Bropho v State of Western Australia [2000] FCA 1

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Bropho v State Of Western Australia [2000] FCA 1

NATIVE TITLE - notification of application – Native Title Registrar's duty and discretions - power of Court to make orders - power of Native Title Registrar to dispense with certain notice requirements - power of Registrar to provide for alternative modes of notice - combination of application - notification of combinations of applications - interest holders excluded from claim subject to validity of interests - whether necessary to notify - notification of offshore interest. Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Native Title Amendment Act 1998 (Cth)

Northern Territory v Lane (1995) 59 FCR 332 - followed Kanak v National Native Title Tribunal (1995) 61 FCR 103 - followed North Ganalanja Aboriginal Corporation v State of Queensland [1996] 185 CLR 595 -followed Byron Bay Environmental Centre Inc v The Arakwal People (1997) 78 FCR 1 - followed Fourmile v Selpam Pty Ltd (1997) 80 FCR 151 - cited Strickland v Native Title Registrar [1999] FCA 1530 - followed WMC Resources Ltd & Central Norseman Gold Corporation Ltd v Lane (1997) 73 FCR 366 - cited Giris Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation [1996] 119 CLR 365 - cited Thomson Australian Holdings Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission (1981) 148 CLR 150 - cited ROBERT CHARLES BROPHO v THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRLIA WG 0142 of 1998 RON HARRINGTON-SMITH v THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA WG 6005 of 1998 MARTHA BORINELLI v THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA WG 6192 of 1998 LORRAINE BELLOTI v THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA WG 6274 of 1998 BARBARA STAMMER-CORBETT v THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRLIA WG 6279 of 1998

FRENCH J 7 JANUARY 2000 PERTH

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY WG0142 OF 1998

BETWEEN: ROBERT CHARLES BROPHO AND OTHERS

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