28.03.2025

Timetable

4 June 2024 Terms of Reference received 28 November 2024 Issues Paper released 21 February 2025 Submissions on Issues Paper closed May 2025 Discussion Paper to be released and submissions invited 8 December 2025 Final Report to the Attorney-General

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28.11.2024

Review of the Future Acts Regime: Issues Paper released

The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) today released its Issues Paper in its review of the future acts regime in the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), calling for submissions to the Inquiry.   ALRC Commissioner Tony McAvoy SC, a Wirdi man, commented on the Issue Paper’s release: “I’m pleased to release the Issues Paper for the

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28.11.2024

Review of the Future Acts Regime: Issues Paper (2024)

Submissions in response to the Issues Paper are now open.  The Issues Paper aims to explain the future acts regime at a high level and introduce our Inquiry. It also starts a conversation by asking you to let us know your thoughts. You can do this by making a submission or in another way that

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04.06.2024

Review of the Future Acts Regime

The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has been asked to inquire into the future acts regime in the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (‘Native Title Act’).  This Inquiry forms part of the Government’s commitment in response to the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia’s report on the destruction of First Nations cultural heritage, A Way Forward. In

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