| Minister for Aboriginal Affairs | |
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| Department of Aboriginal Affairs | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Nominator | Premier of Western Australia |
| Appointer | Governor of Western Australia |
| Inaugural holder | Ross McDonald (as Minister for Native Affairs) |
| Formation | 1 April 1947 |
| Website | Minister Ben Wyatt MP |
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The Minister for Aboriginal Affairs is a position in the Cabinet of Western Australia, first created in 1947 during the McLarty–Watts Ministry.
The current Minister for Aboriginal Affairs is Tony Buti of the Labor Party. The minister is responsible for the state government's Department of Aboriginal Affairs (DAA), which exists "to facilitate the development of policy and programs which deliver sustainable economic, environmental and social benefits to Aboriginal communities".[1]
- ^ Department of Aboriginal Affairs – Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2015.