Corunna v South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council [2015] FCA 491

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Corunna v South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council [2015] FCA 491 Citation: Corunna v South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council [2015] FCA 491

Parties: ALBERT CORUNNA v SOUTH WEST ABORIGINAL LAND AND SEA COUNCIL and STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

File number: WAD 24 of 2015

Judge: BARKER J

Date of judgment: 20 May 2015

Catchwords: NATIVE TITLE – Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAs) – consideration of the statutory scheme governing ILUAs – consideration of the procedure for registering an area agreement under Pt 2, Div 3, Subdiv C of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) – whether applicant entitled to participate in separate authorisation process in relation to proposed area agreements – applicant not registered native title claimant – by s 24CD of the Act applicant not member of native title group and not required to be party to proposed area agreements – by s 24CI of the Act applicant has right to object to the registration of the proposed area agreements when application for registration is made PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for summary dismissal under s 31A(2) of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) – whether application has reasonable prospect of success – no reasonable prospect of success

Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 31A, s 31A(2), s 31A(3) Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 24CA, s 24CB, s 24CB(e), s 24CC, s 24CD, s 24CD(1), s 24CD(2), s 24CD(2)(a), s 24CD(2)(b), s 24CD(2)(c), s 24CD(3), s 24CD(3)(a), s 24CD(4), s 24CD(4)(a), s 24CD(5), s 24CD(6), s 24CD(7), s 24CE, s 24CG, s 24CG(1), s 24CG(2), s 24CG(3), s 24CG(3)(b), s 24CH(1), s 24CH(2) s 24CH(2)(d)(i), s 24CI, s 24CI(1), s 24CJ, s 24EA(1), s 24EB, s 203AD, s 203BE(1)(b), s 203BE(5), s 203BE(5)(a), s 203BE(5)(b), s 233, s 251A, Pt 2 Div 3 Subdiv C