Have your say on the Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority Amendment Bill 2026

The questions below focus on the key proposals in the Amendment Bill. However, you are encouraged to provide feedback on any of the proposed amendments. Additional comments can be included in the free text sections in this feedback form or provided as an attachment to your submission.

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About you

What is your name?

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What is your email address? If you do not have an email address, please provide a mailing address.

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What region are you from?

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Goldfields-Central Desert

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West Kimberley

Mid West

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Metro & Southern

I am not based in Western Australia

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Do you identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander?

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Yes

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What is your interest in the Aboriginal Lands Trust estate?

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I am a native title holder or native title claimant

I have a lease of land within the estate

I am a member of an Aboriginal community corporation or association

I live in a community located on the estate

I’m a representative of a native title holder/claimant, lessee, or Aboriginal community corporation or association

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Are you responding on behalf of an organisation?

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In the interest of transparency, submissions received on the proposed amendments will be published. Do you want your name removed from your submission? (Please note we will not publish any other personal information).

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About the Amendment Bill

Please share your thoughts on the proposal to clarify the Aboriginal Land Trust’s consultation responsibilities by defining who should be consulted and who is considered an ‘Aboriginal person’ for consultation purposes.

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What are your views on the proposal to give Aboriginal corporations the option to control and manage Part 3 reserves, while retaining the special protections?

The Authority will make an order conferring management and control of a Part 3 reserve on an Aboriginal corporation, noting the underlying land remains vested in the Authority.

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Please share your thoughts on the proposal to give Aboriginal corporations the option to grant permits where it manages a Part 3 reserve.

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Please share your feedback on the proposal to provide a more streamlined process for divesting Part 3 reserves to an Aboriginal person or entity in a different tenure, without requiring a parliamentary process.

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What are your thoughts on the proposal for a more streamlined process for changing the boundaries of Part 3 reserves so that parts of the land can be divested to Aboriginal entities, subject to consultation, without requiring a parliamentary process?

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Please share your views on the proposal for a more streamlined process to change the boundaries of Part 3 reserves to remove public roads and public utilities so that they can be managed by the agencies responsible for them, without requiring a parliamentary process.

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What are your comments on the proposal to strengthen the enforcement of trespass offences and update the penalties, to better deter trespass in remote areas?

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You can provide any other comments about the proposed Amendment Bill in the text boxes below.

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