Update No. 3 of 2009 - 2010: 20 November 2009
Report on Asset Stripping in Communities!!
APY has received the Investigator’s preliminary report in relation to complaints of asset stripping from some communities.
In one case, several items of equipment were removed from a community without consultation. As a result of the investigation, the NGO which removed the items contacted the community to discuss the matter and the equipment is on its way back to the community.
APY has received a number of complaints from communities about asset stripping. The complaints are of two kinds.
First, vehicles and other assets are being taken by NGOs.
Second, government departments and NGOs are trying to take over houses and buildings without obtaining tenure from APY and ignoring the interests of the traditional owners.
FaHCSIA and the Special Administrator of AP Services arranged a meeting for Chairpersons, called an AP Services Advisory Committee meeting on Wednesday 7 October 2009, the same day as the APY Executive Board meeting. Doing this was a gross disrespect to the elected governance of the APY Lands. Chairpersons on the APY Executive Board were made to choose and take sides which meeting they would attend. They chose to attend the APY Executive Board meeting.
Solicitors acting for APY (Finlaysons) have given notice to the Special Administrator of AP Services that they must:
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