Graham Carter specialises in native title and heritage, commercial law and property law.   He is a nationally accredited mediator.

He was called to the Bar in 2016, after practising as a solicitor since 1997, including in community, government and private sector roles.

Graham has extensive experience in relation to engagement with Indigenous communities, commercial negotiations and dispute resolution.  He has worked on a number of Australia’s most significant native title claims and Indigenous land use agreements, including:

• the first positive determination of native title in South-East Australia (Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagulk Peoples); and
• the Torres Strait regional seas claim, the largest native title claim in Australia, both in terms of claim group size and geographical extent.

Since 2004, he has provided training in cross-cultural engagement to hundreds of public, private and community sector trainees, in association with Clayton Utz.  He is a regular guest lecturer for The University of Queensland’s undergraduate and post-graduate native title courses.  He has also served as a native title legal and policy adviser to the former Victorian Attorney-General, Hon. Rob Hulls, MP, Department of Justice.

Graham is a member of LawRight.  He is a former Chair of the Board of Directors, Fitzroy Legal Service and member of the Queensland Resources Council (Indigenous Affairs Committee).