Ed Wensing is an experienced planner, policy analyst and academic.  Ed has worked in government, the private sector, non-government organisations, professional associations and has engaged in teaching and research in several universities around Australia.  For over 25 years, Ed has had the privilege of working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities across Australia in urban and non-urban contexts about their rights and interests. Ed has extensive knowledge and understanding of the statutes relating to land administration, land use and environmental planning, Aboriginal land rights, native title rights and interests, environmental protection, natural resource management, cultural heritage protection and local government in every jurisdiction around Australia.  Ed has a long track record of academic publications in a wide range of fields.  His current research interests are in the intercultural contact zone between Indigenous peoples’ rights and interests (however defined by them) and the Crown’s land tenures and land use planning and environmental management systems. 

Ed is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) at ANU and Associate and Special Adviser at SGS Economics and Planning.

PUBLICATIONS

Theses/Dissertations

Wensing, E. (2019) Land Justice for Indigenous Australians: How can the two systems of land ownership, use and tenure co-exist with mutual respect based on parity and justice? PhD Thesis, ANU. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/157200

Wensing, E. (1988) The Rise and Fall of the Community Housing Expansion Program in the Australian Capital Territory. A case study of the frailty of public policy. Honours Thesis, ANU. National Library of Australia MS8028, Series File 43, Box 9.

Books

Bird, D., Govan, J., Murphy, H., Harwood, S., Haynes, K., Carson, D., Russell, S., King, D., Wensing, E., Tsakissiris, S., Larkin, S. (2013) Future change in ancient worlds: Indigenous adaptation in northern Australia, National Climate Change Adaptation Research facility, Gold Coast, 257 pp. (co-authored book) https://www.riskfrontiers.com/pdf/2013_Bird%20et%20al_NCCARF-Indigenous%20adaptation.pdf

Book Chapters

Harwood, Sharon, Wensing, Ed and Ensign, Prescott C. (2016) Place-based Planning in Remote Regions: Cape York Peninsula, Australia and Nunavut, Canada, Chapter 6 in Settlements at the Edge: Remote Human Settlements in Developed Nations, Taylor, A., Carson, D.B., Ensign, P.C., Huskey, L., Rasmussen, R.O., and Saxinger, G. (eds) New Horizons in Regional Science, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK.

Wensing, E. (2016) Dealings in native title and statutory Aboriginal land rights lands in Australia: What land tenure reform is needed? Chapter 16 in Sanders, W. (ed) (2016) Engaging Indigenous Economy. Debating diverse approaches. CAEPR Monograph No. 35, ANU Press, Canberra. <http://press.anu.edu.au?p=344543>

Wensing, E. (2014) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ relationships to ‘country’. Chapter 2 in Byrne, J., Sipe, N. and Dodson, J. (2014) Australian Environmental Planning: Challenges and Future Prospects. Routledge, Sydney.

·       In 2014, this book received the Queensland Division Planning Excellence Awards for Cutting Edge Research and Teaching.

·       In 2015, this book received the Planning Institute of Australia, National Award for Cutting Edge Research and Teaching.

Wensing, E. (2012) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.  Chapter 11 in Thompson, S. and Maginn, P. (eds.) ‘Planning Australia: An overview of Urban and Regional Planning’, 2^nd Edition, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne. 

·       In 2012, this book received a Commendation in the WA Division’s 2012 Planning Excellence Awards in the category of Cutting Edge Research and Teaching.

Wensing, E. (2007) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.  Chapter 11 in Thompson, Susan (ed.) ‘Planning Australia: An overview of Urban and Regional Planning’ Cambridge University Press, Melbourne. 

·       In 2007 this book received NSW Division Award for Planning Excellence in Planning Scholarship, Research or Teaching from the NSW Division of Planning Institute of Australia.

·       In 2008 this book received the National Award for Excellence in Planning Scholarship from the Planning Institute of Australia

Shain, K., Genat, W. J. & Wensing, E. (2006) Agreement making in the Local Context: Case Studies from Regional Australia.  Chapter 9 in Langton M, Mazel O, Palmer L, Shain K, & Tehan M (eds.) ‘Settling with Indigenous People: Modern treaty and agreement making’ Federation Press. Sydney. <http://www.atns.net.au/reference.asp?RefID=1492>

Wensing, E. (1997) Systemic reform or administrative update? Recent legislative changes in Local Government around Australia.  Chapter 2 in Chapman R, Haward M, and Ryan B, (eds.) Local Government Restructuring in Australasia, Centre for Public Management and Policy, University of Tasmania.

Wensing, E. (1997) The Process of Local Government Reform: Legislative Change in the States.  Chapter 5 in Dollery, B. and Marshall, N. (eds) Australian Local Government: Reform and Renewal, published by McMillan Education. 

Journal Articles

Wensing, E. (2022) ‘Indigenous Economic Development. Contesting Convention, Considering Alternatives’. Economic Development Journal, Vol. 15, Issue No. 1 pp. 18-20.

Wensing, E. (2021) ‘Indigenous peoples’ human rights, self-determination and local governance’ – Part 1. Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance. 24: 98-123, https://doi.org/10.5130/cjlg.vi24.7779

Wensing, E. (2021) ‘Indigenous peoples’ human rights, self-determination and local governance’ – Part 2. Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance. 25: 133-160, https://doi.org/10.5130/cjlg.vi25.8025

Wensing, E. (2021) ‘The destruction of Juukan Gorge: lessons for planners and local governments’, Australian Planner. https://doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2020.1866045

Wensing, E. (2019) ‘Indigenous Peoples’ rights in Planning’, New Planner, Issue No. 119, June, pp. 4-7.

Harwood, S. and Wensing, E. (2019) ‘Queensland v New South Wales: Planning and the Indigenous Estate’, New Planner, Issue No. 199, June, pp. 16-17.

Wensing, E. (2018) ‘Indigenous rights and interests in statutory and strategic land use planning: Some recent developments’, James Cook University Law Review, Volume 24, pp. 169-190.

Wensing, E. and Porter, L. (2015) Unsettling Planning’s Paradigms: Toward a just accommodation of Indigenous rights and interests in Australian urban planning? Australian Planner, VOL. 53, NO. 2, 91–102. DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2015.1118394.

Wensing E, Harwood S, Bird D, and Haynes K. (2014). ‘Conflicting World Views: Disjuncture between Climate Change Knowledge, Land Use Planning and Disaster Resilience in Remote Indigenous Communities in Northern Australia’. Geography Research Forum, Vol. 34, pp92-108.

Harwood, S., Carson, D., Wensing, E., Jackson, L. (2014) ‘Natural Hazard Resilient Communities and Land Use Planning: The Limitations of Planning Governance in Tropical Australia’. J Geogr Nat Disast 4: 130. doi:10.4172/2167-0587.1000130.

Wensing, E. (2013) ‘Walter Burley Griffin is Dead: Long Live Walter Burley Griffin’s Planning Ideals!’ Urban Policy and Research, 31:2, 226-240. DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2013.782799

Wensing, E. (2008) ‘Caring for Our Country: the new national natural resource management program’, Australian Planner, Volume. 45, Number 2, pp. 22-23. DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2008.9982649

Wensing, E. and Olsauskas, D. (2001) ‘Toward a national education strategy on strategic planning’. Urban Policy and Research 19:4, pp. 529-543. DOI: 10.1080/08111140108727897

Wensing, E. and Sheehan, J. (2002) Letter to the Editor, Australian Planner, 39:3, 131-134, DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2002.9982302.

Macmillan, L. and Wensing, E. (1999) ‘Local Government – Working with Native Title’, Local Government Law Journal Vol. 4, Number 3, 117-123.

Wensing, E. and Davis, R. (1998): Letter to the Editor, Australian Planner,35:1, 2-4. (In response to Jackson, S. (1997) 'A disturbing story – the fiction of rationality in land use planning in Aboriginal Australia', Australian Planner 34(4).)

Wensing, E. (1997) ‘Federal Urban and Regional Policy in Tatters!!!’ Editorial, Urban Policy and Research, 15:3, pp. 172-173. DOI:10.1080/08111149708551350/

Wensing, E. (1994) ‘Incrementalism versus Strategic Planning’.  Australian Planner, Volume 32, Number 1.  DOI: 10.1080/07293682.1994.9657655.  (An earlier version of this paper was also presented to the RAPI’s 23^rd Biennial Congress in Canberra in 1992)

Wensing, E. (1992) ‘Landlords and Land Use Controls in the Australian Capital Territory’.  Australian Planner, Volume 30, Number 2. DOI: 10.1080/07293682.1992.9657555

Research Reports

Wensing, E. and Callinan, T. (2020) Desk-Top Review of Indigenous Engagement in the National Environmental Science Program (NESP).Undertaken by SGS Economics and Planning for the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Canberra.  https://www.sgsep.com.au/projects/desk-top-review-of-indigenous-engagement-in-the-national-environmental-science-program  http://hdl.handle.net/1885/262004.

Wensing, E. (2016) The Commonwealth’s Indigenous land tenure reform agenda: Whose aspirations, and for what outcomes? AIATSIS Research Publications, AIATSIS, Canberra. <http://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/products/report_research_report/the-commonwealths-indigenous-land-tenure-reform.pdf>

Wensing, E. (2015) In denial and disarray: Recent history of funding for municipal and essential services in discrete/remote Aboriginal Communities, Research Paper, Available on Academia. https://www.academia.edu/16526325/In_denial_and_disarray_Recent_history_of_funding_for_municipal_and_essential_services_in_discrete_remote_Aboriginal_communities_in_Australia_

SGS Economics and Planning (2011) Narrabundah Park: Final Report on Options for the Future Ownership and Management of the Park. Economic Development Directorate, ACT Government <http://www.economicdevelopment.act.gov.au/infrastructure_and_construction/projects/narrabundah_long_stay_park>

SGS Economics and Planning (2010) Narrabundah Park: Options Paper, Department of Land and Property Services, ACT Government. <http://www.laps.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/188450/NLSCP_-_Narrabundah_Park_-_Options_Paper_Final_2010_web_version.pdf>

SGS Economics and Planning (2009) Future Ownership and Management Options for the Narrabundah Long Stay Caravan Park: Issues Paper, ACT Chief Minister’s Department, ACT Government, Canberra.

Wensing, E. (2007) The Potential for Cultural Heritage and Native Title Agreements between Aboriginal People and Local Governments in Victoria.  Second Edition. Native Title Services Victoria.

Wensing, E. (2004) The Potential for Agreements between Native Title Holders and Local Governments in Victoria.  First Edition. Native Title Services Victoria.

Wensing, E., Wood, M. & Holloway, D. (2004) On the Margins? Housing risk among caravan park residents.  Research & Policy Bulletin, Issue 40, March 2004.  Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI).  <www.ahuri.edu.au>

Wensing, E., Wood, M., & Holloway, D. (2003) On the Margins? Housing risk among caravan park residents.  Final Report, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), UNSW-UWS Research Centre.  <www.ahuri.edu.au>

Wensing, E., Wood, M., & Holloway, D. (2003) On the Margins? Housing risk among caravan park residents.  Positioning Paper, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), UNSW-UWS Research Centre.  <www.ahuri.edu.au)

Wensing, E. (2002) Kimberley Sustainable Region Program, Sustainable Planning Analysis, Final Report, Vols. 1 and 2.  Kimberley Sustainable Region Advisory Committee, Kimberley Development Commission.

Sansom, G., Neil, H., Wensing, E. & Porter, J. (2002) Australian Local Sustainability Initiative: An Achievement Recognition Matrix, Environment Australia.  Vol. 1. LA21 Framework – Project planning and methodology, discussion of issues, and the proposed achievement recognition matrix. Vol. 2. LA21 Framework – The Literature Review. <www.ea.gov.au/esd/la21/framework/index.html>

Morris, J., Olsauskas, D., Wensing, E., and Watson, B. (2001) Strategic Land Use Planning Underpinning Local Government Planning and Development Assessment Systems and Processes, Final Report, Development Assessment Forum, National Office of Local Government. <www.daf.gov.au> 

Wensing, E. & Briggs, S. (1995) Toward a National Local Government Housing Policy, Australian Local Government Association, Canberra.

Briggs, S. & Wensing, E. (1995) Toward a National Local Government Housing Policy, a three-volume report prepared for the Australian Local Government Association, Canberra, November.

Briggs, S. & Wensing, E. (1994) Creating Affordable Housing through the Planning System in Queensland, A paper prepared for Queensland Shelter.

Wensing, E. (1994) Strategic Local Government approaches to Infrastructure, Department of Human Services and Health, AGPS, Canberra.

Wensing, E. (1992) Local Housing Action: An overview and guide to good practice, Commonwealth Office of Local Government, Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs, 1st Edition 1991, 2nd Edition 1992. 

Wensing, E. (1985) Review of the Draft Policy Plan for Braddon Section 21, Blocks 1-12, Vols. 1 and 2, for the National Capital Development Commission (NCDC), Canberra.

Discussion Papers/Issues Papers/Policy Papers

Wensing, E. (2021) Closing the Gap: Roles for Local Government. SGS Economics and Planning and LGiU Australia. https://www.sgsep.com.au/assets/main/SGS-Economics-and-Planning_Closing-the-Gap.pdf

Wensing, E. (2021) Unfinished business Truth-telling about Aboriginal land rights and native title in the ACT Discussion Paper 1053, The Australia institute, March 2021. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.16608.61440. <https://australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/P1053-Unfinished-Business-in-the-ACT-Wensing-2021.pdf>

Harwood, S. and Wensing, E. (2017) Background Report on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Planning Policy for the Queensland Division of the Planning Institute of Australia.  Planning Institute of Australia and James Cook University.  <https://www.planning.org.au/documents/item/8606>

Wensing, E. and Taylor, J. (2012) Secure tenure for home ownership and economic development on land subject to native title, Discussion Paper 31, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra. <http://aiatsis.gov.au/ntru/documents/WensingTaylorDP_web.pdf>

Indigenous Planning Working Group (IPWG) (2010) Improving Planners’ Understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and Recommendations for Reforming Planning Education Curricula for PIA Accreditation, A Discussion Paper. Planning Institute of Australia, Canberra. <http://www.planning.org.au/documents/item/2381>

Wensing, E. (2003) Compulsory Acquisition of Native Title and Compensation: Issues for Local Government.  Issues paper No. 7, ALGA. Canberra.

Wensing, E. (2002) Indigenous Land Use Agreements Involving Local Government.  Issues Paper No. 4, ALGA, Canberra.

Wensing, E. & Menin, M. (2000) Future acts in areas where native title holders are unknown.  Issues paper No. 6, ALGA, Canberra. 

Wensing, E. (2000) Following the Future Act processes under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).  Issues Paper No. 5, ALGA, Canberra. 

Wensing, E. (2000) Native Title and Local Government: adopting a precautionary approach.  Issues Paper No. 1, ALGA, Canberra.

Wensing, E. (1999) Financial Assistance by the Attorney-General in Native Title Cases.  Issues Paper No. 2, ALGA, Canberra. 

Wensing, E. (1999) Comparing Native Title and Anglo-Australian Land Law: Two different timelines, two different cultures and two different laws, Discussion Paper No. 25, The Australia Institute, Canberra. <http://www.tai.org.au/sites/defualt/files/DP25_8.pdf>

Wensing, E. (1998) An overview of the Agreements provisions in the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).  Issues Paper No. 3, ALGA, Canberra. (www.alga.asn.au)

Wensing, E. (1998) Managing Native Title.  Information Paper No. 2, ALGA, Canberra.

Wensing, E. (1998) An overview of the amendments to the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).  Information Paper No. 3, ALGA, Canberra.

Sheehan, J. and Wensing, E. (1998) Indigenous Property Rights: New developments for planning and valuation.  Discussion Paper No. 17, The Australia Institute, Canberra.  (www.tai.org.au)

Wensing, E. (1998) Reform of Development Assessment Processes: Towards a National Strategy. The Australian Council of Building Design Professions Ltd.  Melbourne.

Wensing, E. (1997) Is Native Title Rateable? Information Paper No. 1, ALGA. Canberra.

Wensing, E. and Sheehan, J. (1997) Native Title: Implications for Land Management, Discussion Paper No. 11, The Australia Institute,Canberra.  (www.tai.org.au)

Wensing, E. and Sheehan, J. (1997) Native Title: Background Paper, Royal Australian Planning Institute and the Australian Institute of Valuers and Land Economists, Melbourne and Canberra.  2nd Edition.

Wensing, E. (1997) Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD). Policy Statement, Royal Australian Planning institute, Melbourne.

Wensing, E. (1997) Taxation and Urban Infrastructure.  Policy Statement, the Royal Australian Planning Institute, Melbourne.

Wensing, E. (1995) Housing in the Wollongong Area: Trends and Issues Paper, Wollongong City Council, Wollongong.

Wensing, E. (1995) A Local Government Housing Strategy for Wollongong City Council:  Discussion Paper, Wollongong City Council, Wollongong.

Wensing, E. (1995) Housing Strategy for Wollongong, Wollongong City Council, Wollongong.

Wensing, E. (1995) National Local Government Housing Policy, Australian Local Government Association, Canberra.

Wensing, E. (1990) The Development of a User Rights Strategy for Clients of the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, for the Housing Division of the Department of Community Services and Health, Canberra, April.

Wensing, E. (1989) The "Adequacy and Appropriateness" of Public Rental Housing - Towards a working definition, for the Housing Division, Department of Community Services and Health, August.
This paper built on work commenced in the mid-1980s and was prepared to assist the Department in providing guidance to State Housing Authorities on interpreting the terms `adequate' and `appropriate' in the Commonwealth State Housing Agreement. It was used extensively by the National Housing Strategy to inform Issues Paper No. 6 Housing Choice: Reducing the Barriers. 

Wensing, E. (1987) In from the Cold: The Alignment of ACT Public Housing Administration with the Commonwealth State Housing Agreement. A critique of the new ACT Housing Assistance Ordinance 1987 (Cth). Published by ACT Shelter, Canberra.

Conference Papers

Wensing, E. (2019) A planner’s response to the Uluru ‘Statement from the Heart’, Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) National Congress, 16 May 2019, Gold Coast Convention Centre, Queensland.

Wensing, E. (2016) The Indigenous Estate and Land Use and Environmental Planning, Presentation circulated at the Indigenous Banking and Finance Forum, North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, 17-18 May. Hosted by the Australian Human Rights Commission as part of their Indigenous Property Rights project. http://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-social-justice/projects/indigenous-property-rights

Wensing, E. (2015) Land Justice for Indigenous Australians: Dealings in native title lands and statutory Aboriginal land rights regimes in Australia and why land tenure reform is critical for the social reconstruction of Aboriginal people and communities. Presentation to ‘Engaging Indigenous Economy Conference’, 4 & 5 September 2014, The Australian National University, Canberra.

Wensing, E. (2014) Land Justice for Indigenous Australians: Dealings in native title lands and statutory Aboriginal land rights regimes in northern Australia and why land tenure reform is critical for the social, economic and cultural reconstruction of Aboriginal people and communities. Presentation to ‘CRN Northern Australia Development Conference, A Northern Perspective’, The Australian National University, Canberra, 27 November 2014. http://cdu.edu.au/northern-institute/nad-conference-2014

Wensing, E. (2014) Designing social change to rebuild the Narrabundah Longstay Park. A paper presented to the Australian Capital Territory Council of Social Service and University of Canberra ‘Designing Social Change: Beyond Talk, Taking Action’ Conference, 7 August 2014, Canberra. http://ncis.anu.edu.au/_lib/doc/Wensing_ACTCOSS_Conf_paper_August2014.pdf

Wensing, E. (2013) Managing Canberra’s National Heritage Values. A paper presented to the Australia ICOMOS 2013 National Conference—Centenary of Canberra, 31 October – 3rd November 2013. Canberra.

Wensing, E. (2013) Nominating Canberra for National Heritage Listing. A paper presented to the ACT and Region Annual Australian Heritage Partnership Symposium 20 July 2013, Canberra. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/10300

Wensing, E. and Taylor, J. (2013) Secure tenure for home ownership and economic development on land subject to native title – Further research.  Paper presented to the 7^th Australasian Housing Researchers’ Conference, 6-8 February 2013, hosted by Curtin University, Fremantle, Western Australia.

Wensing, E. (2013) Indigenous land tenure reforms: Implications for land use planning.  Paper presented to the Planning Institute of Australia National Congress 25-27 March 2013, Canberra.

Wensing, E. and Small, G. (2012) A Just Accommodation of Customary Land Rights in Land Use Planning Systems, Paper Presented to the 10^th International Urban Planning and Environment Association Symposium, University of Sydney, 24-27 July 2012. Pp. 164-180. www.upe10.org pages 164-180.

Wensing, E. and Small, G. (2012) A Just Accommodation of Customary Land Rights in Conventional and Contemporary Land Use Planning Systems.  Paper Presented to the 2012 Institute of Australian Geographers Conference, Macquarie University, Sydney 4-8 July 2012.

Wensing, E. (2011) Improving Planners’ Understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and Reforming Planning Education in Australia.  Paper No. 112, Presented in Track 12 ‘Planning Education and Planning Practice’ at the 3rd World Planning Schools Congress, Perth (WA), 4-8 July 2011.

Wensing, E. and Howorth. P. (2011) Measuring Indigenous Development:  Working in a ‘recognition space’ between two cultures.  Paper No. 113, Presented in Track 13 ‘Comparative Development Planning’ at the 3rd World Planning Schools Congress, Perth (WA), 4-8 July 2011.

Wensing, E. and Small, G. (2011) A Just Accommodation of Customary Land Rights in Conventional and Contemporary Land Use Planning Systems.  Paper No. 118, Presented in Track 15 ‘Planning Law, Administration and Property Rights’ at the 3rd World Planning Schools Congress, Perth (WA), 4-8 July 2011.

Wensing, E. (2011) Canberra’s National Planning Heritage: 100 Years of Planning from 1911 to 2011 (with acknowledgment of contributions and comments from Grahame Crocket and Ilse Wurst.) Paper 411, Presented in Track 7 ‘Planning History’ at the 3rd World Planning Schools Congress, Perth (WA), 4-8 July 2011.

Crocket, G., Wensing, E. & Wurst, I. (2006) Canberra’s National Planning Heritage.  Paper presented to Eighth Australasian Urban Planning History / Planning History Conference, Wellington, New Zealand. Published in Miller, C. L. & Roche, M. M. (eds.) ‘Past Matters, Proceedings of the Eighth Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference’, Massey University, Wellington, 9-11 February 2006.

Wensing, E. (2002) Linking Native Title and Council Processes, Paper presented to The Cutting Edge of Change, Shaping Local Government for the 21^st Century, Conference 14-17 February 2002, University of New England, Armidale, NSW and to the Australian Planning Institute Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, April 2002.

Wensing, E. (2001) Planning with Native Title in Western Australia: Recent Experiences in Broome, Paper presented to the 2^nd Native Title Representative Bodies Legal Conference and National Environmental Law Association National Conference, Townsville, August.

Wensing, E. & Olsauskas, D. (2001) ‘Toward a National Education Strategy on Strategic Planning’, Paper presented to the Australia and New Zealand Association of Planning Schools Biennial Conference (ANZAPS), UNSW, Sydney, 22 September.

Wensing, E. (1996) The future of the planning profession and its national role, an address as National Policy Director of the Institute to the Queensland Division of the Royal Australian Planning Institute's Annual Conference, Cairns, August. 

Briggs, S. and Wensing, E. (1995) Cairns Housing Crisis: Roles for Cairns City Council, A paper prepared for the ‘Cairns Housing Summit’ 18 July 1995. Far North Queensland Family Resource Centre, Cairns.

Wensing, E. (1991) The Draft Land Administration Bill - Genuine Leasehold or Pseudo Freehold? Paper presented to a Seminar on the ACT's New Planning Legislation organised by the ACT and South Eastern Region Conservation Council, Canberra, February.

Resource Guides

National Native Title Tribunal (2011) Developing Indigenous Land Use Agreements. A guide for local government. National Native Title Tribunal, Perth.  http://www.nntt.gov.au/Information%20Publications/Developing%20indigenous%20land%20use%20agreements%20-%20a%20guide%20for%20local%20goverment.pdf

National Native Title Tribunal (2009) Working with Native Title.  Linking native title and local government processes. 3^rd Edition – August 2009. National Native Title Tribunal, Perth. http://www.nntt.gov.au/Information%20Publications/Native%20Title%20and%20local%20government%20processes_.pdf

Wensing, E. (2003) Learning About Native Title, Australian Local Government Industry Training Advisory Board, with Fraynework Multimedia and an Indigenous Reference Group. (www.nativetitle.edu.au) (online and CD Rom).

·       In 2003, this project won an Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing in the TAFE Teaching and Learning Category from the Australian Publishers Association and The Australian newspaper.

Wensing, E. (2002) Working with Native Title: Linking native title and Council processes.  A kit containing ten checklists for different local government occupations and a 22-page brochure explaining how to apply the six-step action plan in the ‘Working with Native Title’ Guide. ALGA, Canberra. 

Morris, J., Olsauskas, D., Wensing, E. and Watson, B. (2001) Good Strategic Planning Guide, Development Assessment Forum, National Office of Local Government.
In 2003, this project won an Award for Planning Excellence in Planning Scholarship from the ACT Division of the Planning Institute of Australia.

Wensing, E. & Macmillan, L. (1999) Working with Native Title: A practical guide for Local Government.  2^nd Edition. ALGA, Canberra. (A 345-page loose leaf folder comprising 6 steps and several appendices of resources and additional information)

Wensing, E. (1998) Working out Agreements: A Practical Guide to Agreements between Local Government and Indigenous Australians.  ALGA, Canberra.

Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) and the Australian Property Institute (API) (1997) Guidance Notes on Native Title for Planners and Valuers. PIA, Canberra.  (Authors: Ed Wensing and John Sheehan.)

Book Reviews

Wensing, E. (2019): Australia’s Metropolitan Imperative. An Agenda for Governance Reform, Urban Policy and Research, DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2019.1585024

Wensing, E. (2018) ‘Planning in Indigenous Australia: From imperial foundations to postcolonial futures’, Book Review, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management.  DOI: 10.1080/14486563.2018.1478772

Wensing, E. (2014) ‘Reclaiming Indigenous Planning’, Book Review, Urban Policy and Research, Vol. 32, No. 3. pp. 386-390. DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2014.926583.

Wensing, E. (2013) ‘The Right to Landscape: Contesting Landscape and Human Rights’. Book Review. Australian Planner, Vol. 50, Issue 3, pp. 274-275. DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2012.739568.

Wensing, E. (2013) ‘People on Country. Vital Landscapes. Indigenous Futures’. Book Review. Australian Planner, Vol. 50, Issue 4, pp. 362-365.  DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2012.745889.

Wensing, E. (2000) ‘Property Ownership and Housing Wealth in Australia’. Book Review. Urban Policy and Research, 19: 1, pp. 101-104. DOI: 10.1080/08111140108727866.

Wensing, E. (2000) ‘The Australian Metropolis. A Planning History’. Book Review. Australian Journal of Environmental Management, 7:3, pp. 182-183. DOI: 10.1080/14486563.2000.10648499.

Wensing, E. (1998) ‘Canberra 1912: Plans and Planners of the Australian Capital Competition’. Book Review. Urban Policy and Research, 16:2, pp. 171-172. DOI: 10.1080/08111149808727762.

Wensing, E. (1998) ‘Immigration and Australian Cities’. Book Review. Australian Journal of Environmental Management, 5:1, pp. 61-62. DOI: 10.1080/14486563.1998.10648400.

Submissions

Wensing, E. and Field, J. (2022) Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee on the Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU.

Wensing, E. (2022) Submission on the Consultation Draft Planning Bill to the the Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate, ACT Government.

Wensing, E. (2021) Submission on the ACT Planning System Review and Reform to the Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate, ACT Government.

Wensing, E. (2021) Submission to the NSW Valuer General on the Review of Forms of Cultural Loss and the Process and Method for Quantifying Compensation for Compulsory Acquisition. SGS Economics and Planning

Wensing, E. and Kelly, M. (2021) Evaluation of the Crown Land Management Act 2016 (NSW) Discussion Paper.  April.

Burnett, P., Wensing, E., Milligan, B. and Gibbons, P. (2020) Submission to the Independent Review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth). Chaired by  Professor Graeme Samuel AC.

Wensing, E. (2016) ‘Going deeper than the rhetoric’ Comments on the PIA Draft Accreditation Policy for the Recognition of Australian Planning Qualifications.  Submission to the Planning Institute of Australia’s review of its Planning Education Accreditation Policy, May 2016. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.25414.06725.

Wensing, E. (2014) Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission Inquiry into the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).

Wensing, E. (2007) Some ideas for improving planners’ understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, Submission to the Review of Planning Education by the Planning Institute of Australia, August.

Wensing, E. (1993) Private Submission to the Industry Commission Inquiry into Public Housing, March.

Wensing, E. (1986) Canberra's Leasehold Tenure System: Still in Crisis. Submission No. 2 to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the ACT - Inquiry into the Metropolitan Policy Plan.
This submission was the catalyst for a subsequent study of leasehold administration by Professor Max Neutze for the Parliamentary Joint Committee and a further inquiry by a Sub-Committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Transport, Communications and Infrastructure which reported to Parliament in November 1988. 

Wensing, E. (1984) Kingston - A study of the impact of comprehensive redevelopment on an inner Canberra suburb, November.  Submission No. 1 to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the ACT – Inquiry into the Metropolitan Policy Plan.

Newsletters

Wensing, E. (2019) Guest Editor Special Edition ‘Indigenous rights and interests in planning’ New Planner, Issue No. 119, June,

Wensing, E. (2016) ‘Indigenous rights in land use planning strengthened in Queensland’, Native Title Newsletter, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).

Manuscripts

National Library of Australia

Papers of Ed Wensing, 1974-2001 [manuscript]

The following material is an example of a significant instance of data gathering on the administration of Canberra’s unique leasehold system of land tenure and could form the basis for a major study in a significant area of Australian planning and land administration policy.  This is the National Library of Australia’s largest holding of private material on Canberra’s planning and leasehold land tenure system outside official government records. 

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Bib ID

358895

Format

Manuscript

Author

Wensing, Ed (Edward George)

Access Conditions

Part available for research; part requires permission for research; part not available for research. Not for loan.

Description

10.01 m. (20 boxes)

Summary

Papers relating to Ed Wensing's involvement in the Canberra community, and his work and interests relating to Canberra planning and development issues.  The bulk of the papers concern the campaign by residents of Torrens Street Braddon to stop commercial encroachments. There is also material on the A.C.T. Council of Social Service and on urban development in Canberra, especially Kingston. Includes correspondence, reports, articles, submissions, land title searches, maps, minutes, photographs and other papers. Papers relating to the redevelopment of the former Canberra Times site in Civic; Series A. Papers relating to the office boom in the Civic Centre, Canberra during the 1980s; Series B. Site specific files on Canberra Leasehold Administration Planning and Development. Includes files relating to public housing in the ACT.

Biography/History

Ed Wensing is a resident of Canberra with a long standing interest in planning and leasehold issues relating to the city.  He worked for the National Capital Development Commission from 1973-1985, including in its Planning Division from 1979-1985.

Notes

Manuscript reference no.: MS 8028, MS Acc98/­99, MS Acc98/­138, MS Acc03/­263.

Index/Finding Aid Note

Finding aid available (12 p.) in Manuscript Reading Room.

Occupation

Town planners

 Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

 Papers of Ed Wensing and the Australian Local Government Association 1997-2007

The papers in this collection stem from Ed Wensing’s employment by the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) to develop resource for local government to work with native title following the Australian Government’s amendments to the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) in 1998. 

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 Call No.:

MS 5008

Accession No.:

MAR14.110

Title:

Edward George Wensing, Australian Local Government Association papers, documents and publications on Indigenous issues.

Creator:

Wensing, Ed (Edward George)

Publication Information:

1997-2007

Physical Description:

2.62 metres (15 archival boxes)

Abstract:

Ed Wensing worked for the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) on its Local Government Native Title Information and Training Project in various capacities from 1997 to 2003. During a significant part of that period he was employed by the ALGA as the Native Title Project Manager, and in that capacity was responsible for the production of a number of resource materials aimed at assisting local government to understand its obligations and responsibilities on native title matters. The papers include guides, brochures, training resources, photograph albums, personal notebooks, correspondence, resources prepared by the National Native Title Tribunal and resource documents on Native Title for local government.

Access:

Open access - reading. Copying permitted for private study. Restricted access applies to Edward Wensing's notebooks, Series 11, folders 1-7, Closed access Principals permission - closed copying and quotation.

Corporate Subject:

Aboriginal Affairs

Collection:

Print

Source of acquisition:

Deposit (Deed of gift) Edward Wensing 2014 MAR14.110

Subject Term:

Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations

Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure

Local government

Politics and Government - Local government

Native title - Law and legislation - Commonwealth

Native title - Law and legislation - New South Wales

Native title - Agreements - Indigenous Land Use

Electronic Access:

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