The Queensland State Government has repeatedly claimed that the wild rivers legislation does not impede sustainable development. There are two aspects to the Social Responsibility Committee‘s (SRC) and the affected communities‘ objections to the wild rivers legislation. The first relates to how it has been implemented, namely without consent of Indigenous groups. In doing so...

This paper is concerned with the effective design and operation of Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBCs), as well as other types of corporate bodies utilized by Indigenous groups in Queensland to hold the different forms of Aboriginal land title obtainable under State and Commonwealth legislation.

This paper presents a case study of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme in the Coen region of Cape York Peninsula from January 1996 to May 1997, prior to implementation of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) and Spicer Reports on CDEP. It is suggested that, despite its successes, the administration of...