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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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221 - 230 of 965 search results

Title Year Issues Legislation considered Jurisdiction
Barkandji Traditional Owners #8 v Attorney-General of New South Wales [2015] FCA 604 2015 s 87A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 94A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) New South Wales
Lake Torrens Overlap Proceedings [2015] FCA 519 2015 Evidence Act 1995 (Cth), s 203BF Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 203BB Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Queensland
CG (Deceased) on behalf of the Badimia People v State of Western Australia (No 2) [2015] FCA 507 2015 s 223 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 225 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Western Australia
CG (Deceased) on behalf of the Badimia People v State of Western Australia [2015] FCA 204 2015 s 47B Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 223 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Western Australia
Galway on behalf of Wamba Wamba, Barapa Barapa and Wadi Wadi Peoples v State of Victoria [2015] FCA 497 2015 s 84C Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Victoria
Griffiths v Northern Territory of Australia (No 2) [2015] FCA 443 2015 s 50 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 61 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 20 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 23J Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Northern Territory
Wuthathi People #2 v State of Queensland [2015] FCA 380 2015 s 87 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Queensland
Wuthathi, Kuuku Ya'u and Northern Kaanju People v State of Queensland [2015] FCA 381 2015 Queensland
Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations v Murray [2015] FCA 346 2015 Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth) Victoria
Sullivan on behalf of the Sullivan Edwards Native Title Claim Group v Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet [2015] FCA 306 2015 s 203B Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 203FE Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 203BB Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 203FB Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 203FBA Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Western Australia
Last updated: 26 June 2023