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Treat this as an evidence pack for editorial review, not a final judgement.\n\n## Source Coverage\n\n| Source type | Count |\n|---|---:|\n| other-pdfs | 4 |\n| pages | 8 |\n\n## Executive Readout\n\n### Purpose\n\n- This page sets out information about the vision, purpose and responsibilities of the Agency.\n Source: `pages/about.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/about-niaa)`\n- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Transparency Statement 2026\nBack to\nHome\nListen\nPurpose\nThe National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) is committed to the safe, ethical, and transparent use of Artificial Intelligence (AI).\n Source: `pages/announcements-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/artificial-intelligence-ai-transparency-statement-2026)`\n- Archived Reports of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to 2013\nAboriginal Land Commissioner Annual Reports from 2000 to 2012\nLand claim reports from Borroloola Land Claim to Simpson Desert Land Claim Stage IV\nReview of Part IV (Mining) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nApplication to establish the Katherine Regional Land Council\nReview of Part V of the\nAboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nIn April 2022 the Minister for Indigenous Australians requested the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to conduct a review of Part V of the Act.\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner)`\n- Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)\nTerms of Reference\nList of stakeholders invited to participate in the Review (PDF 130KB)\n|\n(DOCX 24KB)\nFormal advertisement for notice of interest (PDF 126KB)\n|\n(DOCX 39KB)\nIssues Paper for Public Discussion (PDF 177KB)\n|\n(DOCX 30KB)\nPrivacy notice and consent form (PDF 82 KB)\n|\n(DOCX 568 KB)\nDetriment Review 2017-2018\nIn 2017 the Minister for Indigenous Affairs sought advice from the Aboriginal Land Commissioner on detriment issues relating to 16 land claims recommended for grant between 1981 to 2004 which were not yet finalised.\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner)`\n\n### Role and Functions\n\n- 3) What qualifications and staffing requirements would the Commissioner need to carry out\nsuch a function?\n• See considerations above and sections 53 to 54D of the Land Rights Act\nB) Current functions under the Land Rights Act\nThe Land Rights Act also provides for the Commissioner to perform functions under section 50(1)(b)\nand section 50(1)(d).\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- Archived Reports of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to 2013\nAboriginal Land Commissioner Annual Reports from 2000 to 2012\nLand claim reports from Borroloola Land Claim to Simpson Desert Land Claim Stage IV\nReview of Part IV (Mining) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nApplication to establish the Katherine Regional Land Council\nReview of Part V of the\nAboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nIn April 2022 the Minister for Indigenous Australians requested the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to conduct a review of Part V of the Act.\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner)`\n- Part V deals with the functions and responsibilities of Aboriginal Land Commissioners.\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner)`\n- Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)\nTerms of Reference\nList of stakeholders invited to participate in the Review (PDF 130KB)\n|\n(DOCX 24KB)\nFormal advertisement for notice of interest (PDF 126KB)\n|\n(DOCX 39KB)\nIssues Paper for Public Discussion (PDF 177KB)\n|\n(DOCX 30KB)\nPrivacy notice and consent form (PDF 82 KB)\n|\n(DOCX 568 KB)\nDetriment Review 2017-2018\nIn 2017 the Minister for Indigenous Affairs sought advice from the Aboriginal Land Commissioner on detriment issues relating to 16 land claims recommended for grant between 1981 to 2004 which were not yet finalised.\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner)`\n- News\nExplore the latest news\nImage\nBack to\nHome\nType\nShow All\nAudio\nCommunique\nMedia release\nNews\nOn the Record\nOpinion piece\nPhoto\nSpeech\nTranscript\nTwitter\nYouTube\nTopic\nSort by\nRelease date\nTitle\nOrder\nAsc\nDesc\nType:\nShow All\nAudio\nCommunique\nMedia release\nNews\nOn the Record\nOpinion piece\nPhoto\nSpeech\nTranscript\nTwitter\nYouTube\nTopic:\nShow All\nClosing the Gap\nCulture and Empowering Communities\nData, Evaluation and Research\nEarly Childhood Development and Education\nEmployment and Economic Development\nEnvironment and Land\nGrants and Funding\nHealth and Wellbeing\nHousing and Community Safety\nIndigenous Rangers Program (IRP)\nMurray-Darling Basin Aboriginal Water Entitlements\nNIAA Corporate\nSort:\nMost recent\nTitle\nEmployment and Economic Development\n|\nNews\nAdvice for funded service providers experiencing fuel supply disruptions\nFriday, 24 Apr 2026\nGrants and Funding\n|\nNews\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/news)`\n- Thursday, 19 Feb 2026\nClosing the Gap\n|\nNews\nCommonwealth Closing the Gap report release\nThursday, 12 Feb 2026\nHealth and Wellbeing\n|\nNews\nShape the future of affordable essentials in remote communities\nWednesday, 11 Feb 2026\nCulture and Empowering Communities\n|\nNews\nNational NAIDOC 2026 Awards nominations and poster competition now open!\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/news)`\n\n### Strategic Priorities\n\n- Archived Reports of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to 2013\nAboriginal Land Commissioner Annual Reports from 2000 to 2012\nLand claim reports from Borroloola Land Claim to Simpson Desert Land Claim Stage IV\nReview of Part IV (Mining) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nApplication to establish the Katherine Regional Land Council\nReview of Part V of the\nAboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nIn April 2022 the Minister for Indigenous Australians requested the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to conduct a review of Part V of the Act.\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner)`\n- Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)\nTerms of Reference\nList of stakeholders invited to participate in the Review (PDF 130KB)\n|\n(DOCX 24KB)\nFormal advertisement for notice of interest (PDF 126KB)\n|\n(DOCX 39KB)\nIssues Paper for Public Discussion (PDF 177KB)\n|\n(DOCX 30KB)\nPrivacy notice and consent form (PDF 82 KB)\n|\n(DOCX 568 KB)\nDetriment Review 2017-2018\nIn 2017 the Minister for Indigenous Affairs sought advice from the Aboriginal Land Commissioner on detriment issues relating to 16 land claims recommended for grant between 1981 to 2004 which were not yet finalised.\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner)`\n- News\nExplore the latest news\nImage\nBack to\nHome\nType\nShow All\nAudio\nCommunique\nMedia release\nNews\nOn the Record\nOpinion piece\nPhoto\nSpeech\nTranscript\nTwitter\nYouTube\nTopic\nSort by\nRelease date\nTitle\nOrder\nAsc\nDesc\nType:\nShow All\nAudio\nCommunique\nMedia release\nNews\nOn the Record\nOpinion piece\nPhoto\nSpeech\nTranscript\nTwitter\nYouTube\nTopic:\nShow All\nClosing the Gap\nCulture and Empowering Communities\nData, Evaluation and Research\nEarly Childhood Development and Education\nEmployment and Economic Development\nEnvironment and Land\nGrants and Funding\nHealth and Wellbeing\nHousing and Community Safety\nIndigenous Rangers Program (IRP)\nMurray-Darling Basin Aboriginal Water Entitlements\nNIAA Corporate\nSort:\nMost recent\nTitle\nEmployment and Economic Development\n|\nNews\nAdvice for funded service providers experiencing fuel supply disruptions\nFriday, 24 Apr 2026\nGrants and Funding\n|\nNews\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/news)`\n- Thursday, 19 Feb 2026\nClosing the Gap\n|\nNews\nCommonwealth Closing the Gap report release\nThursday, 12 Feb 2026\nHealth and Wellbeing\n|\nNews\nShape the future of affordable essentials in remote communities\nWednesday, 11 Feb 2026\nCulture and Empowering Communities\n|\nNews\nNational NAIDOC 2026 Awards nominations and poster competition now open!\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/news)`\n- Sunday, 25 Jan 2026\nGrants and Funding\n|\nNews\nThe NAIDOC 2026 Local Grants Opportunity – Now open\nTuesday, 20 Jan 2026\nCulture and Empowering Communities\n|\nNews\nGrants for remote First Nations community laundries\nTuesday, 25 Nov 2025\n1-9 of 338 results\nFeedback\nDid you find this page useful?\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/news)`\n- [pages 1,2,3]\n[Page 1]\nList of stakeholders invited to participate in the Review of\nPart V of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\n(as at 23.06.2022)\nLand Councils:\n• Anindilyakwa Land Council\n• Central Land Council\n• Northern Land Council\n• Tiwi Land Council\nAustralian Government Ministers and Departments:\n• Hon Linda Burney MP, Minister for Indigenous Australians\n• Hon Mark Dreyfus QC, Attorney-General\n• Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for the Environment and Water\n• National Indigenous Australians Agency\n• National Archives Australia\nNorthern Territory Ministers and Departments:\n• Hon Natasha Fyles, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory\n• Hon Selena Uibo, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs\n• Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority\n• Department of Attorney-General and Justice\nFormer Aboriginal Land Commissioners:\n• Mr Howard Olney AM QC\n• Mr Michael Maurice\n Source: `other-pdfs/list-of-stakeholders-invited-to-participate-in-the-review-of-part-v-alra.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/files/list-of-stakeholders-invited-to-participate-in-the-review-of-part-v-alra.pdf)`\n- [pages 1,2,3]\n[Page 1]\nReview of Part V of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)\nISSUES PAPER FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION\nNovember 2022\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- [Page 2]\nI Background to the Review\nOn 7 April 2022 the former Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM,\nrequested the current Aboriginal Land Commissioner the Hon John Mansfield AM KC (the\nCommissioner), pursuant to section 50(1)(d) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory)\nAct 1976, to conduct a Review of the future operation of Part V (Aboriginal Land\nCommissioners) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (the Land Rights\nAct).\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- 3) What qualifications and staffing requirements would the Commissioner need to carry out\nsuch a function?\n• See considerations above and sections 53 to 54D of the Land Rights Act\nB) Current functions under the Land Rights Act\nThe Land Rights Act also provides for the Commissioner to perform functions under section 50(1)(b)\nand section 50(1)(d).\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- As the Commissioner has decided lands held by\nNorthern Territory instrumentalities, such as the Conservation Land Corporation, are not\n‘unalienated Crown Land’ and so not eligible for claims made under section 50(1)(a), such\nlands might also fall within section 50(1)(b).\n• Is it useful to preserve section 50(1)(b)?\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n\n## KPIs, Targets, and Where They Are At\n\n- Archived Reports of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to 2013\nAboriginal Land Commissioner Annual Reports from 2000 to 2012\nLand claim reports from Borroloola Land Claim to Simpson Desert Land Claim Stage IV\nReview of Part IV (Mining) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nApplication to establish the Katherine Regional Land Council\nReview of Part V of the\nAboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nIn April 2022 the Minister for Indigenous Australians requested the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to conduct a review of Part V of the Act.\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner)`\n- Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)\nTerms of Reference\nList of stakeholders invited to participate in the Review (PDF 130KB)\n|\n(DOCX 24KB)\nFormal advertisement for notice of interest (PDF 126KB)\n|\n(DOCX 39KB)\nIssues Paper for Public Discussion (PDF 177KB)\n|\n(DOCX 30KB)\nPrivacy notice and consent form (PDF 82 KB)\n|\n(DOCX 568 KB)\nDetriment Review 2017-2018\nIn 2017 the Minister for Indigenous Affairs sought advice from the Aboriginal Land Commissioner on detriment issues relating to 16 land claims recommended for grant between 1981 to 2004 which were not yet finalised.\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner)`\n- News\nExplore the latest news\nImage\nBack to\nHome\nType\nShow All\nAudio\nCommunique\nMedia release\nNews\nOn the Record\nOpinion piece\nPhoto\nSpeech\nTranscript\nTwitter\nYouTube\nTopic\nSort by\nRelease date\nTitle\nOrder\nAsc\nDesc\nType:\nShow All\nAudio\nCommunique\nMedia release\nNews\nOn the Record\nOpinion piece\nPhoto\nSpeech\nTranscript\nTwitter\nYouTube\nTopic:\nShow All\nClosing the Gap\nCulture and Empowering Communities\nData, Evaluation and Research\nEarly Childhood Development and Education\nEmployment and Economic Development\nEnvironment and Land\nGrants and Funding\nHealth and Wellbeing\nHousing and Community Safety\nIndigenous Rangers Program (IRP)\nMurray-Darling Basin Aboriginal Water Entitlements\nNIAA Corporate\nSort:\nMost recent\nTitle\nEmployment and Economic Development\n|\nNews\nAdvice for funded service providers experiencing fuel supply disruptions\nFriday, 24 Apr 2026\nGrants and Funding\n|\nNews\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/news)`\n- Thursday, 19 Feb 2026\nClosing the Gap\n|\nNews\nCommonwealth Closing the Gap report release\nThursday, 12 Feb 2026\nHealth and Wellbeing\n|\nNews\nShape the future of affordable essentials in remote communities\nWednesday, 11 Feb 2026\nCulture and Empowering Communities\n|\nNews\nNational NAIDOC 2026 Awards nominations and poster competition now open!\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/news)`\n- Sunday, 25 Jan 2026\nGrants and Funding\n|\nNews\nThe NAIDOC 2026 Local Grants Opportunity – Now open\nTuesday, 20 Jan 2026\nCulture and Empowering Communities\n|\nNews\nGrants for remote First Nations community laundries\nTuesday, 25 Nov 2025\n1-9 of 338 results\nFeedback\nDid you find this page useful?\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/news)`\n- [pages 1,2,3]\n[Page 1]\nList of stakeholders invited to participate in the Review of\nPart V of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\n(as at 23.06.2022)\nLand Councils:\n• Anindilyakwa Land Council\n• Central Land Council\n• Northern Land Council\n• Tiwi Land Council\nAustralian Government Ministers and Departments:\n• Hon Linda Burney MP, Minister for Indigenous Australians\n• Hon Mark Dreyfus QC, Attorney-General\n• Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for the Environment and Water\n• National Indigenous Australians Agency\n• National Archives Australia\nNorthern Territory Ministers and Departments:\n• Hon Natasha Fyles, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory\n• Hon Selena Uibo, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs\n• Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority\n• Department of Attorney-General and Justice\nFormer Aboriginal Land Commissioners:\n• Mr Howard Olney AM QC\n• Mr Michael Maurice\n Source: `other-pdfs/list-of-stakeholders-invited-to-participate-in-the-review-of-part-v-alra.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/files/list-of-stakeholders-invited-to-participate-in-the-review-of-part-v-alra.pdf)`\n- [pages 1,2,3]\n[Page 1]\nReview of Part V of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)\nISSUES PAPER FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION\nNovember 2022\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- [Page 2]\nI Background to the Review\nOn 7 April 2022 the former Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM,\nrequested the current Aboriginal Land Commissioner the Hon John Mansfield AM KC (the\nCommissioner), pursuant to section 50(1)(d) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory)\nAct 1976, to conduct a Review of the future operation of Part V (Aboriginal Land\nCommissioners) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (the Land Rights\nAct).\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- 3) What qualifications and staffing requirements would the Commissioner need to carry out\nsuch a function?\n• See considerations above and sections 53 to 54D of the Land Rights Act\nB) Current functions under the Land Rights Act\nThe Land Rights Act also provides for the Commissioner to perform functions under section 50(1)(b)\nand section 50(1)(d).\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- As the Commissioner has decided lands held by\nNorthern Territory instrumentalities, such as the Conservation Land Corporation, are not\n‘unalienated Crown Land’ and so not eligible for claims made under section 50(1)(a), such\nlands might also fall within section 50(1)(b).\n• Is it useful to preserve section 50(1)(b)?\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- [pages 1]\n[Page 1]\nABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) ACT 1976\nREVIEW OF PART V (ABORIGINAL LAND COMMISSIONERS) – ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS (NORTHERN\nTERRITORY) ACT 1976\nIn April 2022, the former Commonwealth Minister for Indigenous Affairs, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM, requested\nthe current Aboriginal Land Commissioner the Hon John Mansfield AM QC, pursuant to section 50(1)(d) of the\nAboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976, to conduct a review of the future operation of Part V\n(Aboriginal Land Commissioners) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976.\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-newspaper-notice.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-newspaper-notice.pdf)`\n- From 15 to 28 June 2022, a formal advertisement was published in various newspapers requesting\nthat any person or organisation that wished to be heard in relation to the Review should give\nwritten notice to the Commissioner by 11 July 2022.\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- [Page 5]\n• What should be the proper scope of section 50(1)(b)?\n• Are there any amendments desirable to facilitate the use of this provision (including\nof section 50(1)(a)) which does not currently require an application to be made to the\nCommissioner, and if so, what amendments?\n• Other comments on this provision should also be included.\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- [pages 5,6,7,8]\nave been made since 1992, and there are no extant referrals under the Aboriginal\nLand Commissioner’s jurisdiction.\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n\n## Key Metrics\n\n- Staff training and capability\nTo ensure the responsible use of technology, the NIAA mandates that all staff complete AI literacy and ethics training as a core requirement under the\nAPS AI Plan 2025\n.\n Source: `pages/announcements-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/artificial-intelligence-ai-transparency-statement-2026)`\n- All NIAA staff will complete the\nAI in Government Fundamentals\ncourse via the APS Academy.\n Source: `pages/announcements-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/artificial-intelligence-ai-transparency-statement-2026)`\n- Archived Reports of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to 2013\nAboriginal Land Commissioner Annual Reports from 2000 to 2012\nLand claim reports from Borroloola Land Claim to Simpson Desert Land Claim Stage IV\nReview of Part IV (Mining) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nApplication to establish the Katherine Regional Land Council\nReview of Part V of the\nAboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nIn April 2022 the Minister for Indigenous Australians requested the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to conduct a review of Part V of the Act.\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner)`\n- Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)\nTerms of Reference\nList of stakeholders invited to participate in the Review (PDF 130KB)\n|\n(DOCX 24KB)\nFormal advertisement for notice of interest (PDF 126KB)\n|\n(DOCX 39KB)\nIssues Paper for Public Discussion (PDF 177KB)\n|\n(DOCX 30KB)\nPrivacy notice and consent form (PDF 82 KB)\n|\n(DOCX 568 KB)\nDetriment Review 2017-2018\nIn 2017 the Minister for Indigenous Affairs sought advice from the Aboriginal Land Commissioner on detriment issues relating to 16 land claims recommended for grant between 1981 to 2004 which were not yet finalised.\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner)`\n- News\nExplore the latest news\nImage\nBack to\nHome\nType\nShow All\nAudio\nCommunique\nMedia release\nNews\nOn the Record\nOpinion piece\nPhoto\nSpeech\nTranscript\nTwitter\nYouTube\nTopic\nSort by\nRelease date\nTitle\nOrder\nAsc\nDesc\nType:\nShow All\nAudio\nCommunique\nMedia release\nNews\nOn the Record\nOpinion piece\nPhoto\nSpeech\nTranscript\nTwitter\nYouTube\nTopic:\nShow All\nClosing the Gap\nCulture and Empowering Communities\nData, Evaluation and Research\nEarly Childhood Development and Education\nEmployment and Economic Development\nEnvironment and Land\nGrants and Funding\nHealth and Wellbeing\nHousing and Community Safety\nIndigenous Rangers Program (IRP)\nMurray-Darling Basin Aboriginal Water Entitlements\nNIAA Corporate\nSort:\nMost recent\nTitle\nEmployment and Economic Development\n|\nNews\nAdvice for funded service providers experiencing fuel supply disruptions\nFriday, 24 Apr 2026\nGrants and Funding\n|\nNews\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/news)`\n- Thursday, 19 Feb 2026\nClosing the Gap\n|\nNews\nCommonwealth Closing the Gap report release\nThursday, 12 Feb 2026\nHealth and Wellbeing\n|\nNews\nShape the future of affordable essentials in remote communities\nWednesday, 11 Feb 2026\nCulture and Empowering Communities\n|\nNews\nNational NAIDOC 2026 Awards nominations and poster competition now open!\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/news)`\n- Sunday, 25 Jan 2026\nGrants and Funding\n|\nNews\nThe NAIDOC 2026 Local Grants Opportunity – Now open\nTuesday, 20 Jan 2026\nCulture and Empowering Communities\n|\nNews\nGrants for remote First Nations community laundries\nTuesday, 25 Nov 2025\n1-9 of 338 results\nFeedback\nDid you find this page useful?\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/news)`\n- [pages 1,2,3]\n[Page 1]\nList of stakeholders invited to participate in the Review of\nPart V of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\n(as at 23.06.2022)\nLand Councils:\n• Anindilyakwa Land Council\n• Central Land Council\n• Northern Land Council\n• Tiwi Land Council\nAustralian Government Ministers and Departments:\n• Hon Linda Burney MP, Minister for Indigenous Australians\n• Hon Mark Dreyfus QC, Attorney-General\n• Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for the Environment and Water\n• National Indigenous Australians Agency\n• National Archives Australia\nNorthern Territory Ministers and Departments:\n• Hon Natasha Fyles, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory\n• Hon Selena Uibo, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs\n• Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority\n• Department of Attorney-General and Justice\nFormer Aboriginal Land Commissioners:\n• Mr Howard Olney AM QC\n• Mr Michael Maurice\n Source: `other-pdfs/list-of-stakeholders-invited-to-participate-in-the-review-of-part-v-alra.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/files/list-of-stakeholders-invited-to-participate-in-the-review-of-part-v-alra.pdf)`\n- [pages 1,2,3]\n[Page 1]\nReview of Part V of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)\nISSUES PAPER FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION\nNovember 2022\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- [Page 2]\nI Background to the Review\nOn 7 April 2022 the former Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM,\nrequested the current Aboriginal Land Commissioner the Hon John Mansfield AM KC (the\nCommissioner), pursuant to section 50(1)(d) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory)\nAct 1976, to conduct a Review of the future operation of Part V (Aboriginal Land\nCommissioners) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (the Land Rights\nAct).\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n\n## Key Achievements\n\n- Archived Reports of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to 2013\nAboriginal Land Commissioner Annual Reports from 2000 to 2012\nLand claim reports from Borroloola Land Claim to Simpson Desert Land Claim Stage IV\nReview of Part IV (Mining) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nApplication to establish the Katherine Regional Land Council\nReview of Part V of the\nAboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nIn April 2022 the Minister for Indigenous Australians requested the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to conduct a review of Part V of the Act.\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner)`\n- Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)\nTerms of Reference\nList of stakeholders invited to participate in the Review (PDF 130KB)\n|\n(DOCX 24KB)\nFormal advertisement for notice of interest (PDF 126KB)\n|\n(DOCX 39KB)\nIssues Paper for Public Discussion (PDF 177KB)\n|\n(DOCX 30KB)\nPrivacy notice and consent form (PDF 82 KB)\n|\n(DOCX 568 KB)\nDetriment Review 2017-2018\nIn 2017 the Minister for Indigenous Affairs sought advice from the Aboriginal Land Commissioner on detriment issues relating to 16 land claims recommended for grant between 1981 to 2004 which were not yet finalised.\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner)`\n- News\nExplore the latest news\nImage\nBack to\nHome\nType\nShow All\nAudio\nCommunique\nMedia release\nNews\nOn the Record\nOpinion piece\nPhoto\nSpeech\nTranscript\nTwitter\nYouTube\nTopic\nSort by\nRelease date\nTitle\nOrder\nAsc\nDesc\nType:\nShow All\nAudio\nCommunique\nMedia release\nNews\nOn the Record\nOpinion piece\nPhoto\nSpeech\nTranscript\nTwitter\nYouTube\nTopic:\nShow All\nClosing the Gap\nCulture and Empowering Communities\nData, Evaluation and Research\nEarly Childhood Development and Education\nEmployment and Economic Development\nEnvironment and 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2026\nCulture and Empowering Communities\n|\nNews\nGrants for remote First Nations community laundries\nTuesday, 25 Nov 2025\n1-9 of 338 results\nFeedback\nDid you find this page useful?\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/news)`\n- [pages 1,2,3]\n[Page 1]\nList of stakeholders invited to participate in the Review of\nPart V of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\n(as at 23.06.2022)\nLand Councils:\n• Anindilyakwa Land Council\n• Central Land Council\n• Northern Land Council\n• Tiwi Land Council\nAustralian Government Ministers and Departments:\n• Hon Linda Burney MP, Minister for Indigenous Australians\n• Hon Mark Dreyfus QC, Attorney-General\n• Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for the Environment and Water\n• National Indigenous Australians Agency\n• National Archives Australia\nNorthern Territory Ministers and Departments:\n• Hon Natasha Fyles, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory\n• Hon Selena Uibo, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs\n• Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority\n• Department of Attorney-General and Justice\nFormer Aboriginal Land Commissioners:\n• Mr Howard Olney AM QC\n• Mr Michael Maurice\n Source: `other-pdfs/list-of-stakeholders-invited-to-participate-in-the-review-of-part-v-alra.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/files/list-of-stakeholders-invited-to-participate-in-the-review-of-part-v-alra.pdf)`\n- [pages 1,2,3]\n[Page 1]\nReview of Part V of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)\nISSUES PAPER FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION\nNovember 2022\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- [Page 2]\nI Background to the Review\nOn 7 April 2022 the former Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM,\nrequested the current Aboriginal Land Commissioner the Hon John Mansfield AM KC (the\nCommissioner), pursuant to section 50(1)(d) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory)\nAct 1976, to conduct a Review of the future operation of Part V (Aboriginal Land\nCommissioners) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (the Land Rights\nAct).\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- 3) What qualifications and staffing requirements would the Commissioner need to carry out\nsuch a function?\n• See considerations above and sections 53 to 54D of the Land Rights Act\nB) Current functions under the Land Rights Act\nThe Land Rights Act also provides for the Commissioner to perform functions under section 50(1)(b)\nand section 50(1)(d).\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- As the Commissioner has decided lands held by\nNorthern Territory instrumentalities, such as the Conservation Land Corporation, are not\n‘unalienated Crown Land’ and so not eligible for claims made under section 50(1)(a), such\nlands might also fall within section 50(1)(b).\n• Is it useful to preserve section 50(1)(b)?\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- [pages 1]\n[Page 1]\nABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) ACT 1976\nREVIEW OF PART V (ABORIGINAL LAND COMMISSIONERS) – ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS (NORTHERN\nTERRITORY) ACT 1976\nIn April 2022, the former Commonwealth Minister for Indigenous Affairs, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM, requested\nthe current Aboriginal Land Commissioner the Hon John Mansfield AM QC, pursuant to section 50(1)(d) of the\nAboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976, to conduct a review of the future operation of Part V\n(Aboriginal Land Commissioners) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976.\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-newspaper-notice.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-newspaper-notice.pdf)`\n- From 15 to 28 June 2022, a formal advertisement was published in various newspapers requesting\nthat any person or organisation that wished to be heard in relation to the Review should give\nwritten notice to the Commissioner by 11 July 2022.\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n\n## Key Issues, Risks, and Recommendations\n\n- Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)\nTerms of Reference\nList of stakeholders invited to participate in the Review (PDF 130KB)\n|\n(DOCX 24KB)\nFormal advertisement for notice of interest (PDF 126KB)\n|\n(DOCX 39KB)\nIssues Paper for Public Discussion (PDF 177KB)\n|\n(DOCX 30KB)\nPrivacy notice and consent form (PDF 82 KB)\n|\n(DOCX 568 KB)\nDetriment Review 2017-2018\nIn 2017 the Minister for Indigenous Affairs sought advice from the Aboriginal Land Commissioner on detriment issues relating to 16 land claims recommended for grant between 1981 to 2004 which were not yet finalised.\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner)`\n- [pages 1,2,3]\n[Page 1]\nReview of Part V of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)\nISSUES PAPER FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION\nNovember 2022\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- It has been used by the\nMinister to request the Review of Detriment in 2017 (to update the status of detriment issues in claims\nwhere the Commissioner has recommended the grant of the claimed area but the Minister has made\nno decision to activate the recommendation); the application for the establishment of a Katherine\nRegional Land Council in 2011, and on three occasions for the review of the Land Rights Act or parts\nof the Land Rights Act.\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- Archived Reports of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to 2013\nAboriginal Land Commissioner Annual Reports from 2000 to 2012\nLand claim reports from Borroloola Land Claim to Simpson Desert Land Claim Stage IV\nReview of Part IV (Mining) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nApplication to establish the Katherine Regional Land Council\nReview of Part V of the\nAboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nIn April 2022 the Minister for Indigenous Australians requested the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to conduct a review of Part V of the Act.\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner)`\n- News\nExplore the latest news\nImage\nBack to\nHome\nType\nShow All\nAudio\nCommunique\nMedia release\nNews\nOn the Record\nOpinion piece\nPhoto\nSpeech\nTranscript\nTwitter\nYouTube\nTopic\nSort by\nRelease date\nTitle\nOrder\nAsc\nDesc\nType:\nShow All\nAudio\nCommunique\nMedia release\nNews\nOn the Record\nOpinion piece\nPhoto\nSpeech\nTranscript\nTwitter\nYouTube\nTopic:\nShow All\nClosing the Gap\nCulture and Empowering Communities\nData, Evaluation and Research\nEarly Childhood Development and Education\nEmployment and Economic Development\nEnvironment and Land\nGrants and Funding\nHealth and Wellbeing\nHousing and Community Safety\nIndigenous Rangers Program (IRP)\nMurray-Darling Basin Aboriginal Water Entitlements\nNIAA Corporate\nSort:\nMost recent\nTitle\nEmployment and Economic Development\n|\nNews\nAdvice for funded service providers experiencing fuel supply disruptions\nFriday, 24 Apr 2026\nGrants and Funding\n|\nNews\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/news)`\n- Thursday, 19 Feb 2026\nClosing the Gap\n|\nNews\nCommonwealth Closing the Gap report release\nThursday, 12 Feb 2026\nHealth and Wellbeing\n|\nNews\nShape the future of affordable essentials in remote communities\nWednesday, 11 Feb 2026\nCulture and Empowering Communities\n|\nNews\nNational NAIDOC 2026 Awards nominations and poster competition now open!\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/news)`\n- Sunday, 25 Jan 2026\nGrants and Funding\n|\nNews\nThe NAIDOC 2026 Local Grants Opportunity – Now open\nTuesday, 20 Jan 2026\nCulture and Empowering Communities\n|\nNews\nGrants for remote First Nations community laundries\nTuesday, 25 Nov 2025\n1-9 of 338 results\nFeedback\nDid you find this page useful?\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/news)`\n- [pages 1,2,3]\n[Page 1]\nList of stakeholders invited to participate in the Review of\nPart V of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\n(as at 23.06.2022)\nLand Councils:\n• Anindilyakwa Land Council\n• Central Land Council\n• Northern Land Council\n• Tiwi Land Council\nAustralian Government Ministers and Departments:\n• Hon Linda Burney MP, Minister for Indigenous Australians\n• Hon Mark Dreyfus QC, Attorney-General\n• Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for the Environment and Water\n• National Indigenous Australians Agency\n• National Archives Australia\nNorthern Territory Ministers and Departments:\n• Hon Natasha Fyles, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory\n• Hon Selena Uibo, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs\n• Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority\n• Department of Attorney-General and Justice\nFormer Aboriginal Land Commissioners:\n• Mr Howard Olney AM QC\n• Mr Michael Maurice\n Source: `other-pdfs/list-of-stakeholders-invited-to-participate-in-the-review-of-part-v-alra.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/files/list-of-stakeholders-invited-to-participate-in-the-review-of-part-v-alra.pdf)`\n- [Page 2]\nI Background to the Review\nOn 7 April 2022 the former Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM,\nrequested the current Aboriginal Land Commissioner the Hon John Mansfield AM KC (the\nCommissioner), pursuant to section 50(1)(d) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory)\nAct 1976, to conduct a Review of the future operation of Part V (Aboriginal Land\nCommissioners) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (the Land Rights\nAct).\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- 3) What qualifications and staffing requirements would the Commissioner need to carry out\nsuch a function?\n• See considerations above and sections 53 to 54D of the Land Rights Act\nB) Current functions under the Land Rights Act\nThe Land Rights Act also provides for the Commissioner to perform functions under section 50(1)(b)\nand section 50(1)(d).\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- Issues for discussion:\n1) There is no clear indication in the Act as to the scope of section 50(1)(b).\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- As the Commissioner has decided lands held by\nNorthern Territory instrumentalities, such as the Conservation Land Corporation, are not\n‘unalienated Crown Land’ and so not eligible for claims made under section 50(1)(a), such\nlands might also fall within section 50(1)(b).\n• Is it useful to preserve section 50(1)(b)?\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n- [pages 1]\n[Page 1]\nABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) ACT 1976\nREVIEW OF PART V (ABORIGINAL LAND COMMISSIONERS) – ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS (NORTHERN\nTERRITORY) ACT 1976\nIn April 2022, the former Commonwealth Minister for Indigenous Affairs, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM, requested\nthe current Aboriginal Land Commissioner the Hon John Mansfield AM QC, pursuant to section 50(1)(d) of the\nAboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976, to conduct a review of the future operation of Part V\n(Aboriginal Land Commissioners) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976.\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-newspaper-notice.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-newspaper-notice.pdf)`\n- Risk Management:\nThe NIAA will establish an assessment approach aligned to the\nDTA AI Impact Assessment\nto identify privacy, security, and cultural safety risks for AI use cases.\n Source: `pages/announcements-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/artificial-intelligence-ai-transparency-statement-2026)`\n\n## Corporate Values and Operating Culture\n\n- News\nExplore the latest news\nImage\nBack to\nHome\nType\nShow All\nAudio\nCommunique\nMedia release\nNews\nOn the Record\nOpinion piece\nPhoto\nSpeech\nTranscript\nTwitter\nYouTube\nTopic\nSort by\nRelease date\nTitle\nOrder\nAsc\nDesc\nType:\nShow All\nAudio\nCommunique\nMedia release\nNews\nOn the Record\nOpinion piece\nPhoto\nSpeech\nTranscript\nTwitter\nYouTube\nTopic:\nShow All\nClosing the Gap\nCulture and Empowering Communities\nData, Evaluation and Research\nEarly Childhood Development and Education\nEmployment and Economic Development\nEnvironment and Land\nGrants and Funding\nHealth and Wellbeing\nHousing and Community Safety\nIndigenous Rangers Program (IRP)\nMurray-Darling Basin Aboriginal Water Entitlements\nNIAA Corporate\nSort:\nMost recent\nTitle\nEmployment and Economic Development\n|\nNews\nAdvice for funded service providers experiencing fuel supply disruptions\nFriday, 24 Apr 2026\nGrants and Funding\n|\nNews\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/news)`\n- [pages 1,2,3]\n[Page 1]\nList of stakeholders invited to participate in the Review of\nPart V of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\n(as at 23.06.2022)\nLand Councils:\n• Anindilyakwa Land Council\n• Central Land Council\n• Northern Land Council\n• Tiwi Land Council\nAustralian Government Ministers and Departments:\n• Hon Linda Burney MP, Minister for Indigenous Australians\n• Hon Mark Dreyfus QC, Attorney-General\n• Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for the Environment and Water\n• National Indigenous Australians Agency\n• National Archives Australia\nNorthern Territory Ministers and Departments:\n• Hon Natasha Fyles, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory\n• Hon Selena Uibo, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs\n• Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority\n• Department of Attorney-General and Justice\nFormer Aboriginal Land Commissioners:\n• Mr Howard Olney AM QC\n• Mr Michael Maurice\n Source: `other-pdfs/list-of-stakeholders-invited-to-participate-in-the-review-of-part-v-alra.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/files/list-of-stakeholders-invited-to-participate-in-the-review-of-part-v-alra.pdf)`\n- Learn more\nAccountability and reporting\nAs a public service agency, our decisions must be transparent, our policies justifiable and our practices beyond reproach.\n Source: `pages/about.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/about-niaa)`\n- Archived Reports of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to 2013\nAboriginal Land Commissioner Annual Reports from 2000 to 2012\nLand claim reports from Borroloola Land Claim to Simpson Desert Land Claim Stage IV\nReview of Part IV (Mining) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nApplication to establish the Katherine Regional Land Council\nReview of Part V of the\nAboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nIn April 2022 the Minister for Indigenous Australians requested the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to conduct a review of Part V of the Act.\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner)`\n- Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)\nTerms of Reference\nList of stakeholders invited to participate in the Review (PDF 130KB)\n|\n(DOCX 24KB)\nFormal advertisement for notice of interest (PDF 126KB)\n|\n(DOCX 39KB)\nIssues Paper for Public Discussion (PDF 177KB)\n|\n(DOCX 30KB)\nPrivacy notice and consent form (PDF 82 KB)\n|\n(DOCX 568 KB)\nDetriment Review 2017-2018\nIn 2017 the Minister for Indigenous Affairs sought advice from the Aboriginal Land Commissioner on detriment issues relating to 16 land claims recommended for grant between 1981 to 2004 which were not yet finalised.\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner)`\n- Thursday, 19 Feb 2026\nClosing the Gap\n|\nNews\nCommonwealth Closing the Gap report release\nThursday, 12 Feb 2026\nHealth and Wellbeing\n|\nNews\nShape the future of affordable essentials in remote communities\nWednesday, 11 Feb 2026\nCulture and Empowering Communities\n|\nNews\nNational NAIDOC 2026 Awards nominations and poster competition now open!\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/news)`\n- Sunday, 25 Jan 2026\nGrants and Funding\n|\nNews\nThe NAIDOC 2026 Local Grants Opportunity – Now open\nTuesday, 20 Jan 2026\nCulture and Empowering Communities\n|\nNews\nGrants for remote First Nations community laundries\nTuesday, 25 Nov 2025\n1-9 of 338 results\nFeedback\nDid you find this page useful?\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.niaa.gov.au/news)`\n- [pages 1,2,3]\n[Page 1]\nReview of Part V of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)\nISSUES PAPER FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION\nNovember 2022\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf (https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf)`\n\n## Global Ideas and Case Study Inputs\n\n_No global-intelligence source text found yet. Run `CLAUDE/global-ideas-scraper.py ` to populate case-study sources._\n\n## Source Artifacts Used\n\n- `pages/about.html` - pages - https://www.niaa.gov.au/about-niaa\n- `pages/announcements-index.html` - pages - https://www.niaa.gov.au/artificial-intelligence-ai-transparency-statement-2026\n- `pages/announcements-index__00.html` - pages - https://www.niaa.gov.au/artificial-intelligence-ai-transparency-statement-2026\n- `pages/annual-reports-index.html` - pages - https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner\n- `pages/homepage.html` - pages - https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner\n- `pages/ministers.html` - pages - https://www.niaa.gov.au/about-niaa/minister\n- `pages/news-latest.html` - pages - https://www.niaa.gov.au/news\n- `pages/priorities-index.html` - pages - https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/environment-and-land/aboriginal-land-commissioner\n- `other-pdfs/list-of-stakeholders-invited-to-participate-in-the-review-of-part-v-alra.pdf` - other-pdfs - https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/files/list-of-stakeholders-invited-to-participate-in-the-review-of-part-v-alra.pdf\n- `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf` - other-pdfs - https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pdf\n- `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-newspaper-notice.pdf` - other-pdfs - https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-newspaper-notice.pdf\n- `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-privacy-notice-consent-form.pdf` - other-pdfs - https://www.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/inline/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-privacy-notice-consent-form.pdf\n\n## Gaps To Fix\n\n- No corporate plan text source found.\n- No annual report text source found.\n- No global comparison/case-study sources found.", "legislation_md": "# Office of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner - Acts and Legislation Discovery\n\n**Generated at**: 2026-05-09T21:03:41.677295+00:00\n**Entity ID**: B-003037\n**Jurisdiction**: Commonwealth\n**Portfolio**: Prime Minister and Cabinet\n\n> This is an evidence-based discovery list from scraped department material. A mention does not always mean the department administers the legislation; high-confidence and official register links should be reviewed.\n\n## Summary\n\n- Source files scanned: 12\n- Unique legislation references found: 5\n\n| Type | Count |\n|---|---:|\n| Act | 5 |\n\n## Legislation References\n\n### Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: high\n**Mentions**: 24\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Aboriginal+Land+Rights+%28Northern+Territory%29+Act+1976\n\n**Sources**:\n- `pages/annual-reports-index.html`\n- `pages/homepage.html`\n- `pages/priorities-index.html`\n- `other-pdfs/list-of-stakeholders-invited-to-participate-in-the-review-of-part-v-alra.pages.jsonl`\n- `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pages.jsonl`\n- `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-newspaper-notice.pages.jsonl`\n- `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-privacy-notice-consent-form.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- Aboriginal Land Commissioner | NIAA\n\nAboriginal Land Commissioner\nBack to\nEnvironment and Land\nListen\nThe Aboriginal Land Commissioner is a statutory officer of the Commonwealth.\nThe Commissioner’s functions are detailed in the\nAboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (the Act)\n.\nSection 50 of the Act shows the Commissioner’s functions to be:\nundertaking inquiries into traditional land claims in the Northern Territory (NT)\nproviding reports to the relevant Commonwealth Minister and the Administrator of the NT\nproviding adv\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html`\n- ved Reports of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to 2013\nAboriginal Land Commissioner Annual Reports from 2000 to 2012\nLand claim reports from Borroloola Land Claim to Simpson Desert Land Claim Stage IV\nReview of Part IV (Mining) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nApplication to establish the Katherine Regional Land Council\nReview of Part V of the\nAboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nIn April 2022 the Minister for Indigenous Australians requested the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to conduct a review of P\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html`\n- rom Borroloola Land Claim to Simpson Desert Land Claim Stage IV\nReview of Part IV (Mining) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nApplication to establish the Katherine Regional Land Council\nReview of Part V of the\nAboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976\nIn April 2022 the Minister for Indigenous Australians requested the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to conduct a review of Part V of the Act. Part V deals with the functions and responsibilities of Aboriginal Land Commissioners.\nOn 30 June 2023, the Commissioner\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html`\n- missioners.\nOn 30 June 2023, the Commissioner provided the Minister for Indigenous Australians with a set of recommendations related to the\nTerms of Reference\n.\nFurther information on the review can be found in the following documents.\nAboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)\nTerms of Reference\nList of stakeholders invited to participate in the Review (PDF 130KB)\n|\n(DOCX 24KB)\nFormal advertisement for notice of interest (PDF 126KB)\n|\n(DOCX 39KB)\nIssues Paper for Public Discussion (PDF 177KB)\n|\n(DOCX 30KB)\nPrivacy notice and\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html`\n- Aboriginal Land Commissioner | NIAA\n\nAboriginal Land Commissioner\nBack to\nEnvironment and Land\nListen\nThe Aboriginal Land Commissioner is a statutory officer of the Commonwealth.\nThe Commissioner’s functions are detailed in the\nAboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (the Act)\n.\nSection 50 of the Act shows the Commissioner’s functions to be:\nundertaking inquiries into traditional land claims in the Northern Territory (NT)\nproviding reports to the relevant Commonwealth Minister and the Administrator of the NT\nproviding adv\n Source: `pages/homepage.html`\n\n### Aboriginal Land Act 1978\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: medium\n**Mentions**: 2\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Aboriginal+Land+Act+1978\n\n**Sources**:\n- `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- cance.\n• Is it useful to preserve this provision?\n• Is it necessary or desirable to express in some different way the circumstances in\nwhich the Minister might request advice?\n• Other comments on this provision should also be included.\nC) Provisions under the Aboriginal Land Act 1978 that relate to the Aboriginal Land\nCommissioner\nOutside of the Land Rights Act, the Aboriginal Land Commissioner also has the power to inquire into\nand report on the closure of seas within two kilometres of the shores of Aboriginal land on referral by\nthe Adm\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pages.jsonl`\n- mmissioner\nOutside of the Land Rights Act, the Aboriginal Land Commissioner also has the power to inquire into\nand report on the closure of seas within two kilometres of the shores of Aboriginal land on referral by\nthe Administrator under section 12(3) of the Aboriginal Land Act 1978 (ALA). Closed seas provide\nexclusive access to Traditional Owners.\nOut of the nine applications for sea closures which have been made since the commencement of the\nLand Rights Act, only two have been successful. The Milingimbi, Crocodile Islands and Glyde Riv\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Administrative+Decisions+%28Judicial+Review%29+Act+1977\n\n**Sources**:\n- `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- s on the land from traditional\nowners and entering into leases on the behalf of traditional owners.\nThere is currently some history of litigation brought by Aboriginal people to have decisions made by\nLand Councils reviewed under the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (ADJR Act).\nHowever, it is acknowledged that litigation confined to matters of legal error and procedural fairness\ndoes not always lead to lasting outcomes and may create further divides in a community. The time\nand expense of such litigation also presents a\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Native Title Act 1993\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Native+Title+Act+1993\n\n**Sources**:\n- `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- context, the Federal Government recently sought to address gaps in dispute\nmanagement by creating an arbitration function in relation to post-determination disputes for the\nNational Native Title Tribunal (NNTT) through the insertion of section 60aaa into the Native Title Act\n1993 (Native Title Act) by the Native Title Legislation Amendment Act 2021. This allowed the NNTT\nto manage disputes arising between Prescribed Bodies Corporate and common law holders which\narose post Native Title determination.\nStakeholders agree that a new role\n Source: `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Native Title Legislation Amendment Act 2021\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Native+Title+Legislation+Amendment+Act+2021\n\n**Sources**:\n- `other-pdfs/review-part-v-alr-nt-act-issues-paper.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- to address gaps in dispute\nmanagement by creating an arbitration function in relation to post-determination disputes for the\nNational Native Title Tribunal (NNTT) through the insertion of section 60aaa into the Native Title Act\n1993 (Native Title Act) by the Native Title Legislation Amendment Act 2021. This allowed the NNTT\nto manage disputes arising between Prescribed Bodies Corporate and common law holders which\narose post Native Title determination.\nStakeholders agree that a new role for the Commissioner may draw from this amendment. 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