Constitution of Urabba Parks/Section 145

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Chapter 9 >>Part 2 >>Division 2 >>Subdivision C >>Section 145

Recognition of traditional owners

(1)  The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as the traditional owners of lands on which the States forming the Commonwealth and the Territories of the Commonwealth were established:

(a)  have a unique status as the descendants of the Indigenous people of Australia; and

(b)  have a spiritual, social, cultural and economic relationship with their traditional lands and waters within Australia; and

(c)  have made a unique and irreplaceable contribution to the identity and well-being of Australia.

(2)  It is the responsibility of Urabba Parks and each entity to respect the cultural, economic and environmental rights of the Indigenous people of the Commonwealth.

Relevant notes from the Explanatory Memorandum

332. Subsection (1) declares the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as the traditional owners of lands on which the States forming the Commonwealth and the Territories of the Commonwealth were established, have a spiritual, social, cultural and economic relationship with their traditional lands and waters within Australia and have made a unique and irreplaceable contribution to the identity and well-being of Australia.

333. Subsection (2) provides for the responsibility of Urabba Parks and each entity to respect the cultural, economic and environmental rights of the Indigenous people of the Commonwealth. The provision is modelled on subsection 1A(2) of the Constitution Act 1975 of the Parliament of Victoria.