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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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211 - 220 of 965 search results

Title Year Issues Legislation considered Jurisdiction
Foster v Northern Territory of Australia [2015] FCA 38 2015 s 190F Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 84D Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth) Northern Territory
Hale on behalf of the Bunuba #2 Native Title Claim Group v State of Western Australia [2015] FCA 560 2015 s 29 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 145 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 139 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 75 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 237 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 233 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 32 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Western Australia
Hill on behalf of the Yirendali People Core Country Claim v State of Queensland (No 3) [2015] FCA 777 2015 s 223 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 87 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Queensland
Hill on behalf of the Yirendali People Core Country Claim v State of Queensland [2015] FCA 300 2015 s 61 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 62 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 85A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Queensland
Corunna v South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council (No 2) [2015] FCA 630 2015 s 85A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 81 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Western Australia
Corunna v South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council [2015] FCA 491 2015 s 24CI Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 251A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 203BE Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Western Australia
Wallace on behalf of the Boonthamurra People v State of Queensland [2015] FCA 600 2015 s 87 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Queensland
Yaegl People #1 v Attorney General of New South Wales [2015] FCA 647 2015 s 87 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 87A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 94A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) New South Wales
McKellar on behalf of the Budjiti People v State of Queensland [2015] FCA 601 2015 s 87 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Queensland
Lampton on behalf of the Juru People v State of Queensland [2015] FCA 609 2015 s 87 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), Native Title Act (Queensland) Act 1993 (Qld) Queensland
Last updated: 26 June 2023