"Terance Gerald "Terry" Roberts" was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council between 1985 and 2006. At the time of his death, he was a Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation and Correctional Services in the Government of South Australia/South Australian government.

Roberts was born and educated in Millicent, South Australia. After leaving school, he worked for several years as a ship's engineer and watchkeeper. He also had a brief stint working in parole and pre-release centre while working in London for a year. Roberts later worked as an official for the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union/Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) and was a member of the Australian Labor Party for most of his life.

He was elected to the Legislative Council in 1985 and served as a backbencher until 1993. After Labor went into Opposition, he was appointed as a Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Correctional Services.

Roberts was appointed to the Cabinet after the election of the Mike Rann/Rann Government. As the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, he added more sacred sites to the Aboriginal Heritage Register than any other minister.

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The position for chief of police is too critical to not take the time necessary to make sure you make the best selection possible, ... [Petrash] is doing a good job during the transition period. I feel comfortable the department is in good hands.

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If we get far enough along, it's possible that we may have a candidate or two who might appear before the council (in executive session).

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Are still in the running.

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She was very elegant and well-spoken.

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It's not a situation that makes me uncomfortable in the least. Mr. Petrash is doing very quality work for us and holding things down while we make the search, ... It's a luxury that we're able to be very deliberate in the process.

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The background (checks) will let me know whether we're down to two. But we'll at least maintain our posture of definitely being down to three.

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[And when Patterson questioned] how do you allocate scarce resources without goals and objectives, ... the same way we did it when you were the city's chief financial officer.

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I am saying that if somebody sees the ad in TML (the Texas Municipal League's official publication) and chooses to apply now and they are worth considering, we will certainly do that.

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She worked very hard to get the support and the money so these organizations could function, ... She impressed me the first time I ever met her.

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