Concerns Mount Over Increasing Aboriginal Land Claims | Part 2

My office receives many calls from Australians worried about increasing Aboriginal land claims, especially under the Queensland Aboriginal Land Act 1991.

Native Title Claims require Tribunal approval and come in two forms: Non-exclusive Title - allows cultural activities and access but doesn’t permit exclusion or sale and Exclusive Title - allows exclusion and some leasing but not sale. There must be community consultation.

The Queensland Aboriginal Land Act 1991 enables conversion of Crown land or non-exclusive native title land into inalienable freehold land for Aboriginal corporations, bypassing Native Title Act requirements. This method is affecting 15 Queensland townships and is being conducted secretly. There is no requirement for formal community consultation. This practice needs to stop as it unfairly benefits claimants based on race.

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