Fact sheets

The Tribunal produces two series of short information sheets aimed at explaining native title and future act processes.

Future act information sheets

Future act information sheets are aimed at those people who are involved, or are about to be involved, in a future act application. They describe what must be done by parties, governments and the Tribunal during the course of future act applications and negotiations.

View the full list of future act information sheets

Native title facts

Native title facts is a series of 18 information sheets (listed below) about native title in Australia, as is administered under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth).

What is native title?

• What is native title?
• What kind of areas can be claimed in a native title application?
• Native title on pastoral leases
• What happens when there is a native title application?
• What's the difference between native title and land rights?
• Compensation and native title

Making agreements

• Native title mediation
• What is an indigenous land use agreement (ILUA) ?
• What is a native title determination?
• What is a prescribed body corporate?

What rights apply?

• What is the right to negotiate?
• What is the registration test?
• Fishing and native title: what rights apply?

Getting on with business

• What does native title mean for local government?
• Fast-tracking exploration and prospecting tenements

Getting help

• Where can you get help on native title?
• What happens when a native title claim goes to court?
• What does the National Native Title Tribunal do?