(a) Native title rights in Australia are an illusion. On the one hand the law recognizes...

 

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(a) "Native title rights in Australia are an illusion. On the one hand the law recognizes the concept of native title, but on the other, maintains that for various reasons native title has been largely washed away or extinguished by events which have occurred since English colonization." Discuss. (b) Under the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 (Vic) ("the Act") a land agreement in relation to unreserved public land may provide for an estate in fee simple in that land to be granted to the traditional owner group. Do the provisions of the Act threaten both grants of freehold by the Crown and existing native title rights over the land in question? Explain (a) "Native title rights in Australia are an illusion. On the one hand the law recognizes the concept of native title, but on the other, maintains that for various reasons native title has been largely washed away or extinguished by events which have occurred since English colonization." Discuss. (b) Under the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 (Vic) ("the Act") a land agreement in relation to unreserved public land may provide for an estate in fee simple in that land to be granted to the traditional owner group. Do the provisions of the Act threaten both grants of freehold by the Crown and existing native title rights over the land in question? Explain

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a The issue of native title rights in Australia is complex and involves a legal landscape that recognizes the concept of native title while also acknowledging that it has been largely diminished due t... View the full answer