Talk:Jim Petrich

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19880803

[1], Cosmo James (Jim) Petrich, son of Cosmo James (Ron) Petrich, married to Wendy Daphne O'Neill Driscol, have a son, Cosmo James (CJ) Petrich in Darwin

19910000

Hansard JOINT COMMITTEE ON NATIVE TITLE AND THE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND FUND in Cairns Jim Petrich comes to Cairns/ North Queensland

199xx-xx

Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health Queensland Chairperson Executive Director of Cattleman's Union

19940804

[Hansard JOINT COMMITTEE ON NATIVE TITLE AND THE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND FUND in Cairns The Heads of Agreement was actually a result of Mabo 2, so they go back a fair while. In fact, the initial discussions took place on 4 August 1994 in Coen. I chaired the second part of the meeting. In fact, Warren Entsch moved the original motion that started the process.

1996-2005

Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health Queensland Chairperson CEO of Cape York Peninsula Development Association.

19960000:

[2] Jim Petrich helps bringing rural regional right to discussions with Aboriginal groups, to negotiate practical alternative to Commonwealth 10 point plan for Native Title

Hansard JOINT COMMITTEE ON NATIVE TITLE AND THE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND FUND in Cairns Rob Borbidge initially supported and then rejected the Heads of Agreement. He took crown law advice that suggested that there was no way you could enshrine into leasehold an ongoing access agreement. Crown law has, in fact, modified its position since those days back in 1996-97. The Keating government supported it. Whilst the Heads of Agreement was supported initially, there has not been substantial reinforcement of that through the current federal government. It has lapsed. The people have held together very well considering that the agreement is now over four years old. If you asked those signatories—those heads from TWS through to the remnants of the Cattlemen’s Union that are now members of

AgForce or members of the Peninsular Cattlemen’s Association and, indeed, from the Cape York Land Council through to ATSIC

19961031:

AIATSIS ref to North Queensland Register artcile Jim Petrich. chairperson of the Cape York regional advisory groug (CYRAG) defends representativeness of Cape York group entering into Cape York Heads of Agreement

19961223

Hansard JOINT COMMITTEE ON NATIVE TITLE AND THE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND FUND in Cairns The Wik decision was on 23 December 1996. There is still to be an agreement on the ground in Cape York.

19970426:

ABC Radio 'Earthscience' Jim Petrich as Chair of CYPLUS and former head of the Cattlemen's Union who have negotiated practical land use solution between native title holders, pastoralists and conservations post Wik .. which is now being carried forward in the Cape York Land Use Study Jim Petrich is chairing, though noting Queensland state government is not recognizing practical solution negotiated

19970500

http://www.aph.gov.au/Hansard/joint/commttee/j4005.pdf Hansard JOINT COMMITTEE ON NATIVE TITLE AND THE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND FUND in Cairns] In hindsight, I would think that the process could have been moved along in1996 by bringing the Natural Heritage Trust into play when stage 2 of CYPLUS finished in May 1997, when the report went in. It was a year and a half, I think, before they actually brought the NHT—the up to $40 million that had been promised—into play. I think things could have happened a lot faster.

19990000

Ports Corporation of Queensland webpage Jim Petrich became member of the board and Deputy Chair in 1999, and was still in that position in 2007

2000703:

Hansard JOINT COMMITTEE ON NATIVE TITLE AND THE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND FUND in Cairns .. Jim Petrich:

"Prior to being Chief Executive Officer of the CYPDA, I was Executive Director of the Cattlemen’s Union ofAustralia. During that period, I was involved in the establishment of the Cape York Heads of

Agreement. In fact, I did most of the lead-up work before we pulled in an independent facilitator, Rick Farley, to complete the task of the Heads of Agreement, which, as you know,was signed off in early February 1996. As a result of the Heads of Agreement, both the then government, under the Prime Minister, and the then opposition leader, John Howard, committed up to $40 million to progress that Heads of Agreement

At that time the CYPDA essentially was not involved in the make-up of the Heads of Agreement, but subsequently endorsed the Heads of Agreement. That was then pursued into stage 2 of CYPLUS. CYPLUS commenced in early 1992. It is now in its third stage

Stage 2 put together a regional advisory group of 14 members who represented the major constituencies in Cape York. They were tasked with delivering a set of recommendations to both the state and federal governments for implementation into Cape York, to look at initially a

land use study, which then became a land use strategy. It ended up delivering 640 recommendations. I was the chair. In fact, Senator McLucas was one of the members of that committee of CYRAG. Six hundred and forty recommendations went forward to the federal andstate governments. Also, CYRAG itself incorporated the Cape York Heads of Agreement into the stage 2 document

There is probably more association of the Wik decision with the Heads of Agreement in that it espoused what the Wik decision delivered, and that was coexistence for people on Cape York

There are some 11 pastoral properties currently involved in the process with the NHT. There were some 58 pastoral properties, members of the Cattlemen’s Union Peninsula branch, that supported the Heads of Agreement in 1996. One of the major problems that had been faced during the process from Mabo through to Wik was the inability of pastoralists to borrow for development of their properties.

20021200:

Cairns Regional Economic Development Corporation (2007) Jim Petrich becomes a director of the Cairns Regional Ecomomic Development Corporation

20030000

Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health Queensland Chairperson Centenary Medal for services to the pastoral industry.

20030200:

Cairns Regional Economic Development Corporation (2007) Jim Petrich becomes Chairman of the Cairns Regional Economic Development Corporation "

20030820:

Government Information Jim Petrich, executive officer of Cape York Peninsula development association approved to chair interim committee to oversee National Heritage trust funding into Cape York

20031200:

Wet Tropics Management Authority's Rainforest Aboriginal News .. Jim Petrich as the Interim Negotiating Forum's Facilitator, assisting the negotiation of a Wet Tropics Regional Agreement for Aboriginal involvement in management of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. (See also AITSIS Seminar paper

20050900: ABC News online (20050900) "Hope for community bank inspiration" Jim Petrich tells of the community bank project being set up to assist Aboriginal economic development, with first community bank having been set up in Aurukun.

20070000

Ports Corporation of Queensland webpage Member of the Land Tribunal of Queensland

20080000:

Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health Queensland Chairperson

Chairman of Cape York Financial Project Pty Ltd responsible of developing banking in indigenous communities of Cape York in partnership with Bendigo Bank

Deputy Chairman of Ports Corporation of Queensland

20080000

Rio Tinto Coal Australia Wiri Yuwibarra Community Benefits Trust, originally formed in 1998 and closing in 2003, was relaunched in 2008 with Jim Petrich as it's deputy chair.