INQUIRY INTO INDIGENOUS LAND USE AGREEMENTS

INQUIRY INTO INDIGENOUS LAND USE AGREEMENTS


As part of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund responsibilities, under section 206 of the Native Title Act 1993, the Committee is required to report on the implementation and operation of the Act.

As part of that broad referral of responsibilities, the Committee has decided to undertake an inquiry into the operation and effectiveness of Indigenous Land Use Agreements [ILUAs]. The Committee would value any comments on any or all of the following issues:

  • The usefulness and scope of the ILUA provisions in the Native Title Act 1993;
  • Case studies or examples of negotiating ILUAs;
  • The ILUA registration requirements and process;
  • The role local/state/federal governments play in the negotiations;
  • The factors influencing a decision to enter into ILUA negotiations rather than using other procedures under the Native Title Act;
  • The advantages/disadvantages of ILUAs compared with agreements outside the framework of the Native Title Act;
  • The resources (technical/financial) that are necessary to successfully negotiate agreements.

Please note that, while submission to this inquiry had been requested by 22 December 2000, that deadline no longer applies. Submissions will be welcome until the Committee finalises its report.

Guidelines for making submissions are available here: Guidelines for making submissions

You may e-mail or fax your submission. Persons making submissions should note that submissions become committee documents and are made public only after a decision by the Committee. Persons making submissions must not release them without the approval of the Committee. Submissions are covered by parliamentary privilege but the unauthorised release of them is not. If you have any questions in relation to submissions please contact the secretariat on the telephone number below.

For more information

The Secretary
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund
S1.61
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600

Tel: 02 6277 3598
Fax: 02 6277 5706

E-mail: nativetitle.joint@aph.gov.au