Allens: Focus: Native Title - 11 October 2001
The backlog of exploration permits in Queensland could soon start clearing with the release of the State-wide Model Indigenous Land Use Agreement, negotiated between the State Government and the...
View ArticleAllens: Focus: Native Title - 17 September 2002
The Queensland Government has released consultation drafts of proposed Bills to protect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage. As AAR Senior Associate Ben Zillmann and Lawyer Cathy...
View ArticleAllens: Client Update: Native Title - 12 December 2002
The High Court of Australia today handed down another important ruling on native title. The Yorta Yorta decision, which involved a claim centred around the Murray River region in Victoria and New South...
View ArticleAllens: Focus: Native Title - 03 January 2003
The Yorta Yorta decision points to the High Court taking a more literal interpretation of native title legislation and as such, may mean future claimants will have to place greater emphasis on proving...
View ArticleAllens: Focus: Native Title - 03 March 2003
As a result of legislation introduced in the Queensland Parliament on 25 February this year, Queensland's native title 'Alternate State Provisions' for mining tenements will be replaced by the...
View ArticleAllens: Focus: Native Title - 23 June 2003
The Queensland Government is attempting to re-invigorate mineral exploration in the State by approaching native title issues in a different manner. Senior Associate Ben Zillmann and Lawyer Rochelle...
View ArticleAllens: Focus: Native Title - 27 June 2003
In a landmark decision, the Queensland Land and Resources Tribunal has recommended the grant of mining leases in Queensland in the face of native title opposition, and in doing so has provided useful...
View ArticleAllens: Focus: Native Title - 22 August 2003
At a time when cultural heritage issues are occupying the front page of newspapers in the State, the Queensland Government has finally acted to overhaul Queensland's current cultural heritage...
View ArticleAllens: Focus: Native Title - 27 October 2003
When assessing the impact of native title on a proposed new project, an important first step will always be an assessment of whether or not native title has been extinguished over the area in question....
View ArticleAllens: Client Update: Native Title - 05 November 2003
The Queensland Government recently passed two new Acts that will replace the current cultural heritage legislation in Queensland and will provide a more prescriptive regime for managing and protecting...
View ArticleAllens: Focus: Native Title - 06 January 2004
The Federal Court was active in December 2003 handing down decisions in four native title cases. One of these decisions marks the end of one of the most important cases dealing with the extinguishment...
View ArticleAllens: Focus: Native Title - 02 April 2004
The Federal Court has determined that native title rights exist over waters in the Gulf of Carpentaria, off the North West Queensland coast. However, in its judgment delivered last week (23 March...
View ArticleAllens: Focus: Native Title - 21 April 2004
The Queensland Government's new regime to protect indigenous cultural heritage began on 16 April 2004. The commencement of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 and the Torres Strait Islander...
View ArticleAllens: Focus: Native Title - 07 February 2005
The WA Government signed two native title settlement agreements in late December 2004, representing the 'length and breadth' of native title settlements in the state. While in Queensland, more Torres...
View ArticleAllens: Focus: Native Title - 06 May 2005
The Queensland Government recently released its Cultural Heritage Management Plan Guidelines under the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (Qld). The Guidelines provide some useful guidance as to...
View ArticleAllens: Focus: Native Title - 05 September 2005
Senior Associate Robyn Glindemann and Lawyers Kate Barrett and Penny Creswell look at some of the issues raised in four recent decisions relating to native title
View ArticleAllens: Focus: Aboriginal Cultural Heritage - 21 November 2005
On 18 October, the Victorian Government released the exposure draft of the Aboriginal Heritage Bill which aims to strengthen the protection of Aboriginal cultural heritage in Victoria. Senior...
View ArticleAllens: Focus: Native Title - 15 December 2005
A package of measures designed to improve the performance of the native title system established under the Native Title Act was released by the Federal Government on 7 September. This package is aimed...
View ArticleAllens: Focus: Native Title - 21 December 2005
Native title has been recognised for the first time in Victoria, with a consent determination over parts of western Victoria made by the Federal Court on 13 December 2005. Senior Associate Julie...
View ArticleAllens: Focus: Native Title - 07 February 2006
In its first decision on cultural heritage management plans, the Queensland Land and Resources Tribunal demonstrated that it will recommend approval of a plan considered fair and reasonable in the...
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