Bidjara Aboriginal Housing & Land Co Ltd v Indigenous Land Corporation [2001] FCA 138

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Bidjara Aboriginal Housing & Land Co Ltd v Indigenous Land Corporation [2001] FCA 138

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - Indigenous Land Corporation acquiring pastoral lease - whether grant made to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Corporation within a reasonable time – whether "within a reasonable time" is equivalent to "without unreasonable delay" - statutory obligation requiring to be applied in legislative context – where grant not made pending determination of native title claims - whether Indigenous Land Corporation to be directed to make grant. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989 ss 191D, 191I, 191J, 191N, 191P, 191Q Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 s 7 Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s 15AB Thornton v Repatriation Commission (1981) 52 FLR 285 Re O'Reilly; Ex Parte Australena Investments Pty Ltd (1984) 58 ALJR 36 Wei v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1991) 29 FCR 455 Kimia v Minister for Justice & Customs [2000] FCA 18 Wang v Commissioner of Inland Revenue [1994] 1 WLR 1286

BIDJARA ABORIGINAL HOUSING AND LAND COMPANY LIMITED ACN 010 017 955 v INDIGENOUS LAND CORPORATION and YUNTHALA BIDJARA LIMITED ACN 091 492 269

Q141 of 2000

RYAN, DRUMMOND and HELY JJ

BRISBANE

27 FEBRUARY 2001

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY Q141 of 2000

ON APPEAL FROM A JUDGE OF THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

BETWEEN: BIDJARA ABORIGINAL HOUSING AND LAND COMPANY LIMITED ACN 010 017 955

Appellant

AND: INDIGENOUS LAND CORPORATION

First Respondent

YUNTHALA BIDJARA LIMITED ACN 091 492 269

Second Respondent

JUDGES: RYAN, DRUMMOND and HELY JJ

DATE OF ORDER: 27 FEBRUARY 2001

WHERE MADE: BRISBANE

THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The appeal be dismissed. 2. The appellant pay the first respondent's costs of the appeal, to be taxed in default of agreement.