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Neane Carter
LLB, BA (SUT)

Neane Carter

Senior Solicitor

Expertise

Neane is a proud Dja Dja Wurrung, Yorta Yorta, Wamba Wamba, Wergaia, and Wotjobaluk woman from northern and central Victoria. Neane draws on her cultural knowledge and connection to ensure her clients receive culturally informed and appropriate advice. She creatively weaves solutions for her clients utilising a system that was established to oppress them. Where the western legal system has been used as a weapon against community, Neane now uses it as a tool to advance and elevate community.


Experience

Neane was admitted to the Supreme Court of Victoria. She holds a Legal Practising Certificate and is a member of the Law Society of New South Wales. Prior to arriving at Terri Janke and Company, Neane was appointed as an Associate to his Honour Judge Purcell in the County Court of Victoria.

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Recent Projects

  • Advocating for policy reform and advancement of Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) to the Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Inquiry into the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, through developing written submissions and giving evidence at the parliamentary enquiry.

  • Engaged by State Library Victoria to lead consultations with public libraries staff to determine cultural competency and cultural safety in the public libraries sector, and to develop a concluding Cultural Competency and Cultural Safety Report.

  • Assisting Anika Valenti with the implementation of the Victorian Traditional Owners Native Food and Botanicals Strategy. In consultation with Traditional Owner groups, Neane assisted in developing a best practice industry Cultural Protocol and Access & Benefit Sharing Framework and Agreement. Neane also assisted in developing the Cultural Protocol factsheet and ABS factsheet.

  • Empowering clients through presentations and workshops, advising on commercial matters and developing best practice documents.

Awards

Rising Star (Australasian Lawyer) 2024


Community work

Neane has a strong connection to her culture, community and Country which she continues through cultural practices. She is a coil weaver which has been passed down by Aunty Marilyne Nicholls through her matriarchal line, with her work having been featured in exhibitions. Neane is also a cultural dancer through her patriarchal line.

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