ABC News
Mon, 7 Aug 2000 8:56 AEST
Olympic organisers
guarantee no Aboriginal
protests
Sydney's Olympic Games Committee has
confirmed they have a deal with the operators of
an Aboriginal cultural centre not to stage protests
at the venue during the games.
The centre, at the main games precinct at
Homebush Bay, is funded by both the New South
Wales Government and the Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Commission.
A spokesman for the Games organisers says there
are "special conditions" attached to the contract to
run the centre that it only be used as a showcase
of arts and crafts.
The centre might be closed down if organisers or
the Government deem it is being used for
purposes outside of the agreement.
The chairwoman of SOCOG's Indigenous Advisory
Committee, Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue, says
Aboriginal protesters would be removed from the
Indigenous Arts Centre at Sydney's Olympic Park.
Dr O'Donoghue says anyone using the centre to
protest would be acting against the centre's
purpose and in breach of its contract.
"Well they'd be removed, I'm pretty sure of that,"
she said.
"This is a site for showcasing Aboriginal arts and
crafts, there are other venues for people to do that
[protest], obviously the contract...would indicate
that."
� 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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