This document is the first reading of the Native Title Bill 1993, read by Mr Keating.

Native Title Bill 1993 (Cth) - Second Reading, House of Representatives, 16 November 1993

Before native title was recognised under Australian law, some government laws and actions, including those relating to water usage, limited or eliminated  the native title rights of Aboriginal people. Since native title was recognised by common law, native title rights to take and use water have been acknowledged in parts...

Native title and water

Since 1865, fisheries laws in NSW have regulated fishing with limited recognition of Aboriginal fishing practices, rights and interests. Despite more recent laws that aim to recognise these rights, the government has continued to criminalise Aboriginal cultural fishing.

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Native Title Bill 1993 (Cth) - Second Reading, House of Representatives, 16 November 1993

Native title and water

Fishing laws