Kanak v Minister for Land & Water Conservation [2000] FCA 1105

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Kanak v Minister for Land & Water Conservation [2000] FCA 1105

NATIVE TITLE – strike out application – principal proceedings involve non-claimant application for determination that native title exists over Bondi Beach – application for determination that native title does exist may not be made by non-claimant - whether the applicant holds a non-native title interest over the land – nature of non-native title interest – non-native title interest must be greater than an interest held in common with general public – intellectual or emotional interest insufficient – costs in native title proceedings WORDS & PHRASES – "non-native title interest", "in connection with"

Federal Court Rules,Order 20 rule 2 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), ss 3(a), 24FC, 24FE, 47A, 47B, 56, 58, 61, 61A, 62, 66(3), 66(10), 84, 84C, 253 Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth), s 15AB(2)(e) Native Title Amendment Bill 1997 (Cth) Crown Lands Act 1989 (NSW), ss 5, 92(5), 112, 114 Local Government Act 1993 (NSW), ss 219, 220, 222, 223, 232

Phelps v Western Mining (1978) 20 ALR 183, distinguished Byron Environment Centre v Arakwal People (1997) 78 FCR 1, applied Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Singh [2000] FCA 854, applied Waldron v Queensland [1999] FCA 1195, applied Randwick Corporation v Rutledge (1959) 102 CLR 70, applied Mathieson v Burton (1971) 124 CLR 1, applied Australian Conservation Foundation v Commonwealth (1980) 146 CLR 493, applied Commonwealth v Mewett (1997) 191 CLR 471, applied Yanner v Eaton (1999) 166 ALR 258, considered Cane Factor Holdings v Kanak [1997] NNTTA 1, cited Hornsby Council v Roads & Traffic Authority (1997) 41 NSWLR 151, distinguished Truth About Motorways v Macquarie Infrastructure (2000) 169 ALR 616, applied Onus v Alcoa (1982) 149 CLR 27, applied DOMINIC WY KANAK v MINISTER FOR LAND & WATER CONSERVATION FOR THE STATE OF NSW N 6016 of 1999