Content tagged with Native Title
The Northern Land Council and the courts: a legal history
The Land Rights Act is celebrated as the high water mark of indigenous land rights legislation in Australia, if not globally. While the...
Presentation - 28 Apr 2016
Has anyone seen the Model Litigant?
The idea of the State, Territory and Commonwealth Governments as model litigants in litigation has sound common law roots. In Australia the...
Presentation - 28 Apr 2016
Native title: community engagement, empowerment and self-determination
Conflict resolution processes have primarily been used to assist those in conflict to bring disputes and often the relationships to an end....
Presentation - 28 Apr 2016
Indigenous fishing issues
Native title determinations – the Blue Mud Bay decision and the increase of Indigenous Protected Areas have all supported an increase in Aboriginal...
Presentation - 28 Apr 2016
Developing guidelines for managing information in native title
Over the past 20 years, the native title regime has seen millions of dollars invested in research about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples...
Presentation - 28 Apr 2016
Traditional, instinctive, elementary: the model litigant standard in native title
Judicial authority indicating that the Crown must act – and be seen to act – as a “model litigant” is longstanding. The model litigant standard...
Presentation - 28 Apr 2016
Native title and compensation: lessons learned in Timber Creek
In April and February 2016, the Federal Court was asked to adjudicate questions relating to the quantum of compensation for the extinguishment and...
Presentation - 28 Apr 2016
Knowledge Partnerships
Native title groups in the Pilbara and Yamatji regions of Western Australia have seen dramatic change over the last decade through the growth and...
Presentation - 28 Apr 2016
The Far West Coast Experience
The Far West Coast journey from Applicant through to Consent Determination and holding Native Title has been an exciting one. There have been...
Presentation - 28 Apr 2016
Digital tracking: preserving culture in the internet era
The nature of historical research has changed dramatically in the past decade. While old fashioned archival research remains important (and...
Presentation - 28 Apr 2016
The Northern Territory Land Rights Act: local decision making, the role of land councils and recent developments in township leasing
This presentation will examine the legal framework concerning traditional owner decision-making, the role of Land Councils under the Act and the...
Presentation - 28 Apr 2016
Sustainable development through asset leasing
This panel explores an approach to leveraging the income streams of native title groups and other Indigenous organisations in order to finance...
Presentation - 28 Apr 2016
Applicant’s viewpoint: Tracing Native Title governance - Conception to determining Traditional Owner futures
In October 2015, the Federal Court handed down a native title consent determination for the Mithaka people of South-West Queensland. Covering...
Presentation - 28 Apr 2016
Commercial opportunities from Native Title: The Antakirinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara peoples’ journey to economic benefit
The Coober Pedy region of South Australia is the traditional country of the Antakirinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara people. The Native Title journey of the...
Presentation - 26 Apr 2016
Free, prior and informed consent and native title
This paper seeks to address the question: ‘What is the relevance of international law regarding free, prior and informed consent to the recognition...
Presentation - 20 Apr 2016
Native Title in the News - March 2016
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Publication or resource - 4 Apr 2016
Collaborative management of protected areas
Negotiations between native title holders and government bodies for joint management arrangements over national parks and other conservation areas...
Research project - 29 Mar 2016
Mabo Lecture 2016
Koiki (Eddie) Mabo (1936-92) was born on the island of Mer (also known as Murray Island) in the Torres Strait. As a young man Eddie...
Presentation - 23 Mar 2016
Land Claims, Reconciliation, and the Resurgence of Indigenous Nationhood
The presentation will detail the shortcomings of land claims processes and the limitations of “reconciliation” in Canada as a framework for...
Presentation - 23 Mar 2016
What's New in Native Title - February 2016
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Publication or resource - 18 Mar 2016