Native Title in NSW: Leveraging Aboriginal Land Rights to Land and Sea
Issues covered include: native title, cultural heritage
Description
Hear from leading experts across the spectrum of native title practice. Don’t miss this half-day examination of the very latest issues that are truly essential to anyone whose work touches on native title or cultural heritage issues.
Attend and earn 4 units in Substantive Law
Chair: Vance Hughston SC, Sixth Floor Windeyer Chambers; Market Leading Native Title Barrister, Doyle’s Guide 2019
9.00am to 9.05am Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.50am: State and Territory Treaties: Necessary Fundamentals for First Nation Engagement
- Is the resolution of disputed sovereignty necessary for State based treaties?
- Can native title and land rights be taken as having delivered on the land component of any State based treaty?
- What should First Nations put into place to prepare for negotiations?
Presented by Tony McAvoy SC, Frederick Jordan Chambers
9.50am to 10.35am: A Guide Map to Pathways to Native Title Act Compliance: Non-claimant Applications, 24FA Protection and ILUAs
- Recent case law developments in Queensland and NSW
- Differences between compliance options
- Implications for compensation
Presented by James Walkley, Director, Chalk and Berendht
10.35am to 10.50am: Morning Tea
10.50am to 11.35am: The Practicalities of Native Title and Statutory Aboriginal Land Rights in NSW
- Commonalities and divergence
- Points of tension
- Some ideas for greater integration and better outcomes
Presented by Dominic Beckett, Principal, Dominic Beckett Legal and Consulting
11.35am to 12.20pm: Griffiths v Northern Territory [2019] HCA 7: A Guide for the Compensation of Cultural and Economic Loss of Native Title
- Griffiths v Northern Territory [2019] HCA 7: The High Court’s decision and the consequences
- Identifying which parts of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) apply to compensable acts and whether the acts have been validated by a state or territory Act
- Whether the value of exclusive native title rights and interests equates with the objective economic value of an unencumbered freehold estate
- Valuing non-exclusive, compared to exclusive, native title rights and interests
- Does the inalienability of native title rights affect an assessment of economic value?
Presented by Tina Jowett, Barrister, Sixth Floor Windeyer Chambers; Leading Native Title Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019
12.20pm to 1.05pm: Environmental Partnership and Acquisition and Management of Wetlands
- Learn how Nari Nari People have acquired 89,000 ha of freehold property through a tender process issued by the NSW Government
- How complex cultural heritage, property, and natural resources (water and biodiversity) law issues required resolution
- Important new pathway for Aboriginal People to lead conservation and cultural outcomes and restore their relationship to Country
Presented by Kathryn Ridge, Solicitor and Director, Ridge and Associates and Jamie Woods, Property Manager, Gayini Nari Nari Tribal Council
1.05pm to 1.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
Venue
Cliftons Sydney
Level 3, 10 Spring Street
Sydney 2000
NSW
Australia
Directions
Nearby Public Transport:
Train Stations - Wynyard 400m OR Martin Place 500m
Bus Interchange - Clarence Street 450m
Ferry - Circular Quay 1.2km
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