The recognition of the legal concept of native title in the Mabo Decision in 1992 led its recognition by the legislative system a year later when the Keating government enacted the Native Title Act 1993.
[1] It attempted to clarify the legal position of landholders and the processes that must be followed for native title to be claimed, protected and recognised through the courts.
The Native Title Act 1994 (ACT)[3] clarified various issues relating to native title in the Australian Capital Territory.
The purpose of the Native Title (Amendment) Act 2007 (Cth) is "to allow for more efficient management and faster resolution of native title claims".
[12][13] These are aimed at making the native title process more efficient and to speed up the determination of whether native title exists on the 580 claims that had been registered but not yet determined.