Discussion paper

Trending up: how clean energy agreement-making in Australia is raising the bar on benefit and co-ownership arrangements for Australian Traditional Owners


The clean energy transition has the potential to be very beneficial for Australian Traditional Owners on whose Country much of it will occur. However, the transition also brings significant risks. This discussion paper on native title agreements relating to renewable energy identifies five factors that are critical to success for Traditional Owners.
Guide

Clean energy agreement making on First Nations land: what do strong agreements contain?


This publication outlines best practice guidelines for how clean energy companies could approach agreement making with the First Nations landholders of their potential development site.
Report

Improving family violence legal and support services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women


This report identifies priorities for reducing and preventing violence against, and improving services for, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in the Victorian and New South Wales towns of Mildura and Albury–Wodonga. It examines the capabilities of frontline family violence services, both Aboriginal-controlled and non-Indigenous, with regard to improving the safety of women and...
Report

Family violence policies, legislation and services: improving access and suitability for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men


This report outlines research investigating the pathways of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men through the family violence legal and support service system, seeking better understanding of the opportunities for rehabilitation that are respectful and culturally responsive, and to see if these pathways enable positive shifts in the lives of women, children and communities affected...
Working paper

Ensuring Indigenous benefit from large-scale renewable energy projects: drawing on experience from extractive industry agreement making


In the coming decades, Australia is set to see a dramatic expansion in renewable energy projects. It is likely that many of these will occur on land subject to Indigenous rights and interests. This paper looks to extractive industry experience in negotiating access and benefit sharing agreements with traditional owners to identify best practice to...

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