Mr Tony McAvoy SC has been appointed a part-time Commissioner of the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) to co-lead the ALRC’s inquiry into the future acts regime in the Native Title Act 1993 with the ALRC President, the Hon Justice Mordecai Bromberg.

Mr McAvoy has over three decades of experience in native title, property and environmental law and is widely recognised as Australia’s most senior First Nations barrister. This appointment ensures the inquiry has the benefit of Mr McAvoy’s unparalleled expertise.

Mr McAvoy will co-lead the inquiry in investigating and developing options to rectify any inequality, unfairness or weaknesses in the future acts regime which governs how development projects occur in areas subject to native title.