OUR TEAM:

David Mailman, Principal Consultant

David is the owner of the company and the Principal Consultant.  David has over 10 years’ experience in facilitating, managing and negotiating native title and cultural heritage projects and matters.  He has spent over 5 years building QCHANTS as a reputable business, representing traditional owner groups and proponents in all facets of Native Title and Cultural Heritage.  David has also worked within Native Title Representative Bodies, specifically within future acts and native title consultation and engagement roles.

 Kevin White, Project Co-ordinator

Kevin is the Office Co-ordinator of our Cairns office, and Project Co-ordinator for the company.  Through his company, White Source Pty Ltd, Kevin has managed several large projects including:

- The AusIndustry Small Business Online Program, from Cardwell to Cooktown, assisting over 200 small businesses to increase their Online business capacity, through seminars and One to one Consultations;

-Promoting and managing the Business Enterprise Program (BEP) for Indigenous Business Australia (IBA).  Kevin mentored Indigenous people to assess, formalise and develop their business ideas, and to access further support from IBA through the BEP.

Previously, Kevin was a Small Business Field Officer for AusIndustry with the FNQ Area Consultative Committee, and he has a wealth of experience in both the public and private sector.

Derek Willie, Office Co-ordinator

Derek is from the Barada and Kabalbara Tribes of Central Queensland and is responsible for the overall management of QCHANTS, Derek has worked in Government for 22 years primarily in Project Management, Contract Management, OHS and Community Development areas. Derek has also been a Chairman and Director on a number of Boards overseeing the operations of cattle and mining companies and is currently completing his Masters in Business Administration.

Katia Wragge, Projects Administration Co-ordinator

Katia is based in our Rockhampton office as the Projects Admin Co-ordinator.

Katia has several year’s of experience working with Indigenous communities, previously working for the Indigenous Wellbeing Centre in Maryborough as an Indigenous Child Health Worker and before that as the PACE coordinator for Anglicare in Biloela.

Tarsha Scott, Admin Officer

Tarsha has worked as a receptionist for Dhugamin CDEP for about 6 months in 2008 and has been working at QCHANTS since Sept 2011 as a Receptionist, Admin Assistant and Logistics Assistant. Tarsha has a Certificate III in Financial Services – 2010 and Certificate II in Business – 2009.

Marni Mason, Logistics Co-ordinator

Marni has previously worked as an Administrative Assistant with Helem Yumba up until 2011 and is currently Logistics Co-ordinator with QCHANTS. Marni has a Certificate II in  Business, Cert III in Community Services and Cert II in Dance.

Warren Mason, Cultural Heritage Field Supervisor

Warren has mainly worked in construction before undertaking cultural heritage walks and clearances for his mob where he has acquired extensive knowledge of cultural heritage identification, restoration of  artefacts and sites. Warren has completed  a Diploma in National Indigenous Legal Studies in 2004.

As above, QCHANTS has many years of practical experience, extensive knowledge, skills and abilities and qualifications to facilitate all aspects of native title and cultural heritage dealings, to negotiate on behalf of Traditional Owner groups, mining and development companies , and to mentor and support business and economic development.

Ben is based in our Brisbane office and has over 20 years government experience with 16 years’ in the Native Title Services Division. Bens’ previous role was as a Negotiator for the Queensland State Government and headed up a successful native title claims team. This team successfully negotiated 10 consent determinations and numerous associated indigenous land use agreements with a further three consent determinations negotiated by Ben expected to be heard by the Federal Court in early 2013.

Bens’ native title claim experience has predominately been within the North Queensland, Cape York and the Torres Strait regions. Ben has provided strategic advice to government in relation to the Interest Regularisation Processes in the Hope Vale and Yarrabah communities facilitating the recognition and granting of historical land interests within these DOGIT communities. Ben also provided strategic advice to government in relation to the Torres Strait Regional Sea Claim appeals process.

Ben has undertaken a number of large scale tenure resolution projects on behalf of the government addressing the backlog of tenure applications from local government and private applicants. These projects have culminated in Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAs) facilitating:
• traditional owner aspirations for the ILUA area,
• native title future act consent allowing pending tenure applications to proceed;
• the grant of freehold land to traditional owners in exchange for the surrender of native title rights and interests;
• the amendment of State Reserves (community purpose) to include Aboriginal and Cultural purposes including the option for the traditional owners to become joint trustees with the state or local government; and
• the grant of land under the Aboriginal Land Act 1991.

Ben led negotiations on a number of Protected Area ILUAs within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area between the State Government, the Wet Tropics Management Authority and traditional owners facilitating the regulation of certain native title rights and interests within national parks and other conservation areas. These agreements also addressed issues such as traditional owner ranger programs, the identification of restricted access areas, the development of cultural heritage management plans and other general land management and access issues.

Additionally, Ben has several years’ experience in senior research roles involving the development and coordination of complex tenure research projects – the key to determining whether or not native title remains a consideration within a given area.

With a broad knowledge base and his many years’ experience at the “coal face” of native title negotiations in Queensland, Ben is well positioned to provide Qchants clients with a current, accurate and industry proven negotiation and strategic advice service for all native title related matters.

Services provided includes:

• Encouraging Cultural Awareness
• Facilitate negotiations and consultations
• Ensure client’s statutory Cultural Heritage and Native Title obligations and requirements(administrative and field requirements), are addressed
• Provide strategic advice and options in addressing Cultural Heritage and Native Title matters
• Co-ordinate, manage and project manage all matters regarding Exploration, Mining, Future Acts and Cultural Heritage.
• Organising of meetings including, notifications and all arrangements
• Raising budgets, reviewing budgets, invoicing and acquittals
• Reports and addressing reporting requirements
• Provide a liaison role (buffer) between proponents and traditional owner groups

Services provided specifically to Traditional Owner Groups

• Development and implementation of office and field processes and procedure for management of cultural heritage
• Consult and liaise with proponent companies (exploration and mining companies, developers, Main Roads, Ergon Energy, Telstra, etc)
• Develop and maintain Cultural Heritage Database (Clearance reports, site information etc)
• Assist with negotiations as required
• Drafting, reviewing and provided comment of Cultural Heritage agreements as required
• Provide technical advice in facilitating ‘on ground’ activities
• Deal with all administrative tasks in relations to the claimant area for future act activities
• Addressing Notifications in relation to Future Acts
• Coordinate and Manage all future act matters in the claimant area
• Coordinate and manager all cultural heritage matters in the claimant area
• Be the Nominated Body for Exploration, Cultural Heritage & Future Acts
• Attend meetings and work programs (at the request of the applicant)
• Provided information, advice and options
• Develop, submit and administer budgets and invoicing
• Ensure compliance with agreements and legislative requirements
• Ensure the applicant is fully informed at all times of matters (that QCHANTMS is aware of) that affect the claimant area.

QCHANTMS plays a support role to their clients through providing information, advice and options and only acts on instructions made from the client.

• Identification of parties
• Risk analysis and report on potential impacts of native title and cultural heritage requirements
• Facilitation and negotiation of agreements, including Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAs), Right to Negotiate Agreements (RTNs), Ancillary Agreements and Cultural Heritage Management Agreements / Plans (CHMAs / CHMPs)
• Provision of strategic advice and options
• Co-ordination and management of meetings, including all logistical arrangements and payments
• Stakeholder and community consultations
• Co-ordination and management of cultural heritage field activities, including all logistical arrangements, payments and reporting
• Implementation of agreements
• Ensuring legislative compliance

• Addressing the Native Title Protection Conditions (NTPCs), including all correspondence and notifications
• Facilitation, negotiation and implementation of agreements, including Ancillary Agreements, Access Agreements, Top-Up Agreements and Cultural Heritage Management Agreements
• Co-ordination and management of meetings, including all logistical arrangements and payments
• Stakeholder and community consultation
• Co-ordination and management of cultural heritage field activities, including all logistical arrangements, payments and reporting

• Phone: (07) 4926 9682
• Fax: (07) 4928 9754
• Email: admin@qchantms.com.au
• Mobile: 0419 726 443 or 0432 513 079

Postal Address:

PO Box 462
Rockhampton
QLD 4700

Physical Address:

Suite 8, Tannachy Centre,
49 Bolsover Street
Rockhampton
QLD 4700

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the Australia’s lands and waters.

We pay our respect to the elders past, present and future for they hold the memories, traditions, culture and hope of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.”

We recognise, respect and celebrate Aboriginal culture and cultural identity are bound up in a deep spiritual connection to country and links today’s Aboriginal people with the ancestors going back more than 1600 generations.

We recognise that Aboriginal communities are strong and resilient, have an enduring and essential connection to Country, and have survived and grown despite colonisation and dispossession”

We recognises that Aboriginal people, as the original custodians of the land on which the Colony of Australia was established:

1. have a unique status as the descendants of Australia’s first people; and
2. have a spiritual, social, cultural and economic relationship with their traditional lands and waters within Australia; and
3. have made a unique and irreplaceable contribution to the identity and well-being of Australia.

Speaking

Upcoming Engagements

Previous Engagements

• Native Title Forum 2011
• IAP2 Conference – Right People for Country project – October 2011 – Sydney
• Native Title and Cultural Heritage Forum – November 2011 – Perth

Staff – Rockhampton

• Managing Director & Principal Consultant: David Mailman
• Finance Co-ordinator: Hope Mailman
• Bookkeeper: Vicki Taylor
• Office Co-ordinator: Derek Willie
• Cultural Heritage Field Supervisor: Warren Mason
• Administration Officer: Romana Tapim
• Logistics Co-ordinator: Marni Mason
• Projects Administration Co-ordinator: Katia Wragge

Staff – Brisbane

• Administration Officer: Tarsha Scott

Staff – Cairns

• Project/Office Co-ordinator: Kevin White
• Administration Officer: Ellie Naumanen

 Our Focus

Our primary focus is to provide our clients with a complete management and co-ordination service to ensure our client’s statutory Cultural Heritage and Native Title legislative obligations and requirements (administrative and field requirements) are addressed and met in a culturally appropriate, yet commercially orientated and mutually beneficial manner. This provides clients with the opportunity to develop good sustainable long term working relationships.

David has been professionally involved in and lead positively negotiated Native Title ILUA’s and Aboriginal cultural heritage Agreements for over 10 years.  He has worked extensively with traditional owner groups particularly in moving cultural heritage and ILUA’s beyond traditional agreements to leverage business enterprise and cultural heritage custodial management generationally and positive relationships with proponents and agencies.

David is familiar with communities who are confronted by changes within country and the need for partnerships with mining and resource companies and other developers or government agencies.

David is currently facilitating mediation and consultation with a number of exploration companies, mining companies and developers.

David brings to the team leadership and a rich understanding of Corporate requirements and compliance while fostering improved outcomes for Traditional Owner Groups.  His extensive experience includes:

• Queensland Rail (QR) – Cultural Heritage Duty of Care risk analysis and report; Aboriginal community consultation; CHMP - Walton to Bluff Rail Line Duplication, Central Queensland
• Loch Neigh Gold – Mining Lease applications – Native Title community consultations and agreement – Bowen Basin, Central Queensland
• Queensland Energy Resources – Cultural Heritage Management Plan; Community consultation, Cultural Heritage Inspections/surveys – Gia People, Whitsunday Region, Queensland
• Wiri People – Connors River Dam Project – ILUA and CHMP – Bowen Basin, Central Queensland
• Barada Barna People – Connors River Dam Project – ILUA and CHMP – Bowen Basin, Central Queensland
• Kabalburra, Yetimarala, Koinjamal and Barada Barna People – CHMP – Anglo Coal Foxleigh Plains Project, Bowen Basin, Central Queensland
• Wangan and Jagalingou People – CHMPs; Ancillary Agreements; Access Agreements; Native Title Protection Conditions; ILUA; Right to Negotiate – Gallilee Basin, Central Queensland
• Fusion Resources – Cultural Heritage Duty of care compliance; Field Inspections/surveys; Aboriginal Community consultations; Agreement review, compliance and implementation - Mt Isa Region
• King Eagle Resources – Native Title Protection Conditions compliance; Ancillary Agreements – review and comment – Queensland wide
• Juru People – CHMPs; ILUAs; Field Inspections/surveys; duty of care compliance – Bowen region, Bowen Basin, Queensland
• Gia People – ILUAs; CHMPs; Access Agreements; Ancillary agreements; Duty of care compliance – Whitsunday Region, Queensland-http://shuteharbourmarina.com/home.html

QCHANTMS provides a range of services which ensure our clients address and comply with their statutory requirements.

Future Acts and developments will require Native Title legislative provisions be addressed unless native title has been extinguished over the project area.

If Native Title has not been extinguished, Native Title requirements are generally addressed through the negotiation of Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAS), Ancillary Agreements or Right To Negotiate Agreements.

Future Acts and developments will require legislative compliance with Queensland’s Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003′s “duty of care” provisions.

Generally proponents will enter into negotiations for a ‘Cultural Heritage Management Plan / Agreement (CHMP / CHMA) to address the cultural heritage legislative requirements.

QCHANTMS provides services that ensure our client’s compliance with the respective legislative requirements on a total management basis or a project by project basis and may include:

• Identification of parties
• Risk analysis and report on potential impacts of native title and cultural heritage requirements
• Provision of strategic advice and options
• Facilitation and negotiation of agreements, including Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAs), Right to Negotiate Agreements (RTNs), Ancillary Agreements and Cultural Heritage Management Agreements / Plans (CHMAs / CHMPs)
• Co-ordination and management of meetings, including all logistical arrangements and payments
• Stakeholder and community consultations
• Community Development research and planning, including Social Impact Assessments (SIAs)
• Co-ordination and management of cultural heritage field activities, including all logistical arrangements, payments and reporting
• Implementation of agreements
• Ensuring legislative compliance

Previous Projects / Matters

• Cultural Heritage Management Plans (CHMP) – facilitation, negotiation, drafting, review, implementation and compliance
• Ancillary Agreements (s31 agreements) – facilitation, negotiation, drafting, review, implementation and compliance
• Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUA) – facilitation, negotiation, drafting, review, implementation and compliance
• Cultural Heritage Field Activities – Co-ordination of Cultural Heritage field inspections/clearances from concept to implementation and report, Monitoring programs – from concept to implementation and report
• Provide Technical Advisor role in assisting Traditional Owner groups to address Cultural Heritage matters – administrative and field components