This workshop will focus on the governance of compensation and other such funds held in trust for Indigenous groups, not on the internal governance of RNTBCs and other Trustee corporations. Its objective is to improve the practice of lawyers, anthropologists, and other specialists in working with Native Title Holders in this significant aspect of the post-determination arena.
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On 11 May 2021, the Australian Government delivered the 2021-22 Budget and announced it is investing an additional $36.7 million in PBCs over the next four years.
This increase recognises the need to further strengthen PBCs to improve their capacity and enable them to realise the benefits of native title for native title holders. The additional support includes:
The Taking Control of our Heritage – Indigenous Cultural Heritage Conference is a place for Traditional Owners to meet and their allies to meet, discuss, and develop programs, strategies and ideas to take control of their Cultural Heritage in Australia.
You can attend both the digital event on 26 November 2020 and physical conference on 15-17 March 2021. Register here.
For the Kaurareg people of the Torres Strait this isn't just a hillside. It's sacred ground.
The site is central to the creation story of Muralug (also known as Prince of Wales Island).
In its red soil they see the spilled blood of the warrior-giant Waubin.
His body and the bodies of his wives are represented in rocks that can be seen off another island when the tide is low.
His saw shark sword is their totem.
The mining giant Rio Tinto has surprised observers with its latest attempt to demonstrate accountability over its catastrophic blasting of the 46,000 year old Juukan Gorge rock shelters in the Pilbara last year, with the announcement its chairman and a director are standing down.
In a legal first, the Kaurareg people of Muralug island obtained an injunction under the Native Title Act preventing future damage. As a result the Torres Shire Council has just abandoned plans to build a harbour on a sacred site.
Fortescue Metals Group has been forced to apologise to an important traditional owner group in Australia’s iron ore heartland after breaking a government-imposed condition which required the company to wait for indigenous elders to be present when a culturally significant site was developed.
A Victorian Aboriginal corporation is fighting to salvage its $34 million settlement with the government, after the Federal Court found significant legal errors occurred during the registration of the land deal which underpins it.
Australia’s laws and policies prevent First Nations from fully participating in, and benefiting from, decisions about water. In fact, Indigenous peoples hold less than 1% of Australia’s water rights.
An historic Traditional Fishing Agreement which is the first of its kind in the country has been signed by the Marshall Liberal Government and the Narungga Nation.