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widely acknowledged as the Traditional Owners of the Whitsunday region.

The GBRMPA will maintain consultation with Traditional Owners through existing arrangements to ensure their continued involvement in the heritage management plan. Traditional Owner consultation for the Whitsunday Islands area is achieved in many ways, for example, through one-on-one consultation with Elders, contact with Field Management staff from the GBRMPA and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, involvement on the Local Marine Advisory Committee and contact through the North Queensland Land Council Aboriginal Corporation (NQLCAC).

The GBRMPA's Indigenous Partnerships Group regularly meets with Traditional Owners and their representative bodies. The GBRMPA notifies of possible actions in relation to permit applications (to the GBRMPA or the National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing (NPRSR)) in accordance with the Native Title Act 1993.

Government
The GBRMPA recognises that maintaining strategies for liaison with all Common­wealth and State agencies with a relevant interest in heritage matters in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is crucial to the effective management of Commonwealth heritage values. Consequently, an ongoing action for the GBRMPA is to maintain this contact through formal and informal mechanisms.

Ongoing consultation with SEWPaC and AMSA occurs for the purposes of heritage management, environmental management and ongoing maintenance of aids to navigation. Consultation at the early stages of project development or initiation of works proposals has the advantage of avoiding unnecessary delays and costly plan revisions. Consultation with heritage experts can also minimise or mitigate significant impacts on heritage values.

Lessees
The GBRMPA will maintain consultation with lessees utilising the Dent Island Lightstation.  Where significant impacts are a possibility, consideration will be given by the GBRMPA as to whether a referral under the EPBC Act is required. This includes the consideration of impacts to the environment that can occur away from the affected place. In the case of Dent Island Lightstation for example, other works and development to the golf course could have impacts on the aesthetic values of the place.

Consultation by AMSA
AMSA conducts consultation with the maritime industry through the Navigational Services Advisory Group (NSAG). NSAG is the peak consultative body to AMSA for matters relating to AMSA's responsibilities for the safety of navigation in Australian waters.

The role of the committee is to provide expert maritime industry advice on requirements for aids to navigation and other nautical and navigational safety matters. The committee is co-chaired by AMSA's Manager Nautical and Regulation Safety and Manager Aids to Navigation. Its members include representatives of ship owners, operators and pilots; the Royal Australian Navy Australian Hydrographic Service; and officers of AMSA.

Implementation strategy
    * Undertake community consultation when reviewing the heritage management plan in accordance with Section 341X of the EPBC Act..
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