3 November 2011
Ms Helen Shurven reappointed as Tribunal Member
The Governor-General today appointed Ms Helen Shurven to be a full-time Member of the Tribunal until 28 November 2012
Ms Shurven was previously a part-time Member of the Tribunal since late November 2010. She is based in Perth and has divided her time between the mediation of claimant applications in Western Australia and a range of future act matters, including writing determinations.
Ms Shurven is a mediator with tertiary qualifications in psychology, law and education, as well as extensive public sector and academic employment experience.
18 October 2011
The National Native Title Tribunal's Annual Report 2010-2011 has now been tabled in Parliament and is available to view directly as web pages or download as a PDF via our annual reports page.
5 October 2011
In a recent letter to Tribunal President Graeme Neate, Commonwealth Attorney-General, Hon Robert McClelland MP, provided a Statement of his Expectations for the Tribunal.
The Statement of Expectations is intended to provide clarity about the Australian Government’s policies and objectives relevant to the Tribunal, and particularly the Government’s strategic priorities for 2011-12.
The Tribunal’s President responded to the Attorney-General providing a Statement of Intent outlining how the Tribunal intended to implement the Statement of Expectations. More
30 September 2011
From 3 October 2011, for resource reasons, the National Native Title Tribunal will provide more limited searches of its statutory registers and databases than it has provided in the past.
From 3 October 2011, the Tribunal will conduct searches of the registers and databases:
- for parties to native title proceedings; or
- for people or organisations (or their representatives) who need to identify existing native title interests to comply with the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwth) or other native title-related or relevant State or Territory legislation.
The form to request a search of the registers has also been revised and is available in the Registers section of the website. This form asks requestors to indicate how they meet one of the two criteria listed above.
31 August 2011
The Tribunal's seventh status report on the native title system is now available. The report focuses primarily on the progress of native title claimant applications.
20 June 2011
The National Native Title Tribunal and Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) have launched Developing indigenous land use agreements: A guide for local government to promote local government’s understanding of Australia’s native title laws and agreement-making principles.
Tribunal President Graeme Neate said the publication was a joint initiative with ALGA to respond to local government’s needs for targeted information about native title. Read the guide.
20 January 2011
As of 24 January 2011, the Western Australia Registry will move to:
Level 5, Commonwealth Law Courts Building
1 Victoria Ave, Perth, WA 6000
25 November 2010
Tribunal President Graeme Neate has advised that the Governor-General has appointed Ms Helen Shurven to be a part-time Member of the Tribunal for 12 months.
8 July 2010
The Tribunal has today registered the Northern Territory’s 100th indigenous land use agreement (ILUA).
2 July 2010
Justice Paul Finn has recognised the Torres Strait Regional Sea Claim Group’s non-exclusive native title rights over nearly 38,000sq km of sea between Cape York Peninsula and Papua New Guinea at a Federal Court hearing in Cairns.
1 July 2010
In a recent letter to Tribunal President Graeme Neate, Commonwealth Attorney-General Robert McClelland has outlined specific areas that the Tribunal should focus on to ensure the Government’s strategic priorities are achieved in the new 2010-2011 financial year.
28 June 2010
The Tribunal’s Victoria/Tasmania Registry has moved to the Commonwealth Law Courts building in Melbourne. The registry is now operating from Level 6 in the Owen Dixon Commonwealth Law Courts Building, at 305 Williams Street, Melbourne.
23 June 2010
The Tribunal’s Northern Territory and South Australian native title services will be provided by a single registry based in Adelaide from 2 August this year.
23 June 2010
The Gangalidda and Garawa Peoples have today been recognised as native title holders of 5,810 sq km of land and waters, 650km west of Cairns, Far North Queensland.
22 June 2010
Western Australia’s South West native title region is the focus of a new page on the Tribunal’s website.
2 June 2010
The Girramay People have completed the last and necessary step required for the recognition of their native title rights — the registration of four indigenous land use agreements negotiated to their claim in Far North Queensland.
27 May 2010
“Reconciliation: let’s see it through” is the call from Reconciliation Australia for this year’s National Reconciliation Week celebrations, to run from 27 May to 3 June.
25 May 2010
The Tableland Yidinji People and Tablelands Regional Council signed an indigenous land use agreement (ILUA) on 24 April, in Atherton, that protects Aboriginal cultural heritage and establishes how consultation for development will progress.
25 May 2010
The Tribunal has registered the 20th indigenous land use agreement (ILUA) for WA, bringing the total number of agreements on the ILUA register Australia-wide to 423.
21 May 2010
A web page dedicated to information on native title in the South West region of WA has been launched. The page details information of claims in the region. Find the page under Native title in Australia - Western Australia.
28 April 2010
People with an interest in native title in Western Australia’s north-west have the chance to find out more from Tribunal officers at the North West Expo, to be held in Broome, from 1 to 2 May.
22 April 2010
Western Australian-based Member John Catlin has resigned from the National Native Title Tribunal after more than six years with the organisation.
16 April 2010
Native title cases examined in the Tribunal’s Native Title Hot Spots newsletter are now easier to find with the introduction of a new online search facility.
6 April 2010
The Tribunal has released the fourth in a continuing series of six monthly status reports on Australia’s native title system. The latest report shows a slight increase in the rate of claim resolution and also in the number of claims lodged.
15 March 2010
People with an interest in native title and related matters are now able to conduct their own searches of the Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUA Register) through the National Native Title Tribunal’s website.
11 February 2010
The Commonwealth Government has recently published its 2008-09 State of the Service Report which provides a comprehensive summary of the workforce trends and capabilities of the Australian Public Service (APS).
12 January 2010
Tribunal Member Dr Gaye Sculthorpe has been reappointed to the National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council (NADRAC). Read Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland’s media release announcing the reappointment.