TY - JOUR
T1 - Law versus justice: the Strategic Aboriginal Water Reserve in the Northern Territory, Australia
AU - Nikolakis, William
AU - Grafton, Quentin
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Using a policy tracing approach, we analyse the legislating of the Strategic Aboriginal Water Reserve (SAWR) in the Northern Territory, Australia. The SAWR is a share of the consumptive pool allocated to eligible Indigenous landowners in water plan areas, providing water resources for future economic development. Drawing on parliamentary and policy sources to reveal competing interests and ideologies, and the challenges of codifying water rights, this study finds that legislating water rights alone is insufficient to achieve water justice - water justice measures must respond to power imbalances and inequities by empowering people with the capabilities to implement their rights.
AB - Using a policy tracing approach, we analyse the legislating of the Strategic Aboriginal Water Reserve (SAWR) in the Northern Territory, Australia. The SAWR is a share of the consumptive pool allocated to eligible Indigenous landowners in water plan areas, providing water resources for future economic development. Drawing on parliamentary and policy sources to reveal competing interests and ideologies, and the challenges of codifying water rights, this study finds that legislating water rights alone is insufficient to achieve water justice - water justice measures must respond to power imbalances and inequities by empowering people with the capabilities to implement their rights.
U2 - 10.1080/07900627.2021.1882406
DO - 10.1080/07900627.2021.1882406
M3 - Article
SN - 0790-0627
VL - Online
SP - 1
EP - 20
JO - International Journal of Water Resources Development
JF - International Journal of Water Resources Development
ER -