The Native Title Research Unit (NTRU)
The NTRU began in 1993 after an AIATSIS Council decision, following Mabo v Queensland in 1992.
The role of the NTRU is to provide advice and assistance on native title claims and to conduct research into the issues surrounding native title in general. Initially funded by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), currently the NTRU is funded by the Indigenous Programs Branch of the Dept. of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA).
The NTRU runs an annual conference on native title and related topics. Current projects of the NTRU include The Commonwealth minimum connection threshold project. Where research is being conducted into policy, law and attitudes of stakeholders towards the government connection tests for negotiating native title consent determinations.
2012 is the 20th anniversay of the Mabo decision, the first successful native title claim.
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