Native title is inherently complex. It is usual for native title meetings to become increasingly tricky before or during important decision making, when attendees will be under stress. Some meetings can be unpredictably tricky. In other situations, you may have more notice of meeting complexity.
A meeting facilitator can play an important role during these tricky meetings. An effective facilitator may help to identify and reframe issues to ensure discussion doesn’t stall and stays on track, promoting fairness and safety throughout. We have prepared five tips to help facilitators in tricky native title meetings.