Senate Committees

RECOMMENDATIONS

Recommendation 1

2.55 The committee recommends that the measure contained in Schedule 4 of the Bill be clarified by:

re-wording proposed new subsection 191F(2A) to read 'to the extent that the Indigenous Land Corporation supports native title settlements when it performs its functions'; and
adding a definition of the term 'native title settlements', or a reference to the Native Title Act 1993, to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.

Recommendation 2

2.56 The committee recommends that the Australian Government consult more widely with stakeholders, and release any draft ministerial guidelines, before proceeding with the measure contained in Schedule 4 of the Bill.

Recommendation 3

2.57 Subject to the preceding recommendations, the committee recommends that the Senate pass the measure contained in Schedule 4 of the Bill.

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