Mining, exploration and native title: the Commonwealth scheme June 2009
This diagram shows the process under the Native Title Act for dealing with applications for mining, exploration and other developments in areas where native title might exist.

 Developments and negotiations (What is the right to negotiate?) December 2007
The right to negotiate is a procedure followed under the Native Title Act to ensure some of the things that can affect native title (called future acts) can be validly done.

 Fast-tracking the grant of some mining tenements March 2009
Proposed future acts, which would ordinarily attract the right to negotiate but appear to have minimal impact on native title rights and interests, may qualify for a fast-tracking process known as the expedited procedure. This process enables most minimal-impact tenement applications to be granted without major delays.

Fast-tracking the grant of some mining tenements explains the expedited procedure and the acts to which it can apply.

ILUA or the right to negotiate process? A comparison for mineral tenement applications December 2008
The Native Title Act allows two ways to deal with applications to mine, explore or prospect: through an ILUA or the right to negotiate process.
This brochure explains the difference between the two processes and what part the Tribunal plays in those processes.

 Steps from mineral exploration to a mine March 2009
This publication was developed by the Tribunal in consultation with the WA Department of Mines and Petroleum, peak industry bodies and native title representative bodies in Western Australia, following a request for such a product by a native title representative body. 

Steps from mineral exploration to a mine aims to assist negotiation parties who have little industry experience by providing an explanation of the processes involved in mineral exploration. The Tribunal has made effective use of it as a reference tool during arbitral inquiries and invites stakeholders to utilise Steps from mineral exploration to a mine to better inform negotiations and consultation between industry and Indigenous stakeholders. 

 Submission to the review of regulatory burden on the upstream petroleum (oil and gas) sector February 2009
The Tribunal’s submission is confined to matters arising under the Native Title Act in relation to the right to negotiate and indigenous land use agreement which were the subject of comment in the report.

 Getting the most out of the future act process June 2007
An overview of the future act scheme under the Native Title Act.

 The National Native Title Tribunal’s Application of the Native Title Act in Future Act Inquiries September 2009
An article by Deputy President Sumner and Lisa Wright, related to the above Deputy President Sumner speech “Getting the most out of the future act process” presented to the AIATSIS 2007 Native Title Conference, Cairns.