Native Title Report 2006: Information Sheet 4 - Case studies

Native Title Report 2006

Information Sheet 4 - Case studies

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The case studies provide only a small sample of good practice in agreement-making and enterprise development in Australia.

Two of the case studies describe system-wide approaches to land agreements and enterprise development, based on government and industry collaboration.

Three case studies describe regional approaches to land and enterprise development.

Specific examples The Memorandum of Understanding between the Minerals Council of Australia, the Australian Government and the East Kimberley Regional Partnership Agreement , discussed in Chapter 3 of the report, describes a collaborative approach to support Indigenous economic development in eight trial sites across Australia.

South Australia 's state-wide Indigenous Land Use Agreement Framework is discussed in chapter 4. It provides another system-wide approach to Indigenous Land Use Agreements.

The Argyle Participation Agreement discussed in Chapter 5 describes a regional agreement(the Argyle Indigenous Land Use Agreement) in the Kimberley, Western Australia.

Ngarda Civil and Mining discussed in Chapter 6 describes the development of an Indigenous-owned and managed enterprise in the Pilbara.

The Yarrabah Housing Project discussed in Chapter 7 provides an example of a township lease agreement and a home ownership scheme that has some similarities and some marked differences with the leasing and home ownership approaches of the Australian Government.