The Aboriginal Advisory Panel makes sure that First Nations Peoples are heard at the City of PAE.
About the panel
The Port Adelaide Enfield Council's Aboriginal Advisory Panel was established to provide advice and direction to council about cultural and policy decisions and to ensure that we are working to address the current interests, needs and concerns of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
Meet the Aboriginal Advisory Panel
The Aboriginal Advisory Panel comprises four Agency Representatives, four Community Representatives, one Elder and one Youth Representative (a person under 25 years).
The current Aboriginal Advisory Panel Members are:
- Patricia Waria-Read – Community Representative / Elder
- Diana Grose – Community Representative / Elder
- Susan Dixon – Community Representative
- Michael O’Brien – Community Representative and Kaurna Language Representative
- Tina Quitadamo – Agency Representative for Department for Education
- Jasmine Tonkin – Community Representative
- Vicki Hartman – Community Representative
- Lisa Warner – Agency Representative for Legal Services SA
- Kym Wills – Agency Representative for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- Mary-Anne Lovegrove – Agency Representative for Kura Yerlo Inc.
- Danielle Rigney – Agency Representative for Tauondi Aboriginal College
- Margaret Brodie – Community Representative / Elder
Contact or join the panel
The Aboriginal Advisory Panel meets every six weeks. If you would like to become a member of the Aboriginal Advisory Panel, or raise Aboriginal community concerns or solutions to be addressed by the panel, please call us on 8405 6600 or send an email to service@cityofpae.sa.gov.au
Aboriginal Advisory Panel Achievements
Since forming in 2002, the panel has worked to develop links between council and the Aboriginal community, and promoted and enhanced the profile of the Aboriginal community in PAE.
The Aboriginal Advisory Panel has been integral to the creation of a shared vision for Yitpi Yartapuultiku, the new Aboriginal Cultural Centre that we are building in the heart of Port Adelaide.
