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Editors --- "Recent Australian Legislative Developments, to 1 July 2004 - Digest" [2004] AUIndigLawRpr 14; (2004) 8(4) Australian Indigenous Law Reporter 59


Legislative Developments - Australia

Recent Australian Legislative Developments
to 1 July 2004

Commonwealth

Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Amendment Act 2003

Act No 146 of 2003

Assented to 17 December 2003

An Act to amend the Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986, and for related purposes.

Extension of Sunset of Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title Act 2004

Act No 13 of 2004

Assented to 11 March 2004

An Act to extend for 2 years the operation of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Bill 2004

Introduced 27 May 2004

A Bill for an Act to amend the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989, and for related purposes.

Commonwealth Acts may be viewed online at

<http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/comact/browse/TOCN.htm> .

Commonwealth Bills may be viewed online at

<http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/bills/browse/TOC.htm> .

Australian Capital Territory

Human Rights Act 2004

Act No 5 of 2004

Effective 1 July 2004

An Act to respect, protect and promote human rights.

Heritage Bill 2004

Presented 14 May 2004

Passed 17 August 2004

A Bill for an Act to provide for the recognition, registration and conservation of places and objects of natural and cultural significance, and for other purposes.

Australian Capital Territory legislation may be viewed online at

<http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/> .

Northern Territory

Parks and Reserves (Framework for the Future) Act 2003

As in force at 14 April 2004

Amendments in force at 28 July 2004

An Act to provide a framework for negotiations between the Territory and the traditional Aboriginal owners of certain parks and reserves for the establishment, maintenance and management of a comprehensive system of parks and reserves, and for related purposes.

Northern Territory legislation may be viewed online at

<http://notes.nt.gov.au/dcm/legislat/legislat.nsf?OpenDatabase> .

Queensland

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2004

Act No 79 of 2003

Assented to 6 November 2003

An Act to make provision for Aboriginal cultural heritage, and for other purposes.

Torres Strait Islander Cultural Heritage Act 2003

Act No 80 of 2003

Assented to 6 November 2003

An Act to make provision for Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage.

Aurukun Associates Agreement Repeal Act 2004

Act No 5 of 2004

Assented to 13 May 2004

An Act to repeal the Aurukun Associates Agreement Act 1975, and for

related purposes.

Queensland legislation may be viewed online at

<http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/Legislation.htm> .

South Australia

Pastoral Land Management and Conservation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2004

Act No 5 of 2004

Awaiting assent

A Bill for an Act to amend the Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act 1989.

Pitjantjatjara Land Rights (Executive Board) Amendment Act 2004

Act No. 25 of 2004

Awaiting assent

A bill for an Act to amend the Pitjantjatjara Land Rights Act 1981.

South Australian legislation may be viewed online at

<http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/leg/5_legislation.shtm> .

Tasmania

Aboriginal Land Councils Election Act 2004

Act No 1 of 2004

Assented to 27 May 2004

An Act to defer the third election of members of the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania.

Tasmanian legislation may be viewed online at

<http://www.thelaw.tas.gov.au/index.w3p> .

Western Australia

Acts Amendment (Reserves and Reserve Boards) Act 2003

Act No 76 of 2003

Assented to 15 December 2003

An Act to ament the Land Administration Act 1997 and the Parks and Reserves Act 1895.

Reserves (National Parks, Conservation Parks and Nature Reserves) Bill 2004

A Bill for an Act to excise certain areas of land from State forest and timber reserves, to reserve land for the purposes of national parks, conservation parks and nature reserves, and to effect certain other changes to land.

Western Australian legislation may be viewed online at

<http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/index.html> .


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