Shadow Indigenous affairs minister Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has welcomed a review into native title legislation, arguing changes were necessary to help Australia's"most marginalised" communities become self-sufficient.Shadow Indigenous affairs minister Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has welcomed a review into native title legislation, arguing reform was needed to help"land rich, dirt poor" communities become self-sufficient.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus on Tuesday announced an inquiry into the Native Title Act, with the Australian Law Reform Commission tasked with identifying any"inequality, unfairness or weaknesses" in the legislation. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Luis Enrique Ascui "Ideas such as economic development, economic independence, the opportunity to generate wealth from one's own land. It was a very limited scope to be able to do that to begin with.
Under the current laws, Indigenous Australians can camp, fish and carry out cultural business on their lands, but are unable to grant leases or use the land for business developments. "I've made it very known publicly that these are issues, of course, that I think require reform," she said.