Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The Northern Australian white paper announced a range of measures to assist Indigenous economic participation. Over $20 million is being provided to support native title holders, and that is in the prescribed body corporates, so that is the organisation that is effectively made up of the court of determinations in native title. This is the first time that we have provided funding directly to those native title holders and supported communities, including those in your home state like Gooniyandi. We have provided $17 million towards cadastral surveys—that is area mapping and those sorts of things—$12 million to expand opportunities for Indigenous ranger groups and $10 million for land pilots. But the most important is the first $20 million we provided to provide equity. We have a developer come to your community. You have only just had this land that you have lost forever being handed back to you. This will give you equity. You can buy expertise and have legal advice like everyone else in the arrangement.