Sentences with phrase «technical taskforce»

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner's submission to the Technical Taskforce on Mineral Tenements and Land Title Applications is available here in PDF (121K) and Word (151K) formats.

Government of Western Australia, Technical Taskforce on Mineral Tenements and Land Title Applications, Discussion Paper, pg 12, August 2001.

Government of Western Australia, Technical Taskforce on Mineral Tenements and Land Title Applications, pg.

Thank you for your letter of 20 December 2001 forwarding me a copy of the Final Report («Report») of the Technical Taskforce on Mineral Tenements and Land Title Applications («Taskforce») and inviting my comments on this document.

Technical Taskforce on Mineral Tenements and Land Title Applications, Discussion Paper, August 2001, p. 8.

«This Committee supports the approach taken in the recommendations in the Technical Taskforce's Report.

... The review endorses the Technical Taskforce recommendations on the use of ILUAs and regional heritage agreements... as effective means to assist in expediting the grants of permits and leases», Report, pp 45 & 88.

An additional issue, however, is that the Committee followed the Technical Taskforce [95] in adopting a limited analysis of the Croker Island decision.

This is a matter the Committee should carefully consider in finalising any recommendations in relation to tenement processing or endorsing the Technical Taskforce's recommendations.

[89] The Technical Taskforce indicates the «backlog» of applications withheld from the native title process includes tenement applications over several years.

The Technical Taskforce study [87], to which the Report refers, shows that over two thirds of the «backlog» comprise tenement applications that have not been submitted to the native title process.

«In developing the mineral tenement options, the Technical Taskforce has been cognisant of the primary concerns of the key stakeholders: The need to provide better protection for aboriginal heritage [and] The desire of industry to retain the integrity of the Mining Act 1978», Report, p15.

This initiative was one of the recommendations made by the Technical Taskforce on Mineral Tenements and Land Title Applications to expedite the processing of the backlog of mineral tenements applications on land under native title claim.

The State recently announced its new policy for the processing of exploration and prospecting licence applications in line with the recommendations of a Technical Taskforce aimed at reducing the current backlog of mining, exploration and prospecting tenement applications and putting in place processes to facilitate the granting of new applications.

The Technical Taskforce on Mineral Tenements and Land Title Applications (92), aimed at expediting the processing of the backlog of mineral tenement applications of land under native title claim also utilised the review process to reach its conclusions.

3.1 Review of the Native Title Claim Process in Western Australia - WAND Report 3.2 Project Development Approvals Review 3.3 Technical Taskforce on Mineral Tenements and Land Title Applications

In April 01, the Western Australian government announced the formation of a Technical Taskforce, to assess how mineral and land title applications could be dealt with more efficiently while at the same time recognising and protecting the native title rights of Indigenous people.

The Technical Taskforce notes that processing a tenement application through the expedited procedure (where there has been objection) takes around six months (Technical Taskforce Report, p40).

Technical Taskforce on Mineral Tenements and Land Title Applications Discussion Paper (August 2001), p12

A Western Australian Technical Taskforce, comprising mining industry and government representatives, cautioned that «There are major difficulties in attempting to quantify the impact native title has had on the State's mining industry beyond delaying the grant of titles... because far more prominent issues... have contributed to the fall in exploration expenditure, not only in Western Australia but worldwide».

The Report adopts recommendations by the Technical Taskforce in relation to the expedited procedure, specifically noting that Government should continue to use the expedited procedure for all exploration tenements with a heritage arrangement designed to address all Indigenous concerns.

The Government's consideration of the Report, and its re-appraisal of progress from the Technical Taskforce, provides an appropriate opportunity to ensure that the manner in which the Government deals with exploration in Western Australia is consistent with the human rights of Indigenous Australians.

This initiative was one of the recommendations made by the WA Technical Taskforce on Mineral Tenements and Land Title Applications to expedite the processing of the backlog of mineral tenements applications on land under native title claim: Technical Taskforce on Mineral Tenements and Land Title Applications, Final Report, Government of Western Australia, 2001, p. 19.

The Technical Taskforce Report shows that over two thirds of the «backlog» comprise tenement applications that haven't been submitted to the native title process (7,428 from a total of 11,081 «pending tenements», or 67 %, are «awaiting submission to the NTA process» - figures compiled from Technical Taskforce Report Appendices 8 to 14).