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Native Title Law Database

The Native Title Law Database is the most comprehensive collection of publicly accessible native title case and legislation summaries in Australia. Previously published as What's New in Native Title, the database is a key resource for traditional owners, practitioners and researchers.

Each item includes a summary and link to the source judgment or piece of legislation. Use the Search all function to search by legal issue or subject, court, native title or language group names, year, jurisdiction, and any other keywords or phrases.

Summaries of cases and legislation from 2014 are now available on the database. Summaries of earlier legal developments will become available on a rolling basis.

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341 - 350 of 965 search results

Title Year Issues Legislation considered Jurisdiction
Far West Coast Native Title Claim Group v State of South Australia (No 3) [2012] FCA 1435 2012 s 84D Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) South Australia
Busch on behalf of the Tagalaka People #2 v State of Queensland [2012] FCA 1489 Queensland
AB (deceased) (on behalf of the Ngarla People) v State of Western Australia (No 4) [2012] FCA 1268 2012 s 47A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Western Australia
Laing v State of South Australia (No 2) [2012] FCA 980 2012 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 84C Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 61 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 62 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 61A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) South Australia
Torres v State of Western Australia [2012] FCA 972 s 64 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Western Australia
Sandy on behalf of the Yugara/Yugarapul People v State of Queensland [2012] FCA 978 s 84D Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Queensland
Mortimer v Land Development Agency [2012] ACTSC 158 Australian Capital Territory
Peterson on behalf of the Wunna Nyiyaparli People v State of Western Australia [2012] FCA 1335 2012 s 253 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 84 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Western Australia
Straits Exploration (Australia) Pty Ltd & Anor v Kokatha Uwankara Native Title Claimants & Ors [2012] SASCFC 121 2012 Mining Act 1971 (SA) South Australia
Levinge on behalf of the Gold Coast Native Title Group v State of Queensland [2012] FCA 1321 2012 s 62 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Queensland
Last updated: 26 June 2023