Toomelah Boggabilla Local Aboriginal Land Council v Minister For Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Affairs [1996] FCA 924

CATCHWORDS INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION - application for mandatory order compelling Minister for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Affairs to make declaration under s 9 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cth) - use of lagoon for water-skiing purposes - lagoon claimed to be "significant Aboriginal area" - water-skiing threatened lagoon with serious injury or desecration - whether Court has power to make such an order at a final hearing - whether Court has power to make such an order at an interlocutory hearing. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cth) - s 9, s 9(1), s 9(1)(b)(i), s 9(1)(b)(ii), s 10, s 10(1)(c), s 10(4) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) - s 23 Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) - s 16(1)(d) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) - s 93, s 93(9) Wamba Wamba Local Aboriginal Land Council & Anor v Minister Administering the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 & Anor (1989) 23 FCR 239 Minister for Immigration, Local Government & Ethnic Affairs v Msilanga (1992) 34 FCR 169 Elmi v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1988) 17 ALD 4712 Bond Corporation Holdings Limited and Ors v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal (1988) 84 ALR 669 TOOMELAH BOGGABILLA LOCAL ABORIGINAL LAND COUNCIL v MINISTER FOR ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER AFFAIRS No. NG 828 of 1996 CORAM: FOSTER J DATE: 17 OCTOBER 1996 PLACE: SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA) ) NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY) No. NG 828 of 1996 ) GENERAL DIVISION ) BETWEEN: TOOMELAH BOGGABILLA LOCAL ABORIGINAL LAND COUNCIL Applicant AND: MINISTER FOR ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER AFFAIRS Respondent JUDGE MAKING ORDERS: FOSTER J DATE: 17 OCTOBER 1996 PLACE: SYDNEY MINUTE OF ORDERS THE COURT ORDERS THAT: