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As the first Commissioner for Aboriginal Engagement, Mr Klynton Wanganeen serves as a voice for the Aboriginal community in South Australian Government. The Commissioner provides independent advice to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation on Aboriginal matters.
The Commissioner’s role includes:
- Publicly advocating engagement between Aboriginal people and the broader community
- Identifying systematic barriers to Aboriginal people’s access to government, non-government and private services
- Mentoring Aboriginal leaders
- Consulting with non-government organisations and peak Aboriginal bodies, and representing their views to government.
The Commissioner works alongside the Aboriginal Advisory Council, an independent body providing advice to the Government on Aboriginal matters. He works closely with the Commissioner for Social Inclusion to reduce disadvantage in the Aboriginal community, addressing issues such as homelessness, school retention and youth offending.
Commissioner Wanganeen has a long history as an advocate for Aboriginal affairs. He is the former SA Zone Commissioner of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) and Director of the Aboriginal Education Employment Policy Co-ordination Directorate of the Department of Further Education Employment Science and Technology.
Current News
8 November 2008 - South Australia’s Commissioner for Aboriginal Engagement, Klynton Wanganeen, today said that the people of the United States of America and President-elect Barack Obama were to be congratulated for making history this week.
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17 October 2008 - Aboriginal poverty in South Australia could be largely stamped out by 2020 if the mining industry, Government and Aboriginal people work together, Commissioner for Aboriginal Engagement Klynton Wanganeen said today as Anti-Poverty week comes to a close.
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Contact Details
Telephone:
08 8226 2540 (for media enquiries
please phone 8204 8880)
Fax:
08 8226 7660
Email: commissioner.ae@dpc.sa.gov.au
Address: State Administration Centre
200 Victoria Sq
Adelaide, 5000
Postal address: GPO Box 2343, Adelaide, 5001
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