James Sunter

James Sunter is ELP’s Licensing Manager. James was a lawyer with Crown Law in the Queensland Government before working with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and the Department of Natural Resources and Water as a Senior State Negotiator. James was involved in the negotiation of a number of the early native title agreements in mining in Queensland, including the Statewide Model Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) Project and the Small Miners ILUA Project. More recently, James was the Queensland Government’s lead negotiator in the landmark Kuku Yalanji ILUA package in the Daintree and Bloomfield River region: http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/nativetitle/dealings/yalanji.html#registration.

James has significant experience in dealing with native title, cultural heritage and government issues and approvals. He holds a Bachelor of Laws.

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