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Committee's Report

The committee tabled its Report No. 5, 57th Parliament - Nature Conservation and Other Legislation (Indigenous Joint Management-Moreton Island) Amendment Bill 2020 on Monday, 8 March 2021.  The Government's Response to this report was tabled on 12 May 2021. The Bill passed on 13 May 2021.  

About the Bill

On 3 December 2020, Hon Meaghan Scanlon, Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and Minister for Science and Youth Affairs, introduced the Nature Conservation and Other Legislation (Indigenous Joint Management - Moreton Island) Amendment Bill 2020 (Bill) to the Legislative Assembly.  The Bill was referred to the State Development and Regional Industries Committee for consideration and report.  

In November 2019, the Federal Court of Australia made a native title consent determination recognising the Quandamooka people's native title rights on Moreton Island.  As part of the consent determination process, a number of settlement outcomes were negotiated between the State of Queensland and the Quandamooka people, including an agreement to work towards joint management of protected areas on Moreton Island, or Mulgumpin as it is known to the Quandamooka people.  The primary objective of this Bill is to provide the legal framework for the joint management of protected areas on Moreton Island by the State and Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation (QYAC).

The Bill was originally referred to the former State Development, Tourism, Innovation and Manufacturing Committee (SDTIMC) prior to the dissolution of Parliament for the 2020 election.  The SDTIMC tabled its report on that Bill on 28 August 2020 but the Bill lapsed before it was debated in the Parliament.  The subject Bill is substantially the same as the previous Bill and all documents relating to the former committee's inquiry are available here.

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