01 July 2022
Increase in application fees from 1 July 2022
The fees payable in the federal courts and tribunals will increase from 1 July 2022 to reflect changes to the consumer price index over the past financial year. The annual increase in the fees payable for applications to the NNTT is provided for in the Native Title (Tribunal) Regulations 1993 and notice of the new fees was published in the Government Gazette on 14 June 2022. This means that fee
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01 April 2022
ORIC Connected Governance Forum and RNTBC Rule Book Info Day
The Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) is holding a governance forum in Alice Springs on Tuesday 5 April. The forum will be followed by an RNTBC rule book info day on Wednesday 6 April. The events are a great opportunity for RNTBCs and other Indigenous corporations to share their knowledge and practices and to connect with other people who have similar goals and challe
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01 March 2022
Brisbane office to re-open
The Harry Gibbs Commonwealth Law Courts building in Brisbane will re-open for normal operations on Wednesday, 2 March 2022. ​ ​​
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27 January 2022
QR code systems in Tribunal buildings
Australian State and Territory governments have mandated the use of QR codes as a means to creating a record of the time and date individuals have visited a location. Diligent use of QR codes greatly improves the speed at which an infected person’s close and casual contacts can be identified by authorities. It also allows the publication of contact locations for the community, accelerating isolati
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20 September 2021
New online service now available for Future Act Agreements
In March 2021, the Native Title Legislation Amendment Act 2021 introduced a new requirement for the Native Title Registrar to maintain a record of agreements received by the Tribunal arising out of future act negotiations, otherwise known as Section 31 agreements. Records of Section 31 agreements are now available to search on the Tribunal’s website. The search form can be found under the Search
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