Footnotes

Chapter 2 - Overview of the Bill

[1]        See the definition of 'eligible body' under section 201B of the Native Title Act.

[2]        See Items 6-9 of Schedule 1; and also Explanatory Memorandum, pp 5-6.

[3]        Items 13, 18-20 and 24 of Schedule 1.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 6; see also Item 27 of Schedule 1.

[5]        Item 27 of Schedule 1.

[6]        Item 5 of Schedule 1.

[7]        Item 24 of Schedule 1.

[8]        Items 21 and 25 of Schedule 1.

[9]        Item 29 of Schedule 1.

[10]      Item 45 of Schedule 1.

[11]      p. 7.

[12]      Graham Hiley QC and Dr Ken Levy, Native Title Claims Resolution Review, Commonwealth of Australia, March 2006 (in Attorney-General's Department and Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Submission 1, Attachment C) (the Review).

[13]      The Review, p. 18.

[14]      National Native Title Tribunal, Annual Report 2005-2006, p. 22.

[15]      The Review, p. 12.

[16]      Proposed paragraph 86(2)(b).

[17]      Proposed paragraph 86B(6)(a).

[18]      Items 45 and 47 of Schedule 2.

[19]      Item 51 of Schedule 2.

[20]      Item 31 of Schedule 2.

[21]      The Review, p. 23.

[22]      para 4.216.

[23]      Item 53 of Schedule 2.

[24]      Items 54-56 of Schedule 2.

[25]      p. 32.

[26]      The Review, pp 37-38.

[27]      The Review, p. 38.

[28]      The Review, p. 39.

[29]      Material for this section of the report was sourced from the National Native Title Tribunal, "What is a Prescribed Body Corporate?" Fact Sheet No.2d, Available at: http://www.nntt.gov.au/publications/1021859460_4854.html (accessed 20 December 2006).

[30]      Structures and Processes of Prescribed Bodies Corporate, Commonwealth of Australia 2006, http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/rwpattach.nsf/VAP/(1E76C1D5D1A37992F0B0C1C4DB87942E)~Structures+and+processes+of+PBC.pdf/$file/Structures+and+processes+of+PBC.pdf (accessed 9 January 2007). See also Attorney-General's Department and Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Submission 1, Attachment F.

[31]      p. 6.

[32]      p. 6.

[33]      p. 20.

[34]      p. 74.

[35]      p. 21.

[36]      p. 22.

[37]      para 4.8.

Chapter 3 - Native title representative bodies and prescribed bodies corporate

[1]        See, for example, Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association, Submission 2; Western Australian Local Government Association, Submission 7; Mr Ian Loftus, Association of Mining and Exploration Companies, Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 32.

[2]        See, for example, National Native Title Council, Submission 9, p. 2; Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 4, p. [2]; Mr Ian Loftus, Association of Mining and Exploration Companies, Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, pp 32-33; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Submission 10, p. 8.

[3]        Submission 9, p. 2.

[4]        Submission 4, p. [3].

[5]        Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 36.

[6]        Submission 4, p. [2].

[7]        Submission 10, p. 8.

[8]        Submission 10, p. 8.

[9]        Submission 10, p. 8.

[10]      Submission 10, p. 9.

[11]      Under section 207 of the Native Title Act the PJC ceased operations on 23 March 2006.

[12]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Account, Report on the operation of Native Title Representative Bodies, March 2006 (PJC Report), p. 44. See also recommendations 5-7.

[13]      Submission 1, p. 8.

[14]      Submission 1, p. 10.

[15]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 58; see also Government Response to the Report by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Account on the Operation of Native Title Representative Bodies, p. 3, tabled 15 February 2007

[16]      See especially item 7 of Schedule 1, which would insert proposed subsection 203A(3A) into the Native Title Act. Note also that the Bill makes provisions for transitional arrangements: see Explanatory Memorandum, pp 5-6, and the discussion in Chapter 2.

[17]      Submission 9, pp 3-4.

[18]      Submission 9, p. 4.

[19]      Submission 9, p. 5.

[20]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 10.

[21]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 10; see also Ms Anne-Sophie Deleflie, MCA, Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 36.

[22]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 37.

[23]      Submission 4, p. [2]; see also Ms Anne-Sophie Deleflie, MCA, Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 36.

[24]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, pp 3 and 5.

[25]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 3.

[26]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 5.

[27]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 9.

[28]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 27.

[29]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 26.

[30]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 28.

[31]      Submission 10, pp 11-13.

[32]      See, for example, Carpentaria Land Council, Submission 13, pp 2-4; Chalk and Fitzgerald Lawyers and Consultants, Recommendations in relation to the Native Title Amendment Bill 2006, Tabled Document, 30 January 2007, p. 1.

[33]      Submission 13, p. 3.

[34]      Submission 1, p. 52.

[35]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 62.

[36]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 63.

[37]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 52; see also p. 62.

[38]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 58.

[39]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 63.

[40]      PJC Report, p. 27.

[41]      Items 13 and 24 of Schedule 1.

[42]      Items 18-20 of Schedule 1.

[43]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. [6]; see also proposed subsection 203AI(1) and items 24 and 27 of Schedule 1; Attorney-General's Department and FaCSIA, Submission 1, p. 9; FaCSIA, Submission 1A, p. 1.

[44]      Submission 9, p. 5.

[45]      Submission 9, p. 6; see also the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Submission 10, pp 14-15.

[46]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 27.

[47]      Submission 10, p. 18; see also Parliamentary Library, "Native Title Amendment Bill 2006", Bills Digest No. 77 2006-07, 6 February 2007, p. 5.

[48]      Submission 3, p. 2.

[49]      Submission 1, p. 9.

[50]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, pp 53-53.

[51]      See especially items 24 and 25 of Schedule 1.

[52]      Submission 1, p. 9.

[53]      Submission 9, p. 6.

[54]      Submission 9, p. 6.

[55]      Submission 1, p. 9; see also FaCSIA, Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p 58.

[56]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 62.

[57]      PJC Report, p. 25; see also p. 27.

[58]      Submission 11, pp 20-21.

[59]      Submission 9, pp 5-6.

[60]      Submission 1, p. 9.

[61]      PJC Report, p. 23.

[62]      Submission 11, p. 2.

[63]      Submission 11, p. 18.

[64]      Submission 3, pp 2-3.

[65]      Submission 9, p. 7.

[66]      Submission 9, p. 7.

[67]      Submission 9, p. 7.

[68]      Submission 9, p. 7.

[69]      PJC Report, p. 25.

[70]      Submission 1, p. 9.

[71]      See especially items 29-33.

[72]      Submission 10, p. 15.

[73]      Submission 13, p. 4.

[74]      Submission 13, p. 5.

[75]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, pp 2-3; see also p. 4.

[76]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 3.

[77]      PJC Report, p. 62.

[78]      PJC Report, p. 62.

[79]      Submission 1, pp 9-10.

[80]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 53.

[81]      Submission 1, p. 10.

[82]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7.

[83]      Submission 11, p. 2.

[84]      Submission 1, p. 10.

[85]      Item 43 of Schedule 1.

[86]      Submission 9, p. 7.

[87]      p. 18.

[88]      Submission 6, p. 7; see also Mr Christopher Charles, Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, pp 23-25.

[89]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 25.

[90]      See Attorney-General's Department and FaCSIA, Submission 1, Attachment I.

[91]      Submission 16, p. 1; see also FaCSIA, Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, pp 59 and 61.

[92]      See Submission 1, Attachment F.

[93]      For example, Office of Native Title: Western Australia Government, Submission 3, p. 4; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Submission 10, pp 38-45.

[94]      Submission 3, p. 4.

[95]      Submission 10, p. 38.

[96]      As outlined in chapter 2, Item 2 of Schedule 3 removes the requirement in paragraph 58(e) of the Act for PBCs to consult with common law holders on all agreements and decisions affecting native title.

[97]      Submission 10, p. 39.

[98]      Submission 10, p. 45.

[99]      Submission 1, p. 12; see also Explanatory Memorandum, p. 73; and PBC Report, Recommendation 5.

[100]    Submission 1, p. 12; see also Explanatory Memorandum, p. 73.

[101]    MCA,  Submission 4, pp [4-5]; NNTC, Submission 9, pp 3, 14-15; Dr James Weiner, Submission 11, p. 3; see also Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Submission 10, pp 38-39; Mr Philip Vincent, Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 12.

[102]    Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 36.

[103]    Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 36.

[104]    Submission 10, p. 38.

[105]    PJC Report, p. 80.

[106]    PJC Report, p. 80, Recommendations 18 and 19.

[107]    Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 66.

[108]    Government Response to the Report by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Account on the Operation of Native Title Representative Bodies, pp 11-12, tabled 15 February 2007.

Chapter 4 - The claims resolution process

[1]        The Review, p. 11.

[2]        The Review, p. 3.

[3]        Submission 17, p. 1.

[4]        Submission 8, p. 6.

[5]        Submission 8, p. 8.

[6]        Submission 16, p. 2.

[7]        The Review, p. 24.

[8]        Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 45

[9]        Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 3.

[10]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 18.

[11]      The Review, p. 20.

[12]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 14.

[13]      Submission 4, p. 4.

[14]      LEADR is an Australasian organisation which promotes Alternative Dispute Resolution or ADR. LEADR also provides training in ADR.

[15]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 57.

[16]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 57.

[17]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Account, Effectiveness of the National Native Title Tribunal, December 2003.

[18]      Submission 17, p. 3.

[19]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Account, Effectiveness of the National Native Title Tribunal, December 2003, paragraphs 6.18 and 3.42.

[20]      Submission 17, p. 6.

[21]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 32.

[22]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 53.

[23]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 54.

[24]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 54; the Review, p. 21.

[25]      Submission 17, p. 6.

[26]      Submission 17, p. 6.

[27]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 57.

[28]      Submission 8, pp 6-7. See also Mr Ron Levy, Northern Land Council, Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 45; Submission 14, p. 4.

[29]      Submission 9, p. 9.

[30]      Submission 13, p. 7.

[31]      Submission 10, p. 27.

[32]      Submission 16, p. 1.

[33]      Submission 16, p. 1.

[34]      Submission 16, p. 2.

[35]      Submission 16, p. 2.

[36]      Submission 16, p. 2.

[37]      Submission 16, p. 2.

[38]      The Review, pp 6 and 23.

[39]      p. 32.

[40]      Submission 16, p. 5.

[41]      Submission 10, p. 27.

[42]      Submission 10, p. 27; see also Submission 13, p. 8.

[43]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 30.

[44]      Submission 9, p. 9.

[45]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 15.

[46]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 46.

[47]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 39.

[48]      Submission 17, p. 22.

[49]      Submission 17, p. 22.

[50]      Submission 17, pp 22-24. One example given by the NNTT was the good faith obligation  contained in subsections 34A(5) and 34B(4) of the Administrative Appeals Act 1975 (Cth) in relation to alternative dispute resolution ordered under that Act: Submission 17, p. 24.

[51]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 59.

[52]      Submission 9, p. 10.

[53]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 16; see also Submission 9, p. 10.

[54]      Submission 10, p. 30.

[55]      Submission 14, p. 3.

[56]      Committee Hansard , 30 January 2007, p. 51.

[57]      Submission 15, p. 2.

[58]      Submission 15, p. 4.

[59]      Submission 15, p. 5.

[60]      Parliamentary Library, "Native Title Amendment Bill 2006", Bills Digest No. 77 2006-07, 6 February 2007, p. 12.

[61]      Submission 15, p. 6.

[62]      Parliamentary Library, "Native Title Amendment Bill 2006", Bills Digest No. 77 2006-07, 6 February 2007, p. 13.

Chapter 5 - Summary and conclusion

[1]        [1996] HCA 40 (23 December 1996).

[2]        [1995] HCA 10 (23 February 1995).

[3]        Hiley and Levy, p. 64, also quoted in Submission 17, p. 25

Minority report by the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Greens

[1]        The Native Title Claims Resolution Review found that, of 356 current native title claims, 138 were more than 6 years old. See Graham Hiley QC and Dr Ken Levy, Native Title Claims Resolution Review, Commonwealth of Australia, March 2006 (in Attorney-General's Department and Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Submission 1, Attachment C), Table 3 on p. 17.

[2]        Committee Hansard, p. 36.

[3]        Submission 13, p. 3.

[4]        Submission 9, p. 4.

[5]        Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 3.

[6]        Submission 11, pp 11-12.

[7]        Submission 3, p. 2.

[8]        Submission 9, p. 6.

[9]        Submission 9, p. 6.

[10]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Account: Inquiry into Native Title Representative Bodies, 2006, Submission 1a, pp 14-19.

[11]      Inquiry into Native Title Representative Bodies, 2006, Submission 1a, p. 34.

[12]      Report of the Inquiry into Native Title Representative Bodies, 2006, p. 44

[13]      Government Response to the Report by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Torres Strait Islander Land Account on the Operation of Native Title Representative Bodies  (March 2006), p. 3.

[14]      Government Response to the Report by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Torres Strait Islander Land Account on the Operation of Native Title Representative Bodies  (March 2006), p. 3.

[15]      Submissions 4, 9, 10, 13; see also submissions to the Parliamentary Joint Committee's Inquiry into Native Title Representative Bodies.

[16]      Submission 9, p. 2.

[17]      Submission 9, p. 3; Submission 13, pp 7-11; Submission 14, pp 2-3.

[18]      Committee Hansard, 30 January 2007, p. 45.

[19]      Submission 9, p. 3.

[20]      Submission 4, p. 4.

[21]      Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh and Rhonda Kelly: Review of native title agreement making practices in relation to mining in Australia, HREOC, 2001.

[22]      Graham Hiley QC and Dr Ken Levy, Native Title Claims Resolution Review, Commonwealth of Australia, March 2006 (in Attorney-General's Department and Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Submission 1, Attachment C), p. 16.

[23]      Submission 14, p. 5.

[24]      p. 31.

[25]      Submission 8, p. 5.

[26]      Submission 14, p. 2.

[27]      Submission 10, p. 34.

[28]      Submission 10, p. 35