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Corporate Commonwealth Entity
Planning and Land Management

Central Land Council

Portfolio: Prime Minister and Cabinet

http://www.clc.org.au

Annual Budget

$85M

2025-26 Budget
Flat vs prior year
Total Revenue

$85M

2024-25 Total Revenue
Staff

350

Headcount (2024-25)
Ideas relevant to this department

8 tagged

Reform proposals on YourGov that name this department as a delivery partner — drawn from citizen voice, government strategy, research, international examples and gap analysis.

STRATEGY SUMMARY

The powers, functions and responsibilities were mainly established by the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976 and the Native Title Act 1993. Refer Annexure 3 for the Powers and Functions. [CP p.10]

VISION

To promote and support Central Australian Aboriginal people’s society, country, secured rights, culture and economy to deliver a promising future. [CP p.10]

Corporate Plan 2021 · p.10

PURPOSE

The powers, functions and responsibilities were mainly established by the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976 and the Native Title Act 1993. Refer Annexure 3 for the Powers and Functions. [CP p.10]

Corporate Plan 2021 · p.10

Strategic priorities

· 11

2

Aboriginal land development & interests

Corporate Plan 2021 · p.12
3

Protection & interests protection

Corporate Plan 2021 · p.12
4

Culture & Heritage management of Aboriginal land

Corporate Plan 2021 · p.12
5

Strong/sustainable ranger program providing work on country & achieving land management outcomes

Corporate Plan 2021 · p.12
6

Aboriginal peoples sustainably using and managing their land

Corporate Plan 2021 · p.12
7

Community Development – early learning projects spent

Corporate Plan 2021 · p.12
8

Community Development - 5 year lease money spent

Corporate Plan 2021 · p.12

Outcomes

· 5

Outcome 1: Protecting culturally significant sites, Cultural heritage and customs

Activities protecting Aboriginal land and culturally significant sites ‘Culture’

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Protecting culturally significant sites
  • Cultural heritage and customs

Outcome 2: Creating employment & business participation opportunities

Creating employment & business participation, Supporting new business ventures.

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Creating employment & business participation
  • Supporting new business ventures

Outcome 3: Securing employment - FTE

Employment, Living in harmony.

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Employment
  • Living in harmony

Outcome 4: Ranger program success - employment & training outcomes

Ranger program success - employment, Securing employment - FTE ‘Society’

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Ranger program success - employment
  • Securing employment - FTE ‘Society’

Outcome 5: Education & training contribution to modern Australia

Education & training contribution to modern Australia respected.

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Education & training contribution to modern Australia

Values

· 11

Good governance

engagement

Aboriginal land development & interests

Protection & interests protection

Culture & Heritage management of Aboriginal land

Strong/sustainable ranger program providing work on country & achieving land management outcomes

Aboriginal peoples sustainably using and managing their land

Community Development – early learning projects spent

Community Development - 5 year lease money spent

Rangers

Using Land

Performance measures

· 1

CodeMeasureTarget 2025-26Latest resultStatus

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Corporate Plan 2021

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Annual Report 2019-20
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Ideas distilled from this entity's strategy & evidence

· 8

Case Processing

Speed up land claim processing

Implement a dedicated land claims processing unit to streamline and expedite the land claim approval process.

Impact: Medium
Effort: High
Medium

2019-20.pdf

Data & Performance

Create a digital land register

Develop a secure, accessible digital land register to improve transparency and accessibility of land records.

Impact: High
Effort: High
Large

2019-20.pdf

Citizen Participation

Expand outstation support program

Increase funding and resources for outstation communities to improve infrastructure and services.

Impact: High
Effort: High
Large

2020-2024.pdf

Capability Building

Enhance ranger program training

Revise and expand the training curriculum for ranger program participants to include modern land management techniques.

Impact: Medium
Effort: Medium
Small

2019-20.pdf

Regulation & Policy

Strengthen sacred sites protection

Implement stricter regulations and monitoring to better protect sacred sites from unauthorized access and damage.

Impact: High
Effort: High
Large

2019-20.pdf

Staff Productivity

Improve employment equity

Introduce targeted recruitment and retention strategies to improve employment equity for Aboriginal staff.

Impact: Medium
Effort: Medium
Medium

2020-2024.pdf

Procurement & Delivery

Adopt new feral animal control methods

Trial new, more efficient feral animal control methods to reduce the environmental impact.

Impact: Low
Effort: Low
Small

2019-20.pdf

Strategy & Reform

Adopt international land management practices

Incorporate successful international land management practices to enhance the effectiveness of the Council’s programs.

Impact: High
Effort: High
Large

association-worldbank.org-governance.txt

Case Processing

Speed up land claim processing

Implement a dedicated land claims processing unit to streamline and expedite the land claim approval process.

Impact: Medium
Effort: High
Medium

2019-20.pdf

Data & Performance

Create a digital land register

Develop a secure, accessible digital land register to improve transparency and accessibility of land records.

Impact: High
Effort: High
Large

2019-20.pdf

Citizen Participation

Expand outstation support program

Increase funding and resources for outstation communities to improve infrastructure and services.

Impact: High
Effort: High
Large

2020-2024.pdf

Capability Building

Enhance ranger program training

Revise and expand the training curriculum for ranger program participants to include modern land management techniques.

Impact: Medium
Effort: Medium
Small

2019-20.pdf

Regulation & Policy

Strengthen sacred sites protection

Implement stricter regulations and monitoring to better protect sacred sites from unauthorized access and damage.

Impact: High
Effort: High
Large

2019-20.pdf

Staff Productivity

Improve employment equity

Introduce targeted recruitment and retention strategies to improve employment equity for Aboriginal staff.

Impact: Medium
Effort: Medium
Medium

2020-2024.pdf

Procurement & Delivery

Adopt new feral animal control methods

Trial new, more efficient feral animal control methods to reduce the environmental impact.

Impact: Low
Effort: Low
Small

2019-20.pdf

Strategy & Reform

Adopt international land management practices

Incorporate successful international land management practices to enhance the effectiveness of the Council’s programs.

Impact: High
Effort: High
Large

association-worldbank.org-governance.txt

Legislation administered

· 2

Act

1976

Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

The entity administers land rights for Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory.

Act

1993

Native Title Act 1993

The entity represents Aboriginal people in native title claims and negotiations.

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