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Survey results
In total, 13 respondents reported working professionally in the native title space and two
respondents responded that their only experience in native title was professional experience.
Other characteristics of the 65 relevant respondents included:
Board member, director, or otherwise
involved in the governance of other
(non-native title) organisations
37
Native title holders
29
Traditional owners but
not native title holders
17
Board members of a Prescribed
Body Corporate (PBC)
13
Native title claimants
12
Board members of a Native Title
Representative Body (NTRB)
11
Board Members of
Native Title Services (NTS)
3
On a land council
2
Unable to claim native title
1
0
10
20
30
40
Respondents
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The results
(a) Top issues for women in native title
The survey results describe the most prominent issues for women in native title among the
participants and their communities. Analysing the data made clear that the most prevalent
issue for these women is that native title holders lack power under the Native Title Act. The
table below depicts two different rankings of the issues presented in the survey.
Table 1.1: Top issues for women in native title (ranked)
Ranked
overall
Ranked by first
preference
Native title holders lack power under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth)
1
1*
B
It is too hard to prove connection to country
8
4
C
Native title processes force people to choose identities
6
7*
D
Unequal power dynamics with third parties
(e.g. mining companies) funding negotiations
4
5
E
Native title rights to offshore areas are limited
12
8*
F
Native title holders cannot choose how to set up PBCs
11
7*
G
It is hard to benefit economically from native title land
7
6
H
Other laws like heritage laws do not protect native title
2
2
I
Insufficient resources for PBCs
5
3
J
No resources to heal from trauma which has surfaced in native
title processes
3
1*
K
Onerous compliance requirements for PBCs
10
8*
L
Other, please specify
9
8*
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Issue
A
*ranked equally with another issue
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