Brooking on behalf of the Bunuba People (Bunuba #2) v State of Western Australia [2015] FCA 1481

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Brooking on behalf of the Bunuba People (Bunuba #2) v State of Western Australia [2015] FCA 1481 Citation: Brooking on behalf of the Bunuba People (Bunuba #2) v State of Western Australia [2015] FCA 1481

Parties: GEORGE BROOKING, MARY AIKEN, JIMMY ANDREWS, PATSY BEDFORD, KEVIN DANN, PATRICK GREEN, ISAAC HALE, DANNY MARR, JUNE OSCAR and KEVIN OSCAR v STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, OIL BASINS LIMITED, BULLUREA PASTORAL COMPANY PTY LTD, JUBILEE DOWNS PASTORAL COMPANY PTY LTD, CALLUM HUGH MACLACHLAN, JOCK HUGH MACLACHLAN, NAPIER CORPORATION PTY LTD, KENNETH ANDREW VIVIAN (AS EXECUTOR FOR ESTATE OF JILLIAN MARY JENYNS) and SHIRE OF DERBY/WEST KIMBERLEY

File number: WAD 94 of 2012

Judge: BARKER J

Date of judgment: 22 December 2015

Catchwords: NATIVE TITLE – consent determination of native title – agreement of parties – s 87 and 87A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth)

Legislation cited: Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 13(1)(a), s 19, s 47, s 47A, s 47B, s 56(2)(b), s 68, s 87, s 87(1), s 87(1)(a), s 87(1)(b), s 87(1)(c), s 87A, s 87A(1)(b), s 87A(1)(c), s 87A(1)(d), s 87A(3), s 87A(4)(a), s 87A(4)(b), s 87(2), s 94A, s 224, s 251B Native Title (Prescribed Bodies Corporate) Regulations 1999 (Cth)

Cases cited: Billy Patch on behalf of the Birriliburu People v State of Western Australia [2008] FCA 944 Lander v State of South Australia [2012] FCA 427 Ward v State of Western Australia [2006] FCA 1848 Wurrunmurra v State of Western Australia [2012] FCA 1399