Native Title and Cultural Heritage Compliance

When:  Mar 5, 2015 from 08:00 to 17:00 (AEST)
Associated with  Queensland
Course Overview
Projects, Land Dealings and Operational Activities.
This one-day program builds on IPWEA Queensland’s popular program on Indigenous Cultural Heritage and Native Title Future Act Compliance for Public Works Projects. As well as providing a refresher on the compliance knowledge required to manage native title and cultural heritage risks to infrastructure projects and land tenure dealings, this updated course offers additional strategic learning specific to regional challenges, government policy developments and in-house compliance systems.


Program

• Registration
• Introduction and Identifying Local Issues
• How are public works projects affected?
       Distinguishing native title and Indigenous cultural heritage
• Legal Compliance and native title
       Legal Compliance and Indigenous cultural heritage
       What sort of public works projects are affected?
       Native Title – future acts
       Cultural Heritage – activities causing harm
• Policy Developments
       Direction of Commonwealth native title policy
       Township expansion and land release policies
       Local government ULIA program
       Strategic “tenure resolution” policy
       Reconciliation Action Plans
• Continuation on Policy Developments
       Indigenous cultural heritage compliance
       Detailing the statutory compliance requirements
       Discussion on compliance options
       Practical tools for achieving compliance
• Cultural heritage compliance checklist
• Guide to identifying the right Aboriginal Party
• Guide to searching Cultural Heritage Register and Database
• Guide to cultural heritage agreements
• Guide to Cultural Heritage Managements Plans
• Native Title compliance
       Detailing the compliance requirements
       Discussing the compliance options
• Practical tools for achieving compliance
       Native title compliance checklist
       • Guide to Indigenous land use agreements
       • Guide to other future act compliance alternatives
       • Guide to compulsory acquisition of native title
       • Example of a future act notice
• Summary

CPD points for CPEng & RPEQ = 5 hrs 45 mins

Designed for:
Engineering, Technical, Works Officers and relevant elected members; Private and public sector project proponents; Officers from government departments, agencies and business.

Suggested Outcomes:
At the end of the program participants will be able to:
• Identify on a regional and local basis, projects and operational activities where consideration should be given to satisfying compliance obligations.
• Undertake practical risk management and legal compliance steps in relation to those projects and operations.
• Identify opportunities to work with government agencies and indigenous groups to achieve strategic objectives.
• Understand how native title compliances have to be met in relation to land tenure dealings and strategic projects, such as town expansion, affordable
      housing and land release.

Course location: 4/43-49 Sandgate Rd, Albion, Brisbane Queensland 4010

Registration
Member: $685
Non-Member: $785

CLICK HERE to download the registration form.
IPWEA Queensland Office
4 / 43 - 49 Sandgate Road
Albion, QLD 4010