Native Title In Australia Achieves Major Milestone

An agreement to allow the construction of a bulk handling facility on Phillip Creek pastoral lease near Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory has become the 400th indigenous land use agreement registered by the National Native Title Tribunal.

Tribunal President Graeme Neate said the indigenous land use agreement (ILUA) again showed that parties could find positive ways to share land and use it to suit their requirements.

“The Tribunal provides registration and agreement-making services to native title and other interested parties who want to formalise ways to use the land, while also respecting each other’s rights, interests and aspirations,” Mr Neate said.

“The fact that 400 ILUAs have now been registered Australia-wide indicates that this form of agreement is continuing to work well for land users around the nation.”

The Phillip Creek perpetual pastoral lease ILUA relates to an area of about 1,444ha excised from Phillip Creek pastoral lease, about 17km north-west of Tennant Creek. A bulk handling facility will be built on the site, next to the Adelaide to Darwin Railway, by Global Port Solutions Pty Ltd. Construction is expected to begin soon.

The ILUA was registered on 17 November 2009 after negotiations were conducted from October 2008 to April 2009 involving the Patta Warramungu People, the Central Land Council, the Northern Territory Government and Global Port Solutions Pty Ltd.

The Tribunal’s Northern Territory Registry provided geospatial assistance, compliance checking and registration services.

“The Tribunal is keen to provide support to people who want to negotiate an ILUA because agreement-making between people with diverse needs and interests has proved to be very effective,” Mr Neate said.

“Across Australia, ILUAs have been developed in the mining, exploration, fishing and pastoral industries, and with local, state and Commonwealth governments on infrastructure and community development projects.

“The Tribunal is pleased to recognise this ILUA milestone —and that agreement-making in its many and diverse forms is the best approach to native title.”

Topics: Australia, bulk handling facility, Central Land Council, community, Governance, government, ILUA, Indigenous Land Use, infrastructure, National Native Title Tribunal, Native Title, Northern Territory, Patta Warramungu People, Phillip Creek, society, Tennant Creek

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