Violet Carr and Others on Behalf of the Wellington Valley Wiradjuri People v Premier of New South Wales [2013] FCA 200

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Violet Carr and Others on Behalf of the Wellington Valley Wiradjuri People v Premier of New South Wales [2013] FCA 200 Citation: Violet Carr and Others on Behalf of the Wellington Valley Wiradjuri People v Premier of New South Wales [2013] FCA 200

Parties: VIOLET CARR, ELIZABETH "BETTY" FERGUSON AND JOYCE WILLIAMS ON BEHALF OF THE WELLINGTON VALLEY WIRADJURI PEOPLE v PREMIER OF NSW IN HIS CAPACITY AS STATE MINISTER UNDER THE NATIVE TITLE ACT 1993 CTH

File number(s): NSD 912 of 2009

Judge: JAGOT J

Date of judgment: 11 March 2013

Catchwords: NATIVE TITLE – summary dismissal – authorisation of applicants – claimant group

Legislation: Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) Federal Court Rules 2011 Native Title Amendment (Technical Amendments) Act 2007 (Cth) Native Title Act 1993 (Cth)

Cases cited: Daniel v Western Australia (2002) 194 ALR 278; [2002] FCA 1147 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Landers v State of South Australia (2003) 128 FCR 495; [2003] FCA 264 Moran v Minister of Land & Water Conservation for NSW [1999] FCA 1637 Quall v Risk [2001] FCA 378 Ward v State of Western Australia (1998) 159 ALR 483 Webster v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 Western Australia v Strickland (2000) 99 FCR 33; [2000] FCA 652 Risk v National Native Title Tribunal [2000] FCA 1589 Starkey v State of South Australia (2011) 193 FCR 450; [2011] FCA 456 Strickland v Native Title Registrar (1999) 168 ALR 242; [1999] FCA 1530 Tilmouth v Northern Territory of Australia (2001) 109 FCR 240