Burns, S., and Turnour, J. (2024) Activating Indigenous Peoples Water Rights’ Under the Water Plan (Cape York) 2019: Situation Analysis Report. Report. Cooperative Research Centre for Northern Australia (CRCNA), Cairns, QLD, Australia.

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Abstract

[Extract] This Situation Analysis Report details the current situation facing Cape York Aboriginal people seeking to understand and activate their water rights provided through Queensland’s statutory water planning process. The Water Plan (Cape York) 2019 and its Cape York Peninsula Heritage Act (CYPHA) reserve make 485,300ML of water available across 15 Cape York river catchments for Aboriginal corporations that perform Registered Native Title Body Corporate and/or Trustee of Aboriginal Freehold land functions. Under the Water Plan, where native title and Aboriginal freehold land rights and interests coincide in the same area of land, corporations that are the Trustee of Aboriginal Freehold land have priority for a water licence over Registered Native Title Bodies Corporate for the coincident area.

Item ID:	85918
Item Type:	Report (Report)
ISSN:	978-1-922437-56-3
Keywords:	Water rights, First Nation, Indigenous, Cape York, Policy, Governance
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Date Deposited:	24 Jun 2025 04:00
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