Shire President Aindil Minkom, Deputy President Isa Minkom, and elected members Azah Badlu and Osman Sloan, Chief Executive Officer Frank Mills, and Ibrahim Macrae our Governance, Planning and Risk Manager travelled to Canberra in early July for meetings with several Ministers and Senators.
Meetings attended - the Hon Kristy McBain - Minister for Territories, the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy – Senator for the NT and Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Matt Thistlethwaite - Assistant Minister for Defence, Marion Scrymgour MP – Member for Lingiari and as a guest of the Northern Territory LGA Roundtable Senator the Hon Murray Watt – Minister for Emergency Management, The Hon Catherine King MP – Minister for Infrastructure, the Hon Linda Burney MP – Minister for Indigenous Australians.
Our receptions by the Ministers were much warmer than the weather and our discussions were very forthright discussions about a range of issues including government funding, legacy waste management, social housing on Home Island, CHRMAP, rising sea levels, flood mitigation and a UN delegation to visit Cocos.
How nice it is to have them back on Cocos and experience some warm weather again.
