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The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) welcomes the opportunity to provide a response to the Options Paper on Reforms to the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (NTA). This submission has the support of the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia (CME), the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) and the South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy (SACOME). The CME has also provided a separate submission, which the MCA supports, dealing with aspects of the Options Paper that are of particular concern to its members in Western Australia.

 

The Australian minerals industry acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first peoples of this nation with a special connection to their traditional lands and waters. In recognition of that relationship, the minerals industry is committed to a native title system that works effectively to both protect the rights of Indigenous Australians and facilitate activities on Indigenous land consistent with those rights.

 

Read more: MCA Submission to the Attorney Generals Department on Native Title Act reforms.pdf