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Regional consultations

As part of the domestic preparations for the WCAR, a series of Community Consultations were undertaken in capital cities and regional centres around Australia throughout June and July 2001.

Public consultations were held in the following centres and meeting notes for each are available:

Adelaide SA - 29 June
German Club

Alice Springs NT - 27 June
Red Centre Resort

Brisbane Queensland - 18 July
Sherwood Room, Brisbane City Hall

Broome WA - 15 June
Tropicana Hotel

Cairns Queensland - 16 July
Civic Reception Room, Cairns City Council Chambers

Canberra ACT - 31 July
Canberra Museum and Gallery

Darwin NT - 25 June
NT House

Hobart Tasmania - 3 July
Vista Hotel

Kalgoorlie WA - 15 June
Graduates' Hall, Curtin University

Melbourne Victoria - 5 July
YWCA Conference Centre

Newcastle NSW - 27 July
Newcastle City Hall

Orange NSW - 24 July
Apple City International Motor Inn

Parramatta NSW - 20 July
Carlton Crest Hotel

Perth WA - 13 June
Aboriginal Advancement Centre

Sale Victoria - 25 June
convened by the Victorian Equal Opportunity Commission
Adult Community Education Service

Focus group consultations

In addition to consultations to which the general public was invited, a number of more targeted consultations were convened as follows:

Adelaide SA youth consultation - 10 April
undertaken by Cross Cultural Links, Youth Affairs Council of SA

Melbourne Victoria Indigenous community consultation - 16 July
Aborigines Advancement League

NSW immigrant and refugee women's consultations - 27 June, 2, 16 & 26 July
conducted by the Sex Discrimination Unit, HREOC

Perth Youth Forum - 11 July
prepared by the Ethnic Communities Council WA Youth Committee

Sydney Youth Forum - 16 July
conducted by a working group of young people at NSW Parliament House

Western NSW Indigenous women's consultations - 24, 26 and 28 July
conducted by the Sex Discrimination Unit, HREOC
Wilcannia, Brewarrina and Walgett