Native Title Housing Amendment Discussion Paper
Source: Australia. Dept of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
"The discussion paper proposes a specific process to ensure that public housing and infrastructure in remote Indigenous communities can be built expeditiously following consultation with native title parties, without adversely impacting any native title rights.
The proposals raised in the discussion paper protect underlying native title. Native title would not be extinguished, and existing heritage protection laws would continue to apply.
The new process could speed up a range of projects in Indigenous communities including public housing, medical clinics, schools and police stations, street lighting, water supply and electricity distribution."