Evans, Ted Comanoo & Anor on Behalf of the Koara People v State of Western Australia & Ors [1997] FCA 741

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA NATIVE TITLE - permissible future acts - grant of mining leases - whether arbitral body has power to impose a condition of compensation in its determination - whether issue of such compensation can be adjourned to a later date - whether further conditions can be imposed at the mining stage - whether arbitration can be ordered as a condition referrable to the mining stage - whether conditions providing for negotiation without sanction are within statutory authority - whether public interest test correctly applied. Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Mining Act 1978 (WA) North Ganalanja Aboriginal Corporation v Queensland (1996) 135 ALR 225 Bull v Attorney-General (NSW) (1913) 17 CLR 370 Racecourse Co-operative Sugar Association Limited v Attorney General (Queensland) (1979) 142 CLR 460 Allingham v Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries [1948] 1 All ER 780 Turner v Owen (1990) 26 FCR 366 Sambell v Cook [1962] VR 448 Levy v Farrell (1861) 1 W&W(E) Television Corporation Limited v The Commonwealth (1963) 109 CLR 59 Household Financial Services Ltd v Commercial Tribunal of New South Wales (1995) 36 NSWLR 220 Genkem Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1994) 35 NSWLR 33 Australian Securities Commission v Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (1996) 138 ALR 655 O'Sullivan v Farrer (1989) 168 CLR 210 Right to Life Association (NSW) Inc v Secretary, Department of Human Services and Health (1995) 128 ALR 2238

TED COMANOO EVANS and RICHARD EVANS on behalf of the KOARA PEOPLE v STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA & ORS WAG 6010 of 1996

R D NICHOLSON J PERTH 8 AUGUST 1997

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ) ) WESTERN AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY ) WAG 6010 of 1996

) ) GENERAL DIVISION )