Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council Annual Report 2012 –2013 Cover image: Mary’s Bay looking towards Summercloud Bay © Commonwealth of Australia 2014 ISSN 1832–5181 The contents of this Annual Report and Statement of Accounts are protected by the provisions of the Copyright Act, 1968. The document is produced solely for the purposes of reporting to its members and as required by law and the report or any part of this report must not be reproduced or published without the express written permission of the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council. Address: Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council Administration Building 5 Bunaan Close WRECK BAY JBT 2540 Publisher: Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council Designer: LG2 designers Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council Annual Report 2012–2013 iii iv Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council Annual Report 2012–2013 Contents Statements vi Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council 1 Our Vision 1 Our Goals 1 Overview 2 Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council 3 Membership 3 Land Ownership/Management 7 Functions 8 Wreck Bay Village 9 Wreck Bay Community 9 Timeline 10 Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council 11 Board Members 16 Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council 17 Board Meetings 1st July 2011 to 30th June 2012 22 WBACC Report 24 Chairman’s Report 25 The year in retrospect 25 Governance 25 Community Service 26 Land Management 27 The Way Ahead 28 Chief Executive Officer’s Report 29 Funding Grants and other income 30 Contracts 31 Further Operational Activities with the Community 31 Compliance 32 The Future 32 Organisational Chart 33 WBACC Operations Report 34 Program Outcome Statement 34 Performance reporting 34 Administration 35 Governance 36 Commonwealth Disability Strategy 38 Land Matters 38 Environmental Impact Management 39 Occupational Health and Safety 40 Community Programs 42 Community Liaison Function 42 Training 43 Centrelink Agency 43 Jervis Bay Territory Networking 43 General Meetings of the WBACC 43 Audit Committee 44 Operational Activities 2012-2013 Financial Year 45 Wreck Bay Contract Services 45 Overview of Operational Activities 2012–2013 46 WBACC 50 WBEL 88 Compliance Index 112 Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council Annual Report 2012–2013 v Statements Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council Our Vision Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community seeks to be a respected equal and valued part of a culturally diverse Australian society. By controlling and managing its own land and waters, the Community aims to become self-sufficient and able to freely determine its future and lifestyle. The Community desires to do this by protecting its interests and values while preserving for future generations its unique Identity, Heritage and Culture. Our Goals To achieve this vision, Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council’s goals are: h Sole Ownership of all lands and waters within Jervis Bay Territory; h Sole management of its freehold land and waters; allowing for Community responsibility, empowerment and self determination; h Sole representation of all Community’s united and democratically agreed interests at all levels of Government and in all external dealings; so as to protect Community members’ rights; h Environmentally sustainable development to allow a productive economic base for the Community by managing Booderee as an ongoing Park; the Community seeks to protect the land and water while earning income, creating jobs and achieving financial security; h Social and cultural development linked with appropriate cultural training and education, to improve Community empowerment and management, security and wellbeing; while preserving Community values; h Improve health, housing and living standards to levels at least comparable with good practice in other Australian communities; and h Recognition and support from the wider Australian community and Government; to achieve these worthwhile and positive goals. Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council Annual Report 2012–2013 1 Overview Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council The Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council (WBACC) is an incorporated statutory body which was established by the Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986 (Land Grant Act), which is Australian Government legislation and falls within the Ministerial responsibilities of the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Minister for Disability Reform. The Council commenced operations in March 1987 and is currently in its twenty sixth year of operation. Membership At the time of this report there are 331 Registered Members of the WBACC. JANELLE ALI TEESHA ARCHIBALD AIMEE ARDLER ALINTA ARDLER AMANDA ARDLER ANTHONY ARDLER ATHOL ARDLER BEVERLEY ARDLER BRADLEY ARDLER CRAIG ARDLER DILLAN JAMES ARDLER ELIJAH ARDLER ERIC ARDLER JNR ERIC ARDLER SNR ERICA ARDLER GERALDINE ARDLER IVERN ARDLER JAMAHL ARDLER JOEANNA ARDLER JOEL ARDLER JOSH ARDLER KAIN ARDLER KAREN ARDLER KARLIE-JOY ARDLER KEVIN ARDLER LANE ARDLER LEAH ARDLER LEIGH ARDLER LISA ARDLER LORRAINE ARDLER MIAMBA ARDLER PAUL ARDLER PAUL ARDLER JNR REUBEN ARDLER JNR REUBEN ARDLER SNR RICHARD ARDLER RICK ARDLER SUSAN ARDLER TANYA ARDLER TERRENCE ARDLER THERESA ARDLER VIRGINIA ARDLER WAYNE ARDLER KYLE ARDLER-LINDSAY KEIRAN ASSHETON-STEWART HELEN BARRINGTON CHERYL BASSINDER SANDRA BLOXSOME Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council Annual Report 2012–2013 3 ANNETTE BROWN ASHLEIGH BROWN CHRISTINE BROWN DAEN BROWN DARREN BROWN DARYLL BROWN EVONNE BROWN FRANCES BROWN GAIL BROWN GARY BROWN GEORGE BROWN JNR GEORGE BROWN SNR GRAEME BROWN HAROLD BROWN JACKSON BROWN JACOB BROWN JANNINE BROWN JASMIN BROWN JEREMIAH BROWN JOHN M BROWN JOHN P BROWN JOSEPH G BROWN JOSEPH T BROWN JUSTINE BROWN KEIRON BROWN KENNY BROWN KEVIN BROWN KRISTY BROWN KYLE BROWN LEON BROWN LESLIE BROWN LYNETTE BROWN MARGARET BROWN MAXINE BROWN MEGAN BROWN MELISSA BROWN MORGAN BROWN PATRICIA BROWN PHILLIP BROWN RHONDA BROWN RUSSELL BROWN SANDIE-LEE BROWN SHAYNE BROWN SHERYN BROWN SIMON BROWN STANLEY BROWN STEVEN J BROWN STEVEN BROWN SUE-ANN BROWN SYLVIA BROWN TERRENCE BROWN THOMAS BROWN JNR THOMAS BROWN SNR TRACEY BROWN VERA BROWN VIDA BROWN JNR VIDA BROWN SNR WENDY BROWN WILLIAM BROWN VERONICA BROWN-ROBERTS GORDON CAMPBELL EILEEN CARBERRY ANDREW CARTER ANTHEA CARTER DAVID CARTER JANICE CARTER JEAN CARTER MARIE CARTER NICHOLAS CARTER PEGGY CARTER SALLY CARTER SAMANTHA CARTER TONY CARTER WILLIAM CARTER JNR WILLIAM CARTER ANTHONY CHARLES PHILLIP CHARLES ROSLYN CRUICKSHANK RUTH DANE KENNY DANN PAULINE DELAUNEY LOCHLAN DICKSON DOUGLAS DIXON KEVIN DIXON PAMELA DIXON RICHARD DIXON STANLEY DIXON BILLY DUPAK-MOORE KAY ELLA IRENE ELLIS ANNALISE FOSTER JUDY FOSTER LESLEY FOSTER MATTHEW FOSTER NATALIE FOSTER PHYLLIS FOSTER 4 Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council Annual Report 2012–2013 CLIVE FREEMAN JNR JULIE FREEMAN MARKEETA FREEMAN CERRINA FREEMAN-MCDONALD COREY GREEN JASON GREEN TROY GREEN ADAM HAMPTON EILEEN HAMPTON ERIN HAMPTON NEVILLE HAMPTON JNR NEVILLE HAMPTON SNR SHANA HAMPTON WILLIAM HAMPTON ELIZABETH HOSKINS FIONA HYLAND KERRY JANSEN MARGARET JOHNSON JANICE KELLY COREY KUMAR-WILLIAMS KRISTIKA KUMAR-WILLIAMS ANGIE LONESBOROUGH NICKOLE LONESBOROUGH PHILLIP LONESBOROUGH PHILLIP LONGBOTTOM JOHN MARKS ROBYN MARKS BRYA MARTIN NATHAN MARTIN JAMES MCKENZIE SARAH MCKENZIE ANGELINA MCLEOD ARTHUR MCLEOD BERNARD MCLEOD BRETT MCLEOD CAROLINE MCLEOD DALE MCLEOD DARREN MCLEOD DEAN J MCLEOD DONNA MCLEOD EILEEN MCLEOD ELAINE MCLEOD JNR ELAINE MCLEOD SNR GAVIN MCLEOD GRACE MCLEOD IAN B MCLEOD IAN K MCLEOD IRIS MCLEOD ISAAC MCLEOD JEFFREY MCLEOD KAYA MCLEOD KAYLENE MCLEOD KYLIE MCLEOD LESLIE 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