Sentences with phrase «land councils»

However it was always his intention that the formula be reviewed according to the changing needs of land councils and local communities.

The 55 percent required to establish a new land council under s 21 (C) does not constitute a representative majority.

However, where land councils are unable to properly perform their functions then little progress can be expected on any matter dealing with native title.

The establishment of new smaller land councils, each with smaller capital base, compounds the potential that the Indigenous voice will be diminished.

Under this provision, traditional owners may be excluded from deciding the establishment of a new land council if they are a minority in the community.

For the other eight communities - Gapuwiyak, Hermannsburg, Lajamanu, Milingimbi, Ngukurr, Numbulwar, Yirrkala and Yuendumu — the Australian Government is still negotiating with the traditional owners and the Central and Northern Land Councils in relation to a lease.

The Gurang Land Council Aboriginal Corporation worked with three native title claim groups from central Queensland, the Local Government Association of Queensland and 16 local governments to develop a «template» for future ILUA negotiations.

The CU [Cattlemen's Union of Australia], ACF [Australian Conservation Foundation] and TWS [The Wilderness Society] acknowledge and affirm that the Aboriginal people, represented by the CYLC [Cape York Land Council], and the Peninsula Regional Council of ATSIC, are the original inhabitants of Cape York Peninsula who are entitled by their traditional law to their traditional customs and culture including access to areas of traditional significance.

I congratulate the Traditional Owners and the Northern Land Council for their dedication over the past decades to have the Australian legal system recognise rights that they always knew were theirs.

Members of Trust nominated by relevant land council and appointed by Minister.

In a speech to the NSW Aboriginal Land Council on 5 March 2009, the Minister said:

The government's act to appropriate funds from Indigenous land councils in order to fund its own initiative may be found to be an act of relevant racial distinction where it can be shown that other communities in the same or similar situations do not have their profits or shares from royalty monies appropriated for government initiatives.

Land tax like the State Land Councils, receive money out of GDP and put into a trust and approach industry, despite dependence on the global economy.

The parties wanted to draw on the range of difference in the Gurang Land Council region, and yet ensure the negotiations were of a manageable size.

Part 4A allows existing lands which form part of a National Park to be transferred as freehold title to the local Aboriginal Land Council established under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW).

In favour of a longer term the North Queensland Land Council argues for a three - year term consistent with other elected terms, like those of governments.56 Importantly, specialised corporate training is essential at the start of each term, to avoid directors and members being vulnerable to breaking laws they do not understand.

I encourage the Government to take appropriate action to remove the five - year lease provisions under the NTNER Act and to work with the Northern Territory land councils to transition to voluntary leases.

The Northern Territory Government accepts the established role of the NTRBs in managing processes within and between Indigenous groups, particularly as between the two Land Councils effectively all Indigenous people in the Northern Territory are represented.

Former Kimberley Land Council CEO Wayne Bergmann has bought the National Indigenous Times from the liquidator of the company behind the newspaper.

The project was a collaboration between The University of Melbourne, Charles Darwin University and the Tiwi Land Council.

Does your local Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community organisation or land council provide any funeral assistance?

This includes land councils, housing cooperatives, health organisations, and family and youth services.

The North Queensland Land Council gave an example where a person who walked their dog on the beach acted as a respondent party to a native title proceeding.

The United Nations permanent forum on Indigenous issues also recently supported a submission by the Kimberley Land Council condemning the proposed closure.

For example, Central Queensland Land Council said that its resources would only allow it to hold annual meetings of native title groups for purposes of authorizing agreements within its region.

Cummings also argues that the structure of land councils reflects women's broken connection with the land.

Take, for example, a corporation with Indigenous Land Council land valued at $ 3 million and three employees.

On 11 February 2009, the Northern Land Council announced that the traditional owners for the communities of Galiwinku, Gunbalanya, Miningrida and Wadeye had agreed to 40 - year housing precinct lease for those communities.

Aboriginal Land Trusts - consisting of Aboriginal people resident in the regional Land Council area

However smaller entities may be at a disadvantage in performing the complex functions of existing land councils unless they are guaranteed to receive sufficient funding to enable them to provide a comprehensive service to relevant traditional owner groups.