Prior on behalf of the Juru (Cape Upstart) People v State of Queensland (No 2) [2011] FCA 819

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Prior on behalf of the Juru (Cape Upstart) People v State of Queensland (No 2) [2011] FCA 819 Citation: Prior on behalf of the Juru (Cape Upstart) People v State of Queensland (No 2) [2011] FCA 819

Parties: RENARTA PRIOR, CAROL PRIOR-PATTERSON, MARGARET SMALLWOOD, JEFFREY LENOY ON BEHALF OF THE JURU (CAPE UPSTART) PEOPLE v STATE OF QUEENSLAND, WHITSUNDAY REGIONAL COUNCIL, ERGON ENERGY CORPORATION LIMITED, ALAN GRIGGS and WILLIAM GEORGE PORTER

File number: QUD 6249 of 1998

Judge: RARES J

Date of judgment: 26 July 2011

Catchwords: NATIVE TITLE – Aboriginals And Torres Strait Islanders – determination by consent

Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Pt VB Fisheries Act 1994 (Qld) Local Government Act 2009 (Qld) Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) ss 13(1)(a), 24CD(1) and (2), 56, 61, 61A(1), 64, 66, 81, 87, 94A, 225

Cases cited: Birri Gubba v State of Queensland (2003) 127 FCR 348 referred to Birri-Gubba (Cape Upstart) People v State of Queensland [2008] FCA 659 referred to Clark v ING Life Limited [2007] FCA 1960 referred to Long v Northern Territory of Australia [2011] FCA 571 followed Mabo v State of Queensland [No 2] (1992) 175 CLR 1 referred to Munn v State of Queensland (2001) 115 FCR 109 followed Northern Territory of Australia v Alyawarr (2005) 145 FCR 442 followed Prior on behalf of the Juru (Cape Upstart) People v State of Queensland [2011] FCA 783 followed QGC Pty Ltd v Bygrave (No 2) (2010) 189 FCR 412 followed Reg v Lawrence [1982] AC 510 referred to Reference The Hon R.S. French AC, Native Title – A Constitutional Shift?, published in: H.P. Lee and P. Gerangelos (ed), Constitutional Advancement in a Frozen Continent: Essays in Honour of George Winterton, The Federation Press, 2009, pp 126-154