Sentences with phrase «traditional owner priorities»

To ensure that the Government's policies are appropriately targeted to achieve the desired outcomes, the Government will require reliable information about traditional owner priorities for land.

In order to ensure that policies are appropriately targeted to achieve the desired outcomes, the Government will require reliable information about traditional owner priorities for land.

Not exact matches

Sure, these types of investments are still fairly traditional, but these priorities illustrate that small business owners are smart and risk - averse.

Before going specifically to the principles it is important to note that the overarching goal of the principles - the economic and social development of the traditional owner group, is consistent with the goals of the broader Indigenous policy which posits a range of economic and social development outcomes as urgent priorities.

For instance, where a traditional owner group has prepared its own development plan, governments and companies can frame their proposals in response to the priorities the community has independently identified, saving time and resources.

The ATSIS Native Title Capacity Building project is consistent with a capacity building approach as it aims to build capacity within NTRBs, addressing priority areas: corporate and cultural governance, management and staff development, native title technical training, collaborative training and research / applied capacity building.7 While these areas are essential for the effective operation of NTRBs, the capacity building program does not aim to build the capacity of the traditional owner group.

Where the economic and social development of traditional owner groups is a priority of government, the question is not whether negotiations will proceed, but how they will proceed.

While there are many examples of native title agreements that do provide economic and social development outcomes for traditional owner groups these are not usually a result of applying native title policy goals, but rather come out of the intersection of native title with the States» other policy priorities.

The survey found that the top priority for traditional owners is maintaining their custodial responsibilities and being able to either live on, or access, traditional land.

This is particularly important where the funding situation is such that decisions made about which claims and other projects are to be given priority will have a great bearing on access to justice for some traditional owner groups.

Additionally, significant work is taking place in northern Australia, particularly in the Daly River Region in the Northern Territory, with traditional owners to identify their water priorities.

The priorities of traditional owners suggest a potential disjunction between the aims of traditional owners and those of the Australian Government.

Even though the majority of traditional owners did not identify economic development as their first priority for land, they overwhelmingly acknowledged its importance.

CHART 3: TOP LAND PRIORITY FOR TRADITIONAL OWNERS Source: HREOC National Survey on Land, Sea and Economic Development 2006

Traditional land owners were asked to identify their most important priority for their land.

A system that is not delivering fully on recognition and protection of native title is failing Indigenous people by not recognising the most important land priority of traditional owners.

The most important land priority for traditional owners is custodial responsibilities and capacity to either live on, or access the land.

There are local institutions informed by long held Indigenous laws and cultural priorities, local government councils, incorporations of native title holders and traditional owners, and a range of other Aboriginal resource and interest groups.