Table of Contents
What was the main thing accomplished by the passage of the native title Bill of 1993?
By the end of 1993 the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) was passed. The Act sought to achieve four main objectives: To provide for the recognition and protection of native title. To establish ways in which future dealings affecting native title may proceed and to set standards for those dealings.
How does native title claim work?
Native title claims are made through applications to the Federal Court or High Court of Australia. The members of the native title claim group seek a decision from the court that native title exists, so their rights and interests are recognised by the common law of Australia.
What does native title give you?
Native title may include rights and interests to: Live on the area and erect shelters and structures. Access the area for traditional purposes, like camping or for ceremonies. Visit and protect important places and sites hunt, fish and gather food or traditional resources like bush medicines, water, ochre and wood.
How is native title proven?
Native title requires Aboriginal people to prove they have had a continuous and unbroken connection to their country since colonisation, which in Western Australia was 1829.
Who is responsible for native title?
Native title must be claimed and recognised under the NTA. Who can make a claim? A native title claim group, made up of people who declare they hold native title rights and interests in the land claiming according to their traditional laws and customs.
Do Aboriginals get more welfare?
Generally, Indigenous people receive the same level of public benefits as non-Indigenous people. Individuals do not get extra funding because they are Indigenous.
How many successful native title claims have there been since 1993?
So far there have been 213 successful Native Title determinations; 54 have been struck down. Some have come at the end of long and painful court cases.
When did the Native Title Act come into force?
This is a compilation of the Native Title Act 1993 as amended and in force on 12 March 2013. It includes any amendment affecting the compiled Act to that date. This compilation was prepared on 21 March 2013.
When is a native title legally valid?
(2) Basically, this Division provides that, to the extent that a future act affects native title, it will be valid if covered by certain provisions of the Division, and invalid if not.
What is the Australian government doing to resolve native title issues?
The Australian Government provides significant funding to resolve native title issues in accordance with the Act, including to native title representative bodies, the National Native Title Tribunal and the Federal Court of Australia.
Who has the authority to extinguish native title?
The National Native Title Tribunal holds absolute authority over claims for native title. State governments are empowered to extinguish Native Title over crown lands for matters of “national interest”. Lands providing public amenities are exempt from Native Title claims.