Shaw v Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs [2009] FCA 844

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Shaw v Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs [2009] FCA 844 INJUNCTIONS – interlocutory injunctions - relevant principles – serious question to be tried – Northern Territory Emergency Response Act 2007 – s 47 – compulsory acquisition Alice Springs town camps – whether failure to accord natural justice – whether contrary to members' interests as a whole - balance of convenience Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth), ss 20B, 20CA, 20CA(3) Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth), ss s 5(1), 6(1)(a), s 16(2) Associations Act 2003 (NT),s 109 Corporations (Aboriginal and Torrens Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth), s 166 Crown Lands Act 1992 (NT) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), ss 39(1A)(c), 39B(1) Lands Acquisition Act 1989 (Cth) Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 (Cth), ss 47, 50, 51 Residential Tenancies Act 1999 (NT) Special Purposes Leases Act 1953 (NT) Australian Broadcasting Commission v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd (2001) 208 CLR 199, followed Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia (1986) 161 CLR 148, followed Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550, followed Northern Territory of Australia v Mengel (1994) 185 CLR 307, considered Sanders v Snell (1998) 196 CLR 329, considered Szencorp Pty Ltd v Clean Energy Council Ltd (2009) 69 ACSR 365, followed

BARBARA RACHEL SHAW v MINISTER FOR FAMILIES, HOUSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS VID 547 of 2009 BARBARA RACHEL SHAW, GEORGE ROBERTSON JAMPITJINPA, GWEN GILLEN, WARREN TONKIN, MELISSA BROWN, MARLENE HAYES, KEVIN WIRRI, VANESSA KRUGER, MAUREEN WILLIAMS, RACHEL JURRA, ROSEMARY RUBUNTJA, AUDREY McCORMACK, PAMELA SAMPSON, CHERYL MCMILLAN v MINISTER FOR FAMILIES, HOUSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TOWNSHIP LEASING, NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA AND IIPARPA ABORIGINAL CORPORATION, KARNTE ABORIGINAL CORPORATION, ANTHEPE HOUSING ASSOCIATION, ILYPERENYE ASSOCIATION INC, INARLENGE COMMUNITY INC, MPWETYERRE ABORIGINAL CORPORATION, YARRENYTE ARLTERE ASSOCIATION INC, AKNGWERTNARRE ASSOCIATION INC, NYEWENTE ASSOCIATION INC, ANTHELK EWLPAYE ASSOCIATION INC, APER ALWERRKNGE ASSOCIATION INC, MT NANCY HOUSING ASSOCIATION INC, ILPERLE TYATHE ASSOCIATION INC, ILPEYE ILPEYE ABORIGINAL CORPORATION, EWYENPER ATWATYE ASSOCIATION INC, ANHELKE ABORIGINAL CORPORATION, LHENPE ARTNEW ABORIGINAL CORPORATION