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The Australian National University

Jon Altman

Document: CAEPR Seminar

Over the past four decades Aboriginal people living in remote Australia have been empowered by land rights and native title laws to claim back large tracts of their ancestral lands. Today the Indigenous estate covers over 20 per cent of the continent and includes areas of globally significant biodiversity and cultural value, many now declared as Indigenous Protected Areas within the National Reserve System. However, none of the Indigenous estate is in pre-colonial condition and it faces a myriad of environmental threats.

Document: Topical Issue

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.

Document: CAEPR Seminar

This paper was presented by Jon Altman at the 'Social Science Perspectives on the 2008 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey' conference, 11-12 April 2001, The Australian National University, Canberra. The session title was 'Income, work and engagement in market and non-market activities'.

Document: Topical Issue

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:

Document: Topical Issue

A version of this Topical Issue appeared in Australian Options Quarterly No. 63 (Summer 2010/11).

Document: Topical Issue

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

Document: Topical Issue

A version of this Topical Issue was provided as a submission to the Australian Government’s discussion paper Leading Practice Agreements: Maximizing Outcomes from Native Title Benefits, released on 3 July 2010.

Document: Topical Issue

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:

Document: Library Item (Bibliography)

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