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The native title process
Native title applications and agreements
Indigenous land use agreements

The native title process
Improving the claims resolution process
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered to Informa Negotiating Native Title Conference, Brisbane
28 February 2008


Obstacles preventing the creation of good land-use deals
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Bardy McFarlane, Member, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered to Informa Negotiating Native Title Conference, Brisbane
28 February 2008


Native title and beyond: balancing land access and socio-economic outcomes
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered to ‘A climate for change’, Sustainable Development Conference, Cairns
31 October 2007


Claiming your territory: land access and native title
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Daniel O'Dea, Member, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered to the ‘LexisNexis’ Mining and Resources conference, Perth
24 October 2007


Reforming the native title system: the 2007 amendments
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Daniel O'Dea, Member, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered to the 14th Annual Native Title Cultural Heritage Conference, Perth
25 September 2007


Reforming the claims resolution process: Opportunities and obstacles
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered to AIATSIS Native Title Conference, Cairns
8 June 2007


Reforming the claims resolution process: The Native Title Registrar’s new functions
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Christopher Doepel, Registrar, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered to AIATSIS Native Title Conference, Cairns
8 June 2007


Getting the most out of the future act process
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Chris Sumner, Deputy President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered to AIATSIS Native Title Conference, Cairns
7 June 2007


Challenges and the way forward on native title legislation
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper presented to the APPEA Conference
17 April 2007


Native title: is it a means of overcoming Indigenous disadvantage?  
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper presented to Rotary District 9820 Conference, Phillip Island, Victoria
24 March 2007


New powers and functions of the National Native Title Tribunal: An overview and analysis 
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered to the Negotiating Native Title Forum 
Feb 2007
Sustainable agreement-making: options, obstacles and opportunities
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Presentation to the MCA Sustainable Development Conference 2006 ‘Operating for enduring value’
Oct 2006
Native title agreement-making: law and practice and learning from experience
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Presentation at the AMPLA Limited Thirtieth Annual Conference, Melbourne
Oct 2006
Outcomes will be streamlined
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Interview published in the Koorie Mail
Sept 2006
Transcript of the President's 4K1G Radio interview
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Discussion on the Federal Government's proposed changes to Native Title laws.
5 Sept 2006
Outcomes of the Native Title Claims Resolution Review
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Tribunal President Graeme Neate’s speech to members and staff on the main recommendations from the claims resolution review.
21 August 2006
Shifting lines in the sand: Meeting the challenges of native title mediation
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Graeme Neate and Graham Fletcher,
National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered to the 2006 National Conference of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia
Palm Cove, Queensland
28 May 2006
Looking in a mirror dimly: Native title and broader Indigenous policy issues
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered to the National Indigenous Council
Canberra
28 February 2006


Native title applications and agreements
Achieving results from mediation
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered to the Native Title Conference 2005
Coffs Harbour, NSW
2 June 2005
National Water Initiative and acknowledging indigenous interests in planning
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Bardy McFarlane, Member, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered to the National Water Conference
Sydney
November 2004
Developments in Australia: Native Title and Reconciliation
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Hon.Fred Chaney AO Deputy President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered to the Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association Conference Certainty Through Partnership: Aboriginal Community and Resource Sector Development

Yellowknife, Canada
26 October 2004


Negotiating native title agreements for a sustainable industry
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Delivered to the inaugural Global Sustainable Development Conference
Melbourne, Victoria
26 October 2004
The ‘tidal wave of justice’ and the ‘tide of history’: ebbs and flows in Indigenous land rights in Australia.
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered at 5th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates
Rome, Italy
10 November 2004
An overview of native title in Australia — some recent milestones and the way ahead
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered at 11th Annual Cultural Heritage & Native Title Conference Building Partnerships and Finding Solutions for Better Outcomes
Brisbane, Queensland
21 July 2004
Native Title Snapshots — a Selected Legal Update
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Stephen Sparkes, Manager Legal Services, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper presented at the South Australian State Legal Convention 2004
July 2004
Mediating native title agreements: developing National Native Title Tribunal practice
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper presented to the Native Title Conference 2004: Building Relationships
Adelaide, South Australia
3 June 2004
Native title and related outcomes
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered to the Queensland Native Title Forum
Brisbane, Queensland
17 December 2003
Joint Study Institute, ‘Speaking for country’ and speaking about country: Some issues in the resolution of indigenous land claims in Australia.
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered to the Joint Study Institute
Sydney, Australia
21 February 2004


Against all odds: the mediation of native title agreements in Australia
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal
Craig Jones, Director, Native Title Studies Centre, James Cook University
Geoff Clark, Member, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper presented to the Second Asia Pacific Mediation Forum
Singapore
19 – 22 November 2003


Negotiating native title: making enduring agreements for a sustainable industry
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered at the 2003 Sustainable Development Conference
Brisbane, Queensland
12 November 2003
Native title — all at sea ?
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Stephen Sparkes, Legal Services, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper presented at the Native Title Representative Bodies Legal Conference
28 – 30 August 2001, and updated 21 April 2002
Land, law and language: some issues in the resolution of Indigenous land claims in Australia
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered to the conference of the International Association of Forensic Linguists
Sydney, New South Wales
11 July 2003
Summary address for Closing Plenary — Where to from here?
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered at the Native Title Conference 2003: Native Title on the Ground
Alice Springs, Northern Territory
June 2003
Turning back the tide? Issues in the legal recognition of continuity and change in traditional laws and customs
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered at the Native Title Conference 2002: Outcomes and Possibilities
Geraldton, Western Australia
September 2002


Agreement making after Western Australia v Ward and Wilson v Anderson: where to from here?
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Graeme Neate, President, Nation Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered at the Native Title Conference 2002: Outcomes and Possibilities
Geraldton, Western Australia
September 2002


Statutory regimes - Native Title Amendment Act 1998 (Cwlth)
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Graham Fletcher, Member, National Native Title Tribunal

Speech delivered at Australian Property Institute and University of Queensland
Valuation of Land Subject to Native Title
24 – 28 June 2002


Native title claims: Procedural overview
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Graham Fletcher, Member, National Native Title Tribunal

Speech delivered at Australian property Institute and University of Queensland
Valuation of Land Subject to Native Title
24 – 28 June 2002


The development of coexisting property rights in the native title context
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Graham Fletcher, Member, National Native Title Tribunal

Speech delivered at Australian property Institute and University of Queensland
Valuation of Land Subject to Native Title
24 – 28 June 2002
Exploring the role of the National Native Title Tribunal in reaching agreements over native title
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper presented to Assessing the impact of Native Title and Cultural Heritage in 2002: Negotiating balanced outcomes for all parties
Brisbane, Queensland
16 April 2002
Native title ten years on: Getting on with the job or sitting on the fence?
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered to Native Title Update Forum, National Farmers’ Federation
Carnarvon, Western Australia
21 May 2002


Native title ten years on: Peering at the past, perusing the present and predicting the future
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Native title ten years on: Peering at the past, perusing the present and predicting the future
Brisbane Institute, Brisbane, Queensland
4 June 2002
The development of legal notion of native title in Australia
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Speech delivered at Australian property Institute and University of Queensland
Valuation of Land Subject to Native Title
24 – 28 June 2002


Statutory regimes
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Speech delivered at Australian property Institute and University of Queensland
Valuation of Land Subject to Native Title
24 – 28 June 2002


Musings on the Mabo case — four challenges for today’s graduates
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Occasional address at the Graduation Ceremony for The Faculty of Law, Business and the Creative Arts, James Cook University
Townsville, Queensland
23 March 2002
Eddie Mabo memorial lecture
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Hon. Fred Chaney, Deputy President, National Native Title Tribunal

Unfinished Business Conference
Melbourne, Victoria
3 June 2002
Reconciliation on the ground — meeting the challenges of native title mediation
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper presented to the Asia Pacific Mediation Forum Reconciliation: Conversations beyond cultural boundaries
University of South Australia, South Australia
December 2001
Anthropology and connection reports
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Dr Julie Finlayson

Speech given at the Negotiating Country Conference
Brisbane, Queensland
August 2001
Native title and mining industries in Australia — meeting the challenges and pursuing the possibilities
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered at Australian Mining Seminar
Australia House, London, Great Britain
February 2001


Management of native title cases by the Federal Court — does this affect the anthropologist's role?
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper presented to native title Conference: Expert Evidence in Native Title Court Cases: Issues of truth, objectivity and expertise
Adelaide University, South Australia
6 July 2001

Indigenous land use agreements
Donald Thomson's legacy and the resolution of indigenous land claims in Australia
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Opening Address at the Donald Thomson Centenary Symposium
University of Melbourne, Victoria
13 July 2001
The Effectiveness of ILUAs as a Risk Management Tool: A Mediator's Perspective
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper presented at Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Association Twenty-third Annual Conference,
Sydney, New South Wales
28 – 30 July 1999


ILUAs — what certainty for pastoralists?
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered at the 69th Annual Conference of The Pastoralists' & Graziers' Association of WA (Inc)
Scarborough, Western Australia
1999
Notification and registration
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Chris Doepel, Registrar, National Native Title Tribunal

Speech given at the Negotiating Country Conference
Brisbane, Queensland
August 2001
Direct negotiations with numerous native title holders and project proponents
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Frankie Les Deemal

Speech given at the Negotiating Country Conference
Brisbane, Queensland
August 2001
Negotiating Country
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John Sosso, Member, National Native Title Tribunal

Speech given at the Negotiating Country Conference
Brisbane, Queensland
August 2001
A project proponent's perspective
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Doug Young

Speech given at the Negotiating Country Conference
Brisbane, Queensland
August 2001
Why ILUAs are important to government
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Nerida Cooley

Speech given at the Negotiating Country Conference
Brisbane, Queensland
August 2001
Opening address
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Hon. Daryl Williams, AM QC MP

Speech given at the Negotiating Country Conference
Brisbane, Queensland
August 2001
Land access issues as part of resolving claimant applications
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Geoff Gishubl

Speech given at the Negotiating Country Conference
Brisbane, Queensland
August 2001
Process — managing the critical stages
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Bardy McFarlane, Member, National Native Title Tribunal

Speech given at the Negotiating Country Conference
Brisbane, Queensland
August 2001
ILUAs — some legal issues
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Speech given at the Negotiating Country Conference
Brisbane, Queensland
August 2001
Managing native title matters in the Federal Court
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Louise Anderson

Speech given at the Negotiating Country Conference
Brisbane, Queensland
August 2001
Indigenous land rights and native title in Queensland — a decade in review
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Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal

Paper delivered to the International Law Association (Australian Branch), Queensland Chapter
Queensland
August 2001
Certification/authorisation
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Fred Tanner

Speech given at the Negotiating Country Conference,
Brisbane, Queensland
August 2001
Key legal developments in native title
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Graeme Hiley QC

Speech given at the Negotiating Country Conference
Brisbane, Queensland
August 2001
Cultural issues: conflict and expectations
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Kado Muir

Speech given at the Negotiating Country Conference
Brisbane, Queensland
August 2001
Challenges of negotiating a state-wide agreement
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Parry Agius

Speech given at the Negotiating Country Conference
Brisbane, Queensland
August 2001
ILUAs — the track record
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Senator Jeannie Ferris

Outline of issues raised during the Parliamentary Joint Committee's 2001 inquiry into ILUAs
Indigenous land use agreements (ILUAs): their role and scope
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Ruth Wade, Member, National Native Title Tribunal

Speech given at the Negotiating Country Conference
Brisbane, Queensland
August 2001