*Please note that the links to the content in this Part will direct you to Westlaw AU. If you are still using Legal Online, the links can be found in the LOLA PDF at the bottom of this post.
The latest issue of the Local Government Law Journal (Volume 18 Part 3) contains the following material:
Article
The relationship between native title and Queensland planning legislation: The application of the future acts regime to major land use controls – Michael Walton
The recognition of native title in Australia in 1992 gave legal force to indigenous peoples’ involvement in the planning and use of land subject to native rights and interest. There was early recognition by some commentators and local governments that native title had the potential to interact with land use and environmental laws in a positive way. However, after 20 years it seems that this initial optimism has been replaced with a view that the denial of indigenous interests in planning and environmental assessment has lead to the marginalisation of indigenous interest in this process. While the resolution of interaction between native title and planning and environmental laws is a challenging exercise, it is not an issue which is presently prominent in the debate on native title matters.
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Sections
LOCAL GOVERNMENT & PLANNING LAW GUIDE CASES
- Supreme Court and Equivalent Decisions
- Merits Appeals
For the pdf version of the table of contents, click here: LOLA – LGLJ Vol 18 Pt 3 Contents or here: WAU – LGLJ Vol 18 Pt 3 Contents.
