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• The categories provide an objective basis for targeting the benefits of income
management that is independent of race, and as a result, is intended to be nondiscriminatory. The RDA will apply in relation to the new scheme of income
management from the commencement of implementation in July 2010.
• Following collection and evaluation of evidence from the [Northern Territory] in
2011, the scheme will be extended to other disadvantaged regions of Australia
beyond the [Northern Territory]. This new scheme is part of the Government’s
significant welfare reform agenda.
• Alcohol restrictions will be continued, but the restrictions will be varied to meet the
individual needs of specific communities based on careful analysis of evidence
about each community’s circumstances, and implemented in consultation with the
community. Existing alcohol restrictions will remain in place in a particular area
until an assessment of alcohol-related harm and other matters and appropriate
consultations have taken place. The Government will also work with the Northern
Territory Government and indigenous communities to look at ways to make the
alcohol and prohibited materials and road signs more acceptable to local people. The
provisions giving [Northern Territory] police the power to enter a private residence
in a prescribed area as if it were a public place will be repealed and will only be
available in a particular area through a ministerial declaration in response to a
request from a community resident and after community consultation.
• In light of the strength of community views expressed during the consultations
against the availability of sexually explicit and very violent material, the current
pornography restrictions will remain in place. However, communities could ask to
have the restrictions lifted in their community. Decisions on these requests would
consider evidence about the prevalence of sexually explicit and very violent material
in the community, the well-being of people in the community and the views of those
in the community. The advice of the relevant law enforcement authority will also be
sought. The Government will work with the Northern Territory Government and
individual communities to look at ways to make the road signs more acceptable to
local people.
• The purpose and operation of the five-year leases will be clarified by:
• Making it clearer that the objectives of the five-year leases are to enable
special measures to be taken to improve the delivery of services in
indigenous communities in the [Northern Territory] and promote economic
and social development in those communities
• Defining the permitted use of leases as being directly related to achieving
those objectives
• Clarifying that exploration and mining are not permitted uses of the five-year
leases
• Requiring the five-year leases to be administered with regard for Aboriginal
culture
• Facilitating the Government’s commitment to move to voluntary leases by
requiring the Government to negotiate the terms and conditions of voluntary
leases in good faith where requested
• Developing clear guidelines to better explain the land use approval process to
ensure the transparent allocation of lots
Separately, the Government is compensating landowners for the acquisition
of these leases
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