Gilmour J
In this matter, the Court granted the native title applicants leave to discontinue their native title claim filed on 20 June 2012.
The claim relates to an area including the site of the proposed Browse LNG Precinct north of Broome. According to the applicants’ solicitor, the applicants’ primary intention in filing the claim was to gain procedural protections under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) in relation to the State’s proposal to compulsorily acquire the land. Those procedural protections only become available once a claim is accepted for registration by the Registrar of the National Native Title Tribunal, and it had become apparent that the claim could not be registered in its current form. The applicants therefore approached the Court to have their claim discontinued.