Community Facilitation

Our Community Facilitation Team is dedicated to ensuring recognition of native title rights and interests throughout our coverage area.

Our Community Facilitation Team provides training, education and support to Native Title prescribed bodies corporate, native title holders and claimants to ensure they are all informed of the Native Title rights and understand the processes and law associated with Native Title. Community Facilitators link with NTSCORP clients in the field to organise claimant group meetings (including travel and accommodation where necessary), educational workshops, training programs and to respond to any queries associated with Native Title claims.

Our Community Facilitation Team also liaises with the National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT), government and industry representatives and other stakeholders to organise attendance at claimant group meetings and respond to queries.

The company is faced with a constant challenge to meet increasing demands for facilitation and negotiation of native title matters while managing an ever decreasing pool of resources.
Facilitation and negotiation, rather than litigation, of native title claims is a priority for the company and is reflected through the following actions:

  • Education through targeted community facilitation, research and regular seminars;
  • Whole of country agreements;
  • Dispute resolution; and
  • An efficient and highly professional future act notification services.

Each traditional owner community has unique needs and aspirations. To better service our clients, the company continually reviews and streamlines its operational procedures to provide an unmatched level of skills service that is unique to every client group we represent. These actions help ensure that the facilitation of agreements that focus on whole-of-community outcomes mirror our clients expectations.

These agreements cover a broad spectrum of issues and may include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Recognition of the traditional owners of the lands, seas and waters;
  • Recognition of country laws and custom;
  • Transfer of freehold lands;
  • Site management;
  • Access to and co-management of, lands, seas and waters;
  • Repatriation and compensation due to future acts (E.G. mining and agriculture);
  • Cultural heritage management;
  • Water and fishing rights; and
  • Education and training.

The company is committed to pursuing economic independence and to ensure that traditional owners’ rights are of paramount importance in the use of lands, waters and seas in any number of activities that may include:

  • Primary production;
  • Mining and energy activities;
  • Land repatriation;
  • Sequestration;
  • The arts and tourism; and
  • Agriculture and aquaculture.


The company believes that the use of the NTA is vital to assist in improving the health, education, capacity building and living conditions of traditional owners throughout the areas the company represents.

Other key stakeholders with an interest in native title matters includes:

  • The Commonwealth government and its departments;
  • NSW and ACT governments and their departments;
  • Local governments and their departments;
  • Peak mining and industry representative bodies;
  • The NSW Farmers association
  • License holders (E.G. water and commercial fishing);
  • The Federal Court; and
  • The NNTT.