... them to practise their spirituality, which is a vital part of their lives. In December 1993 the Native Title Act was passed which put into law what the Mabo decision stated and made Native Title possible. Although the Mabo decision was quite important in regard to land ownership it did leave two issues ... crown land, in towns and cities, and over waterways and airspace. The 10 Point Plan helped with the drafting of the Native Title Amendment Bill, where there was no negotiating with any Indigenous Australians. Wik and Mabo are only two of the many cases regarding ... past has been fou...

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... legislative response to the decision of the High Court in the Wik case. In Wik, the High Court decided that the grant of a pastoral lease does not necessarily extinguish native title, ie that native title can co-exist with rights conferred to pastoralists under the terms of their leases. The Wik decision took away no rights from pastoralists. However, according to Wik, where there ... is conflict in the exercise of those rights, native title rights are subordinate to those of the pastoral leaseholder. The land rights movement is connected inextricably to the land based nature of Aborigi...

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... . Government housing has been allocated to some communities, and there is currently debate into the usage of sacred land, and more consideration is being given to native titles, since the Mabo and Wik cases, regarding the Native Title Act (1993), an act put together by the government to protect Aboriginal land. In Healesville, Dandenong and Frankston, three Aboriginal organisations have been granted money ... ...

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... white people. They believed them to be unable to act for themselves, so there therefore needed this kind of care. In 1993 the Native Title Act was created to make a legal process in which Aboriginal communities could attempt to claim title to their traditional lands. The act requires that those who attempt to make claims on the land must demonstrate a connection to the ... ...

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... free. They also believed that natural resources might be claimed and a few believed that they didn't have the right to any land. The Mabo decision triggered the creation of the Native Title Bill. The bill set straight the details of the land ownership. The main feature of the law was to recognise land rights for people who own freehold property and also ... ...

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... a concept that may be starting to touch all of Australia as demonstrated by the following occurrences. Recent legal and political decisions in this country (High Court Mabo Decision 1992 & subsequent Native Title Act 1993) show that Australia as a nation is at least beginning to formally recognise the importance of what the land means to Aboriginals. The fact that this has occurred in ... ...

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