Submissions

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Content warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers should be aware that some submissions may contain the names of deceased persons.

This page lists all submissions received during the Inquiry. Submissions 1 to 50 were received before publication of the Discussion Paper in May 2025. All later submissions were received after publication of the Discussion Paper.

1. T Sampson

3. Confidential

4. Confidential

5. E Wensing

6. Minerals Council of Australia

7. M Lucas

8. G Johns and W O’Chee

9. Confidential

10. P&E Law

11. Mawal Pty Ltd

12. R Lapthorne

13. Confidential

14. First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance

15. A English

13. F Powell

17. MPS Law

18. Environmental Justice Australia

19. Environmental Equity

20. National Native Title Council

22. Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Water Interests

23. National Native Title Tribunal

24. Local Government Association of Queensland

25. Robe River Kuruma Aboriginal Corporation

26. Kimberley Land Council

27. Confidential

28. Confidential

29. Confidential

30. First Nations Clean Energy Network

31. Central Land Council

32. Association of Mining and Exploration Companies

33. Confidential

34. Confidential

35. Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation

36. Australian Local Government Association

37. Kyburra Munda Yalga Aboriginal Corporation

38. PKKP Aboriginal Corporation

39. Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry (Cth)

40. Confidential

41. National Farmers’ Federation

42. First Nations Legal and Research Services

43. State of Queensland

44. Cape York Regional Organisations

45. Queensland South Native Title Services

46. Not published

47. Law Council of Australia

48. Australian Human Rights Commission

49. Confidential

51. W Santo

52. Confidential

53. Bardi Jawi Niimidiman Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC

55. Confidential

56. J Armstrong

57. M Lucas

58. Confidential

59. K and S Broad

60. Confidential

61. Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Cth)

62. Maddocks

63. Confidential

64. Amalgamated Prospectors and Leaseholders Association of WA Inc

66. Queensland Farmers’ Federation

67. Pastoral Land Board

68. Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation

69. Indigenous On Country Services

70. Isaac Regional Council

71. Gympie Regional Council

72. Lowitja Institute

73. Confidential

74. Confidential

75. Confidential

76. M Boge

77. Jigsaw Legal

78. Productivity Commission

79. Eastern Goldfields Prospectors Association

80. ANTAR

81. Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council

82. State Aboriginal Heritage Committee (SA)

83. Confidential

84. Kimberley Pilbara Cattlemen’s Association

85. Confidential

86. National Native Title Tribunal

87. Confidential

88. Confidential

89. Confidential

91. Not published

92. Confidential

93. J Marrell

94. K O’Bryan

95. Houston Legal & Consultants

96. North Queensland Land Council

97. Association of Mining and Exploration Companies

98. Gawler Ranges Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC

99. L O’Neill

101. New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council

102. Norman Waterhouse Lawyers

103. Confidential

104. South Australian Native Title Services

105. Queensland Small Miners Council

106. Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association

107. Confidential

108. Local Government Association of Queensland

109. Confidential

110. Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations

111. AgForce Queensland Farmers Ltd

112. Confidential

113. Minerals Council of Australia

114. National Farmers’ Federation

115. Western Australian Government

116. Confidential

117. NSW Minerals Council

118. Australian Human Rights Commission

119. I Ingram

120. Law Council of Australia

121. Central Land Council

122. Confidential

123. Bureau of Meteorology

124. Queensland South Native Title Services

125. Gur A Baradharaw Kod Torres Strait Sea and Land Council Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal Corporation

126. Confidential

127. Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations

128. P&E Law

129. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

130. Mabo Centre and National Native Title Council

131. S Munro

132. Confidential

133. S Lawes

134. Powerlink Queensland

135. Seqwater

136. Cattle Australia

137. Cape York Regional Organisations

138. G Wilson

139. Confidential

140. NSW Bar Association

141. Australian Energy Producers

142. Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation

143. Local Government Association of the Northern Territory

144. PKKP Aboriginal Corporation

145. E Raeside

146. First Nations Legal and Research Services

147. First Nations Bailai, Gurang, Gooreng Gooreng, Taribelang Bunda People Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC

148. Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation

149. Northern Territory Government

150. B Wignall

151. Kimberley Land Council

152. State of Queensland

153. Northern Land Council

154. Kyburra Munda Yalga Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC

155. Western Australian Water Users Coalition

156. South Australian Government

157. Parallax Legal

158. Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC

159. NSW Government