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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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541 - 550 of 965 search results

Title Year Issues Legislation considered Jurisdiction
Gomeroi People v Attorney General of New South Wales [2017] FCA 1464 2017 s 66B Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) New South Wales
Gebadi v Woosup (No 2) [2017] FCA 1467 2017 s 13 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 61 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Queensland
Peterson on behalf of the Wunna Nyiyaparli People v State of Western Australia (No 2) [2017] FCA 1468 2017 s 85A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) Western Australia
Griffith Local Aboriginal Land Council v Attorney-General of New South Wales [2017] FCA 1452 2017 Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW), s 23B Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) New South Wales
Akiba on behalf of the Torres Strait Regional Seas Claim v State of Queensland [2017] FCA 1438 2017 Queensland
Kemppi v Adani Mining [2018] FCA 105 2018 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Queensland
Kemppi v Adani Mining Pty Ltd (No 3) [2018] FCA 40 2018 s 190 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 24CG Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 203BE Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Queensland
BHP Billiton Nickel West Pty Ltd v KN (deceased) (TJIWARL and TJIWARL #2) [2018] FCAFC 8 2018 s 24HA Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), Mining Act 1978 (WA), s 47B Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 253 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Western Australia
GunaiKurnai People Native Title Claim Group v State of Victoria [2018] FCA 23 2018 s 66B Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 84 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 62A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Victoria
Gordon on behalf of the Kariyarra Native Title Group v State of Western Australia [2018] FCA 430 2018 Western Australia
Last updated: 26 June 2023