Statewide Treaty Act 2025
80Purpose of engagement hearing
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80 Purpose of engagement hearing
(1) The purpose of an engagement hearing with Ministers and Secretaries is to enable the First Peoples' Assembly to ask Ministers and Secretaries questions about the priorities, operations, expenditure and budget of the Department for which that Minister or Secretary is responsible, to the extent of that responsibility, as they affect—
(a) the health, welfare or education of First Peoples; or
(b) the structure, organisation and efficiency of the Department as they relate to matters affecting First Peoples and the ways in which those areas may be enhanced; or
(c) any other matter agreed between the First Peoples' Assembly and the Premier.
(2) The purpose of an engagement hearing with the Chief Commissioner of Police is to enable the First Peoples' Assembly to ask the Chief Commissioner of Police questions about the priorities, expenditure and budget of Victoria Police as they affect—
(a) the health, welfare or education of First Peoples; or
(b) the structure, organisation and efficiency of Victoria Police as they relate to matters affecting First Peoples and the ways in which those areas may be enhanced; or
(c) any other matter agreed between the First Peoples' Assembly and the Premier.