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Insight 12 December 2019

Native Title and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

The Native Title and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 (Cth) was introduced to the House of Representatives on 17 October 2019.  The Bill largely reflects a previous Bill, which was introduced in February 2019 and lapsed as a result of the Federal election.

The Bill sets out to amend the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) and, among other things, would:

  1. confirm the validity of section 31 agreements following the McGlade v Native Title Registrar [2017] FCAFC decision;
  2. give greater flexibility to native title groups to set their internal processes;
  3. streamline and improve native title claims resolution and agreement-making;
  4. allow historical extinguishment over areas of national and state park to be disregarded where parties agree;
  5. allow minor amendments to ILUAs without undertaking a new authorisation process;
  6. increase the transparency and accountability of RNTBCs;  and
  7. create new pathways to address native title-related disputes arising following a native title determination.

The Bill has been referred to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for report by 28 February 2020.

Stay tuned for more information as the Bill progresses and the potential impacts the amendments may have on councils.


For further information on any of the issues raised in this alert, please contact the Native Title team at McCullough Robertson.

This article covers legal and technical issues in a general way.  It is not designed to express opinions on specific cases.  It is intended for information purposes only and should not be regarded as legal advice.  Further advice should be obtained before taking action on any issue dealt with in this publication.

This publication covers legal and technical issues in a general way. It is not designed to express opinions on specific cases. It is intended for information purposes only and should not be regarded as legal advice. Further advice should be obtained before taking action on any issue dealt with in this publication.

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  • Liam Davis

    Partner
  • Dominic McGann

    Partner

Holly Stjernqvist
Lawyer

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