from the National Community Housing and Infrastructure Needs Survey conducted from August 1999 to October 1999. It contains summary information on the infrastructure of all discrete Indigenous communities such as water, electricity, sewerage, drainage, solid waste, transport, communication, education, health, and community facilities. It also includes information at the National and State levels. Order of Events: 10:40: Guests arrive at the Mural Hall. 11:00: Deputy Australian Statistician Tim Skinner welcomes guests and presents Housing and Infrastructure in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities, Australia to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. 11:20: ATSIC representative responds. 11:25: Senator Herron addresses guests. 11:35: Tim Skinner invites guests to view displays and take refreshments. 12:00 Conclusion This advice is being sent to all bureaus in the federal Parliamentary Press Gallery. -- _________________________________ Truth is a pathless land. --- Krishnamurti ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
