Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements Project

Eastern Kuku Yalanji & Cook Shire Council Local Government Agreement Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA)
Date:	5 October 2007
Sub Category:	Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) (Native Title Act)
Place:	Cook Shire
State/Country:	Queensland, Australia
	This ILUA covers areas in the Cape York Peninsula, within the Cook Shire.
Legal Status:	Registered with the National Native Title Tribunal on the Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements on 5 October 2007. This is an authorised Area Agreement under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).
Legal Reference:	QI2006/025
Alternative Names:	Gugu Yalandji
Subject Matter:	Access \| \| Economic Development \| Local Government \| Native Title
Summary Information:
The Eastern Kuku Yalanji & Cook Shire Council Local Government Agreement Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA)was agreed between the Cook Shire Council (APPLICANT) and Agnes Walker, Eileen Walker, Hazel Douglas, John Walker Jnr and Peter Fishcher (native title parties) on the 5 October 2007. The purpose of this ILUA is to provide for the relationship between native title rights and the interests of the Cook Shire Council within the ILUA area.
Detailed Information:
This ILUA is one of 15 resulting from the Eastern Kuku Yalanji 1994 native title claim over some 144,000 hectares, which was mainly timber reserve and unallocated Crown land. In 1997 the Kuku Yalanji proposed a settlement with the Queensland Government, which was agreed to in principle by most parties in 2005. (Queensland Government) Approximately 250,000 hectares of land were given back to the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people with 64,000 hectares designated as freehold land to be used for conservation with 16,500 of this proportion to be set aside for use as residential or economic development. (The Australian). This ILUA states that the native title parties give consent to the doing of all things necessary to maintain council infrastructure. This ILUA includes the agreement that �future acts� may be done. The parties also agree that the right to negotiate provisions of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) do not apply to future acts, as the alternative consultation provisions are to be followed instead. Under this Act any activity, such as a grant of land, that may affect native title rights is defined as a �future act� and must comply with the future act provisions of the Act in order to be valid.