Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund

Effectiveness of the National Native Title Tribunal

4 December 2003

© Commonwealth of Australia 2003

ISBN 0 642 71328 6

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CONTENTS

Membership of the Committee (Word format) (PDF format)

Terms of Reference (Word format) (PDF format)

Recommendations (Word format) (PDF format)

Chapter One: Introduction   (Word format) (PDF format)
Introduction  

Inquiry History 

The Committee Inquiry

Chapter Two: The Native Title Environment (Word format) (PDF format)
Introduction 

The Tribunal and the Registrar 

Other factors that influence native title
Concluding comments

Chapter Three: Fair and Just and Culturally Sensitive?  (Word format) (PDF format)
Introduction
Fair and Just?
Notification 

Mediation 

Conclusion

Chapter Four: Economical? (Word format) (PDF format)

Introduction 

Issues 

Conclusion 

Chapter Five: Prompt and Legalistic?  (Word format) (PDF format)
Introduction 

Informal

Prompt? 

Overly legalistic? 

Conclusion 

Chapter Six: Other Matters (Word format) (PDF format)

Other Matters 

The Future 

APPENDICES

Appendix One:  List of Witnesses (Word format) (PDF format)

Appendix Two: Witnesses who appeared before the Committee at Public Hearings (Word format) (PDF format)

Appendix Three: Acronyms and Definitions (Word format) (PDF format)