Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Thomas v State of Western Australia [2011] FCA 346 Citation: Thomas v State of Western Australia [2011] FCA 346
Parties: PHYLLIS THOMAS & ORS v STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA & ORS
File number: WAD 6069 of 1998
Judge: MCKERRACHER J
Date of judgment: 12 April 2011
Catchwords: NATIVE TITLE - Court's discretionary power to dismiss an application on its own motion where application has failed registration test
Legislation: Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 190F(6)
Cases cited: Harrington-Smith on behalf of the Wongatha People v Western Australia (No 9) (2007) 238 ALR 1 Strickland v Western Australia [2010] FCA 272
Date of hearing: 30 March 2011
Place: Perth
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 18
Counsel for the Applicant: S Kilpatrick
Solicitor for the Applicant: Goldfields Land and Sea Council
Counsel for the State of Western Australia: T Creewel
Solicitor for the State of Western Australia: State Solicitors Office
Counsel for Various Mining/WAFIC: M Watts
Solicitor for Various Mining/WAFIC: Hunt & Humphry
Counsel for Various Local Government Interests: R Mascarenhas
Solicitor for Various Local Government Interests: Minter Ellison
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