Ms SCRYMGOUR - 2002-06-19
Is any action being taken in respect of the appointment of a Deputy of the Administrator based in Central Australia?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Arafura for her question. I am delighted to give the answer. As I said yesterday, I will answer today the question that you asked. To all here, I am delighted to announce that his Honour the Administrator has appointed Alice Springs resident Mrs Pat Miller as Deputy of the Administrator. In this role, Mrs Miller will carry out a range of ceremonial duties on behalf of the Administrator. She brings to the role of the Deputy of the Administrator a tremendous knowledge of Central Australia and, I believe, a great affinity with the people, not only of Central Australia, but of the Territory.
Pat Miller was born in Alice Springs and has lived in Central Australia all her life. She is a member of the well-known Liddle family, which has both traditional and pioneering ties in Central Australia. Her late mother, Polly Liddle, was a member of the Alyuwarra tribe of Kurrundi in Central Australia. Her late father, Milton Liddle, was an Arrernte man and part owner of Angas Down Station. Pat Miller spent her early years on Angas Down Station, south-west of Alice Springs. She moved into Alice Springs when she was 11 years old but often returned in the subsequent years to the station.
Pat Miller spent a number of years working in wholesale distribution companies in Alice Springs until 20 years ago, when she joined CAALAS, the Central Australia Aboriginal Legal Aid Service. This is a real story of moving through an organisation. Pat started with CAALAS as a filing clerk and, over those 20 years, progressed through various positions in the organisation and is currently holding the position of Director.
Pat Miller has a keen interest in basketball and hockey. She has represented Alice Springs in basketball and was a Territory representative in hockey. She has, over the many years in Central Australia, been involved in many local organisations and has served on a range of committees. Some of those committees include the Sadadeen Secondary College Council, Red Cross Alice Springs Committee, the Women’s Community House, Gillen Preschool Council, Alice Springs Hockey Association, Alice Springs Basketball Association, the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association, the Institute of Aboriginal Development Board and the Arrernte Council. In addition to her current position as Director of CAALAS, Pat Miller is Chair of the Imparja Television Board. She is married to husband, David, and they have two sons, Allan and Steve, and two grandchildren of whom she is enormously proud.
As Deputy of the Administrator, Mrs Miller will represent His Honour at various events, functions and appointments within the community whenever he is unable to attend personally.
I know this House really welcomes this appointment. I am delighted to be able to make the announcement of the appointment made by His Honour. Pat Miller is well known and highly respected in Central Australia. Her life-long commitment and involvement with community organisations, and the position that she holds now in Alice Springs, make her a worthy person to be the Deputy of the Administrator. As well, she is a highly respected senior indigenous woman in the Centre, and in that capacity a very worthy person to be Deputy of the Administrator.
I am confident she will be an outstanding representative of the Administrator in carrying out a wide range of community and ceremonial duties on his behalf. I am sure this House very strongly welcomes the appointment.
Members: Hear, hear!
Madam SPEAKER: Thank you, Chief Minister. I am very pleased to hear the answer.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Arafura for her question. I am delighted to give the answer. As I said yesterday, I will answer today the question that you asked. To all here, I am delighted to announce that his Honour the Administrator has appointed Alice Springs resident Mrs Pat Miller as Deputy of the Administrator. In this role, Mrs Miller will carry out a range of ceremonial duties on behalf of the Administrator. She brings to the role of the Deputy of the Administrator a tremendous knowledge of Central Australia and, I believe, a great affinity with the people, not only of Central Australia, but of the Territory.
Pat Miller was born in Alice Springs and has lived in Central Australia all her life. She is a member of the well-known Liddle family, which has both traditional and pioneering ties in Central Australia. Her late mother, Polly Liddle, was a member of the Alyuwarra tribe of Kurrundi in Central Australia. Her late father, Milton Liddle, was an Arrernte man and part owner of Angas Down Station. Pat Miller spent her early years on Angas Down Station, south-west of Alice Springs. She moved into Alice Springs when she was 11 years old but often returned in the subsequent years to the station.
Pat Miller spent a number of years working in wholesale distribution companies in Alice Springs until 20 years ago, when she joined CAALAS, the Central Australia Aboriginal Legal Aid Service. This is a real story of moving through an organisation. Pat started with CAALAS as a filing clerk and, over those 20 years, progressed through various positions in the organisation and is currently holding the position of Director.
Pat Miller has a keen interest in basketball and hockey. She has represented Alice Springs in basketball and was a Territory representative in hockey. She has, over the many years in Central Australia, been involved in many local organisations and has served on a range of committees. Some of those committees include the Sadadeen Secondary College Council, Red Cross Alice Springs Committee, the Women’s Community House, Gillen Preschool Council, Alice Springs Hockey Association, Alice Springs Basketball Association, the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association, the Institute of Aboriginal Development Board and the Arrernte Council. In addition to her current position as Director of CAALAS, Pat Miller is Chair of the Imparja Television Board. She is married to husband, David, and they have two sons, Allan and Steve, and two grandchildren of whom she is enormously proud.
As Deputy of the Administrator, Mrs Miller will represent His Honour at various events, functions and appointments within the community whenever he is unable to attend personally.
I know this House really welcomes this appointment. I am delighted to be able to make the announcement of the appointment made by His Honour. Pat Miller is well known and highly respected in Central Australia. Her life-long commitment and involvement with community organisations, and the position that she holds now in Alice Springs, make her a worthy person to be the Deputy of the Administrator. As well, she is a highly respected senior indigenous woman in the Centre, and in that capacity a very worthy person to be Deputy of the Administrator.
I am confident she will be an outstanding representative of the Administrator in carrying out a wide range of community and ceremonial duties on his behalf. I am sure this House very strongly welcomes the appointment.
Members: Hear, hear!
Madam SPEAKER: Thank you, Chief Minister. I am very pleased to hear the answer.
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