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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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261 - 270 of 965 search results

Title Year Issues Legislation considered Jurisdiction
Smith on behalf of the Kullilli People v State of Queensland [2014] FCA 691 2014 s 87 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 56 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 57 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 94A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 223 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 225 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Queensland
Mosby on behalf of the Kulkalgal People v State of Queensland [2014] FCA 628 2014 s 87 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 94A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 225 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 223 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 56 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Queensland
Lampton on behalf of the Juru People v State of Queensland [2014] FCA 736 2014 s 87A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 94A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 225 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 57 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Queensland
Lewis v State of Western Australia [2014] FCA 690 2014 s 84 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Western Australia
Weatherall on behalf of the Kooma People #4 Part A v State of Queensland [2014] FCA 662 2014 s 87A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 94A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 225 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 56 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 57 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Queensland
Coconut on behalf of the Northern Cape York #2 Native Title Claim Group v State of Queensland [2014] FCA 629 2014 s 87 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 94A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 225 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 223 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Queensland
Butterworth on behalf of the Wiri Core Country Claim v State of Queensland (No 2) [2014] FCA 590 2014 s 251B Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Queensland
Sumner v State of South Australia [2014] FCA 534 2014 s 223 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 225 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 84 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 84D Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) South Australia
Dempsey on behalf of the Bularnu, Waluwarra and Wangkayujuru People v State of Queensland (No 2) [2014] FCA 528 2014 s 223 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 225 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Queensland
Watson on behalf of the Nyikina Mangala People v State of Western Australia (No 5) [2014] FCA 650 2014 s 84 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Western Australia
Last updated: 26 June 2023