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Aboriginal Advisory Panel

The Port Adelaide Enfield Council's Aboriginal Advisory Panel was established to provide advice and direction to Council regarding cultural and policy decisions and ensure that Council is kept aware of the current needs and concerns of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. Current membership of the Panel includes Aboriginal community representatives, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community organisation representatives, local Kaurna Elders and Elected Members of Council as follows:

Voting Members

Michael O' Brien Community Representative
Kym Wills Community Representative
Rodney O'BrienKura Yerlo Inc.
Jasmine Tonkin Community Representative
Alex Houthuysen St Johns Youth Services (Deputy Chairperson)
Tina Quitadamo Community Representative
Lisa Warner Community Representative 
Diane Grose Elder Representative
Pat Waria-Read Elder Representative
Vicki Hartman Tauondi Aboriginal College
Susie DixonCommunity Representative (Chairperson)

Elected Members

Mayor Claire Boan
Cr Vanessa Tulloch
Cr Steve Vines

Council Staff

Rikki Wilson Aboriginal Community Development Officer
Kylie Fergusen            Director Community Development
Theresa Brown Community and Cultural Development Leader

The Aboriginal Advisory Panel meets on a six weekly basis. 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 directed any queries to our Aboriginal Community Development Officer on (08) 8405 6600 or by email service@cityofpae.sa.gov.au

Aboriginal Advisory Panel Terms of Reference (PDF, 137.64 KB)

"We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the land on which we stand, the Kaurna People of the Adelaide Plains. It is upon their ancestral lands that the Port Adelaide Enfield Council meets. It is also the Place of the Kardi, the Emu, whose story travels from the coast inland. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We respect their spiritual beliefs and connections to land which are of continuing importance to the living Kaurna People of today. We further acknowledge the contributions and important role that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to play within our shared community."