In this Topical Issue, Jon Altman seeks to explore the ramifications of the Native Title Act Reform Bill, a private senator's bill introduced by Senator Rachel Siewert of the Australian Greens.

A version of this Topical Issue was provided as a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Native Title Amendment (Reform) Bill 2011 completed in November 2011.

A version of this Topical Issue was provided as a submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics Inquiry into Indigenous economic development in Queensland and review of the Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2010. The paper discusses Indigenous economic development in the context of the proposed legislation, Indigenous property rights, and the Federal Government's draft Indigenous Economic Development Strategy.

It makes four recommendations:

A version of this Topical Issue was provided as a submission to the Australian Government's Indigenous Economic Development Strategy Draft for Consultation.

This brief paper is adapted from a submission in response to the Australian Government’s Consultation Paper ‘Native Title, Indigenous Economic Development and Tax’. The Consultation Paper mainly canvasses options for income taxation reforms with very little actually said about Indigenous economic development.

This paper raises four key issues and ends with a brief conclusion and five recommendations. The key issues are: