Commonwealth act

States Grants (Aboriginal Advancement) Act 1972

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

99 of 1972

Collection

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Plain English Summary

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The States Grants (Aboriginal Advancement) Act 1972 authorises the Commonwealth to make financial grants to State governments to support programs aimed at the advancement of Aboriginal Australians. It operates as an enabling funding mechanism—channelling federal money through States for initiatives (e.g. housing, health, education) and represents an early, practical use of Commonwealth powers after the 1967 referendum to improve conditions for Aboriginal people.

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States Grants (Aboriginal Advancement)

No. 99 of 1972

An Act to grant Financial Assistance to the States in connexion with the Welfare and Advancement of the Aboriginal People of Australia.

[Assented to 26 October 1972]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Aboriginal Advancement) Act 1972.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Grants of financial assistance to States.

3.—(1.) There is payable, during the year that commenced on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-two, to each State, for the purpose of financial assistance in connexion with the welfare and advancement of the Aboriginal people of Australia living in that State, amounts not exceeding in the whole the amount specified in the Schedule to this Act opposite to the name of that State.

(2.) The grant of financial assistance to a State under this Act is subject to the following conditions:—

(a) that each amount paid to a State under this Act will be applied by the State, in a manner and within a time approved by the Minister, for the purposes of expenditure in connexion with the welfare or advancement of Aboriginal people of Australia living in that State; and

(b) that, if the Minister informs the Treasurer of that State that he is satisfied that the State has failed, in respect of an amount paid to the State under this Act, to fulfil the condition referred to in the last preceding paragraph, the State will repay that amount to the Commonwealth.

Payments to be made out of Trust Account.

4. A payment to a State under this Act shall be made out of the Aboriginal Advancement Trust Account established under section 62a of the Audit Act 1901–1969.

THE SCHEDULE Section 3(1.).

	$
New South Wales...........................	3,720,000
Victoria.................................	670,000
Queensland...............................	4,790,000
South Australia............................	1,270,000
Western Australia...........................	3,960,000
Tasmania................................	90,000

	14,500,000

Source text

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