The Aboriginals Benefit Account (ABA) contributes to the recognition and protection of land rights by effective and efficient administration of royalty equivalent monies generated from mining on Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory.
Supports Indigenous people to exercise their legal rights in relation to land and sea.
Supports Indigenous native title claimants or holders through the funding of a network of Native Title Representative Bodies (NTRBs) or other Native Title Service Providers (NTSPs).
An area of focus for government is the engagement between Indigenous Australians and the resources industry; particularly in the area of agreements about access to Indigenous land to facilitate mining and other resource development activities.
FaHCSIA is making regulations under the Native Title Act 1993 (the ‘Act’) which are designed to implement a number of recommendations concerning the structures and processes of Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBC).