Not exact matches
The Commonwealth Parliament has passed land rights legislation in respect of the Northern Territory, Victoria (at the
request of the Victorian Government - see above), and the Jervis Bay Territory.71 In all three pieces of legislation an inalienable freehold title or equivalent is vested in an Aboriginal - controlled
body corporate.
may, for example, require the action
body to hold one or more face - to - face meeting with native title claimants or
body corporate who have
requested consultation, provide translators during consultation, or address issues of the design, location and nature of the proposed act.
(a) notified the public, and notified any registered native title
bodies corporate, registered native title claimants and representative Aboriginal / Torres Strait Islander
bodies in relation to any of the area, that he or she was intending to make the
request in relation to the area; and
places the onus upon registered native title claimants or registered native title
bodies corporate to
request consultation — this is a particular concern given the resourcing problems faced by such parties