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Friday, 23 November 1979

Senator Douglas McClelland (NEW SOUTH WALES) asked the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, upon notice, on 23 October 1979:

(   1 ) What research grants have been awarded by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies in each year from 1976-77 to 1978-79 inclusive (see the answer to Senate Question No. 20 11).

(2)   What has been the value of each grant for research in Australia during each year; to whom has each grant been made; and where has the research been carried out.

(3)   What has been the value of each grant for research overseas, by either Australians or non-Australians; to whom have such grants been made; and where has the research been carried out

(4)   What has been the nationality of the recipients, in the case of grants for research to be carried out overseas by non-Australians.

(5)   How many research workers are on the staff of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, and how many are Australian citizens.

Senator Chaney - The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows:

(1)   and (2) Research grants awarded by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies in each year from 1976-77 to 1978-79 are listed in the Institute's Newsletters 5 to 1 1. Details of the Institute's expenditure each year on grants are provided in the Institute's Annual Reports.

(3)   and (4) Four grants have been awarded for research overseas: Three for work overseas by Australian residents and one for work by a citizen of the United States of America.

 

(5)   Fourteen of the staff of the Institute, as at September 1979, were classified as research workers. Four of these were appointed from overseas and are probably not Australian citizens.

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