Land Facts

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1. What is a Land Title?
2. What is Native Title?
3. What land does the Aboriginal Lands Trust (ALT) hold for Aboriginal people and how does the Trust transfer the land back to them?
4. What is a reserve?
5. Who manages Aboriginal reserves and are those reserves a secure title?
6. More about managing Aboriginal reserves and secure title
7. Are local government rates payable on Aboriginal reserves and other lands?
8. What effect do the Aboriginal Communities Act and the Aboriginal Heritage Act have on Aboriginal reserves and other land?
9. What rights do Aboriginal people have over land controlled by other Aboriginal interests?
10. What responsibilities do Aboriginal people have when taking over land?
11. What is leasehold land?
12. What are pastoral leases?
13. More about pastoral leases
14. What is a general lease?
15. What is freehold land?
16. How can the type of interest in land be changed?
17. More about changing land interests
18. What is an Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUA)?