Under amendments to the land dealing provisions of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (ALRA) and the Aboriginal Land Rights Regulation 2002 that came into force on 31 March 2010, investigators and administrators are to be engaged by the NSW Government. In New South Wales, Local Aboriginal Land Councils (LALCs) are established under the ALRA as [...]
Read MoreNo new Dispute Resolution Adviser
Despite a six month tender process, the recommendation of its department and the availability of $2 M funding, the Federal government’s process for selecting a new Dispute Resolution Adviser has ended unsuccessfully. Read about it here: Government fails to appoint new Dispute Resolution Adviser
Read MoreSenate report on the Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010
On 2 December 2010, the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs provided its report on proposed amendments to the Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010 (CDR). The object of the CDR is to ensure that people take ‘genuine steps’ to resolve disputes before instituting civil proceedings in the Federal Court or Federal Magistrates Court. [...]
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