Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES ACT 1989 - SECT 5

                   The Institute has the following functions:

                     (a)  to undertake and promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies;

                     (b)  to publish the results of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies and to assist in the publication of the results of such studies;

                     (c)  to conduct research in fields relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies and to encourage other persons or bodies to conduct such research;

                     (d)  to assist in training persons, particularly Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders, as research workers in fields relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies;

                     (e)  to establish and maintain a cultural resource collection consisting of materials relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies;

                      (f)  to encourage understanding, in the general community, of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander societies;

                     (g)  such other functions as are conferred on the Institute by this Act;

                     (h)  to do anything else that is incidental or conducive to the performance of any of the preceding functions.