LAND USE IN THE AUSTRALIAN RANGELANDS

This paper reviews pastoral lease arrangements across Australia and considers theextent to which these affect the emergence of non-pastoral land uses. Some 44 per centof Australia is made up of pastoral leases. The predominant use of these leases is forgrazing livestock (primarily sheep and cattle). However, there is increasing demandfor this land to be used for non-pastoral uses, such as tourism, farming of nonconventionallivestock (such as goats, kangaroos and camels) and conservation ofnative wildlife. More neutral and outcome-focused pastoral leasing arrangements maybetter facilitate pastoral and non-pastoral land uses in the future.