Year
2006
Jurisdiction
Northern Territory
Forum
Federal Court
Legislation considered
s 13 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth)
Issues (legal)
Compensation
Extinguishment
Summary
Sackville J
Application for a determination of compensation, and whether the Court is required to make a determination of native title. Applicants failed to establish that they were native title holders for the area. If they had reached that threshold, compensation would have been payable on the value at the time of the acquisition, not at the time the NTA came into operation.