Tag: Native Title

  • Registrations open for native title conference

    Registrations are now open for the annual National Native Title Conference which will be held in Brisbane from June 1-3. Australia’s largest Indigenous policy conference, Co-convened by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) and Queensland South Native Title Services (QSNTS). The Conference promotes public debate about native title and Indigenous […]

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  • Bill to speed up native title claims

    A bill was introduced into parliament on Thursday that is designed to quicken the resolution of native title land claims by giving more powers to the Federal Court. Introduced by Attorney-General Robert McClelland, changes to the system would give the Federal Court, which has dispute resolution experience, a central role in managing all native title […]

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  • ‘Historic’ opportunity on native title, McClellan

    Federal Attorney-General Robert McClellan has described a meeting of commonwealth and state government ministers in Perth as an “historic opportunity” to advance the interests of Indigenous Australians. Ministers responsible for native title met today to discuss a planned overhaul of native title law, which Mr McClelland believes will make it simpler and more effective in […]

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  • New bill waters down Howard lease scheme

    A bill was passed in federal parliament yesterday that will water down the Howard Governments controversial 99-year lease scheme for Aboriginal communities. The lease scheme was introduced by the coalition in the hope it would stimulate economic development in Northern Territory townships. The Tiwi Island township of Ngui however was the only community to sign […]

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  • Calls for sensible approach to native title

    While there has been great success in native title in Western Australia, the government still has a “conceptual problem” with native title over areas such as cities or mining areas, South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council CEO Glen Kelly said today. Mr Kelly was speaking in response to a speech by Deputy Premier, the […]

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  • Noongar claim back to square one

    A West Australian and federal government appeal against the Noongar native title claim over Perth has been upheld by the full bench of the Federal Court. While the court did not go so far as to rule native title no loner existed over the city, the question has been referred back to the Federal Court […]

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