'The Holy Grail' or 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly'?: A Qualitative Exploration of the ILUAs Agreement-Making Process and Relationship Between ILUAs and Native Title

A study uses interview data to qualitatively explore the agreement-making process involved in the Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAs), considered a key positive feature of the 'Native Title Amendment Act 1998', and the position of the ILUAs in the context of native title. Results imply that ILUAs are functionally flexible to offer undue advantage to non-Indigenous industry and government parties which negotiate with Indigenous people on the use of their lands and undermine the rights of their native title.