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First Nations women let down by native title system

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A new report on Australia’s native title system centres the voices of First Nations women to call for significant reform.

For the first time since the introduction of the Native Title Act 30 years ago, the experiences of First Nations women have been elevated to show how the system is failing to deliver land justice effectively.

“The native title system we have today is not what we had all hoped it would be,” Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss said.

Women in Native Title: Native Title Report 2024 Community Guide

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This is a Community Guide to the Women in Native Title: Native Title Report 2024. 

It provides a quick and easy way to understand the full report and its purpose. 

The report is an account of the experiences, perspectives, aspirations and solutions of First Nations women within the native title system.

It takes a person-centred approach, highlighting how native title and related systems impact individuals and communities on a day-to-day basis.

Women in Native Title: Native Title Report 2024

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This report is an account of the experiences, perspectives, aspirations and solutions of First Nations women within the native title system.

It takes a person-centred approach, highlighting how native title and related systems impact individuals and communities on a day-to-day basis.

It calls for significant reform of the native title system to deliver land justice and fulfil human rights such as self-determination, participation, culture,  and non-discrimination.

Social Justice and Native Title Report 2015

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Executive Summary

I am delighted to present my sixth Social Justice and Native Title Report 2015 as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner.

I am required to report every year to Parliament on the exercise and enjoyment of the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This also includes reporting on the operation of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) and its effect on the exercise and enjoyment of our rights to land, territories and resources.

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Background

In May 2015, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda and the then Human Rights Commissioner, Tim Wilson co-convened an Indigenous Leaders Roundtable on economic development and property rights on Yawuru country in Broome, Western Australia (Broome Roundtable).

Social Justice and Native Title Report 2014

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One of my primary responsibilities is to report annually on the enjoyment and exercise of human rights by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. I also report annually on the operation of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (the Native Title Act) and the effect of the Act on the exercise and enjoyment of human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. In 2014, I have again combined the reporting requirements into the Social Justice and Native Title Report, which covers the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014.

Social Justice and Native Title Reports

: The Fighting Gunditjmara Warrior. Photograph by Tim Kanoa (2014).
Learn how the Human Rights Legislation Amendment Act has meant there is no longer a legal requirement for an annual Social Justice and Native Title Report.

Social Justice and Native Title Report 2013

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In this Report, I focus on planning for the future based on the approach of our communities meaningfully participating in decisions that affect them. I also outline a continuing agenda for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, with a focus on a human rights approach using the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (the Declaration) as the guide.

Native Title Amendment Bill 2012

AHRC submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee on the Native Title Amendment Bill 2012