Victorian Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
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The Victorian Minister for Aboriginal Affairs is a ministerial position currently held by the Hon. Jeanette Powell
MLA. The portfolio's responsibilities include: giving funding to Aboriginal
community groups, administering general programs targeted at Aborigines (e.g. health
, education
, justice
), overseeing and administering Aboriginal communities and overseeing Aboriginal infrastructure programs.
Jeanette Powell
Elizabeth Powell is the Nationals Member for Shepparton in the Victorian Parliament.Powell was born in Prescot, England and emigrated to Australia as a child...
MLA. The portfolio's responsibilities include: giving funding to Aboriginal
Australian Aborigines
Australian Aborigines , also called Aboriginal Australians, from the latin ab originem , are people who are indigenous to most of the Australian continentthat is, to mainland Australia and the island of Tasmania...
community groups, administering general programs targeted at Aborigines (e.g. health
Health
Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain...
, education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, justice
Justice
Justice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics; justice is the act of being just and/or fair.-Concept of justice:...
), overseeing and administering Aboriginal communities and overseeing Aboriginal infrastructure programs.