what happened to inherent rights does a joint venture and an apprenticeship replace all we have been since the beginning - gratifying for how?.....iw ---------- > From: Trudy Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: news-clip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: ABC News: New approach on native title > Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 1:38 PM > > ABC News > Tue, 18 Apr 2000 12:23 AEST > New approach on native title > > The Victorian Government is claiming a national > first with plans to recognise native title through > mediation rather than via the courts. > > The Victorian Attorney-General, Rob Hulls, has > told the National Native Title Conference in > Melbourne, the Bracks Government's emphasis > will be on settlement rather than going through the > courts. > > He says it is a new approach which puts Victoria > at the forefront in relation to native title matters. > > "We believe that no one wins from litigation," he > said. > > Mr Hulls says some applications may be resolved > with a package of benefits including > apprenticeships and joint ventures. > > A draft strategy will be released shortly. > > The new approach has been described as > gratifying and significant by Bryan Keon-Cohen, > QC, from the Miriambiak Nations, which organised > the conference. > > But he is urging the Victorian Government to also > consider law reform as part of its native title policy. > > © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation > > > ************************************************************************* > This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without > permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, > scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal > copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of > the copyright owner, except for "fair use." > > > ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/