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Feedback
Overall, 80% of participants found the workshop to be excellent or very good with 84% having their expectations
exceeded or met. 44% found they would use all or most of the information acquired and 92% of participants would
recommend the workshop to others. 96% of the respondents indicated they would be interested in attending a
further technical workshop, with 88% specifically interested in a similar workshop within their state/territory
to progress issues.
A number of comments were made in relation to the most valuable aspects of the workshop, with the key aspects
being networking opportunities, the good cross section of presenters and participants, obtaining updates on
activities in the various states/territories, and discussions about data including sharing datasets,
custodianship and sources of data. Of the 59 participants, 25 submitted a feedback form, providing
a 42% response rate. Results to individual questions are given below, with figures in brackets representing
the actual number of responses.
What was your overall impression of the workshop? |
no comment 4% (1)
poor 0% (0)
fair 0% (0)
good 16% (4)
very good 40% (10)
excellent 40% (10)
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To what extent were your expectations of the workshop met? |
no comment 4% (1)
not met 0% (0)
partially met 12% (3)
met 48% (12)
exceeded 36% (9)
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How much of the skills and knowledge acquired at this workshop will be beneficial for your work? |
no comment 4% (1)
none 0% (0)
less than half 8% (2)
about half 44% (11)
almost all 32% (8)
all 12% (3)
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What aspects of the workshop did you find most valuable?
- 'Networking and interaction between all participants.'" **
- 'Good cross section of presenters and participants.'
- 'Excellent, clear presentations, good solid information and analysis.'
- 'Diversity of speakers giving interesting new insights into the Geospatial potential to improve mediation processes.'
- 'Working group breakout.'
- 'Fact that it covered a good range of GIS/native title issues.'
- 'Wider understanding of issues.'
- 'Situation report on where native title is at nationally, developments in other jurisdictions.' **
- 'Activities in various states regarding Geospatial information capture and recording.'
- 'Seeing what other states were doing regarding the capture of native title activity.'
- 'Discussion of issues and what representative bodies need or are issues for them.'
- 'Gathering of all parties for common (agreed) boundary map.'
- 'Data should be shared freely especially the basic datasets, the need for spatial information to be made more readily available.' **
- 'The display of online capabilities and example of some of the DB available.'
- 'Discussions about data and its relevance to current land administration issues.'
- 'Introduction to the functions and other spatial data sources.'
- 'Data custodianship, NTLIS, CDs not trees.'
** indicates more than one participant commented on this item/theme
What aspects of the workshop did you find least valuable?
- 'Too short time frame.'
- 'At some points the discussion moved away from geospatial issues, although important there are other arenas to handle those issues.'
- 'Some of the presentations.'
- 'State departments whose processes differ from QLD — nice general information but of no real value due to differences in operations in QLD.'
- 'Pastoral association justifying political stance instead of how systems/processes could be improved.'
Please comment on the quality of the documentation and the handouts |
no comment 8% (2)
poor 0% (0)
fair 4% (1)
good 16% (4)
very good 56% (14)
excellent 16% (4)
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Would you recommend this workshop to others? |
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Would you be interested in a similar workshop focusing on your state/territory? |
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Would you be interested in a similar workshop focusing on your state/territory? |
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Are there any other parties/stakeholders who may have missed this workshop that should be invited to future events? |
no comment 4% (1)
not sure 16% (4)
no 12% (3)
yes 68% (17)
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If yes to above who is suggested for future participation?
- 'More NTRBs, they would have valuable input and also opportunity to share knowledge from both sides, ATSIS & OATSIA, Representation from claimant groups/rep bodies; native title holders and all native title
stakeholders, more Indigenous people from representative bodies.' **
- 'No apologies given so not sure who was invited but all land councils and government departments involved in native title.'
- 'Political parties and government department heads, senior policy makers.'
- 'Other respondents in the Federal Court to native title claims.'
- 'Dept of Premier & Cabinet (WA).'
- 'NSW Crown Solicitor, NSW NP&WS.'
- 'Senior management and other relevant staff at DNRM QLD.'
- 'ERIN Group at Environment Australia.'
** indicates more than one participant commented on this item/theme
How could the workshop be improved?
- 'More time allocated.'
- 'Having participants introduce themselves at the start of the workshop would have been helpful.'
- 'More interactive Q&A during presentations.'
- 'More discussion groups and involve Indigenous peoples.'
- 'Having a community representative who have received native title to explain how it felt to go through the process.'
- 'More public forum.'
- 'Just have more, many issues still to cover.'
- 'By facilitating further workshops with identified specific focus.'
- 'A workshop on the technical side of native title claim activity.'
Please comment on the duration of the workshop and the breaks/intervals:
- The majority of participants felt the duration of the workshop and breaks was good and/or adequate or about right.
Venue and facilities |
no comment 4% (1)
poor 0% (0)
fair 0% (0)
good 8% (2)
very good 40% (10)
excellent 48% (12)
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Any other comments you would like to make about the program ?
- 'There needs to be ongoing workshops to ensure the ongoing implementation of the improvements discussed.'
- 'What about making some of the questions/goals the TOR for an action agenda — maybe DITR would fund?'
- 'Question for next time: how do we want to represent native title determinations e.g. should determinations be mapped topographically like national parks?'
- 'The idea of email/newsletter about developments is a great idea.'
- 'I thought it was very well presented but I would like to see more these particularly involving the technical side to native title claim activity capture. Thank you for letting me participate.'
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