Miller v State of South Australia (Far West Coast Sea Claim) (No 2) [2018] FCA 599

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Miller v State of South Australia (Far West Coast Sea Claim) (No 2) [2018] FCA 599 File number: SAD 71 of 2016

Judge: WHITE J

Date of judgment: 2 May 2018

Catchwords: NATIVE TITLE – application for summary dismissal and/or strike out of native title application – whether the application was properly authorised – adequacy of the content of the notice of the authorisation meeting – adequacy of the circulation of the notice – whether defects in the notice of the authorisation meeting could be cured by later ratification at second meeting – whether strike out and/or summary dismissal is appropriate – interlocutory application dismissed. NATIVE TITLE – application for removal of particular respondents from the proceedings – interest of those respondents and their purpose in seeking to remain as parties – some respondents contend that the society holding native title is more confined than the applicant claim group – one respondent claims that the descendants of his ancestor have been wrongly excluded from membership of the claim group – whether it is in the interests of justice to remove the respondents – interlocutory application dismissed.

Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 22 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) ss 13(1), 61, 62, 66, 66B, 67, 84, 84C, 84D, 203BE, 251B, 253 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 1.34, 9.08, 26.01, 34.104 Native Title Amendment (Technical Amendments) Bill 2007 (Cth)

Cases cited: AD (deceased) on behalf of the Mirning People v Western Australia (No 2) [2013] FCA 1000 Akiba v Queensland [2010] FCA 643; (2010) 204 FCR 1 Aplin on behalf of the Waanyi Peoples v State of Queensland [2010] FCA 625 Ashwin on behalf of the Wuth People v State of Western Australia (No 2) [2010] FCA 1472; (2010) 191 FCR 549 Bodney v Bropho [2004] FCAFC 226; (2004) 140 FCR 77 Bolton on behalf of the Southern Noongar Families v State of Western Australia [2004] FCA 760 Bonner on behalf of the Jagera People #2 v State of Queensland [2011] FCA 321 Booth on behalf of the Kungardutyi Punthamara People v State of Queensland [2017] FCA 638 Burragubba on behalf of the Wangan and Jagalingou People v State of Queensland [2017] FCA 373 Butterworth v Queensland [2010] FCA 325; (2010) 184 FCR 397 Byron Environmental Centre Inc v Arakwal People (1997) 78 FCR 1 Commonwealth v Clifton [2007] FCAFC 190; (2007) 164 FCR 355 Coyne v State of Western Australia [2009] FCA 533 Daniel v State of Western Australia [2002] FCA 1147; (2002) 194 ALR 278 Edwards on behalf of Wongkumara People v State of Queensland [2014] FCA 282 Far West Coast Native Title Claim v State of South Australia [2011] FCA 24; (2011) 191 FCR 381 Far West Coast Native Title Claim v State of South Australia (No 2) [2012] FCA 733; (2012) 204 FCR 542 Far West Coast Native Title Claim Group v State of South Australia (No 4) [2012] FCA 1468 Far West Coast Native Title Claim v State of South Australia (No 5) [2013] FCA 717 Far West Coast Native Title Claim v State of South Australia (No 6) [2013] FCA 1270 Far West Coast Native Title Claim v State of South Australia (No 7) [2013] FCA 1285 Forrest of Forrest Pty Ltd v Wilson [2017] HCA 30; (2017) 346 ALR 1 Gomeroi People v Attorney General of New South Wales [2013] FCA 81 Graham on behalf of the Ngadju People v State of Western Australia [2012] FCA 1003 Kinsela v Russell Kinsela Pty Ltd (in liq) (1986) 4 NSWLR 722 Kite v State of South Australia [2007] FCA 1662 Kokatha Native Title Claim v South Australia [2005] FCA 836; (2005) 143 FCR 544 Kulkalgal People v State of Queensland [2003] FCA 163 Laing v State of South Australia (No 2) [2012] FCA 980 Landers v South Australia [2003] FCA 264; (2003) 128 FCR 495 Lawson on behalf of the "Pooncarie" Barkandji (Paakantyi) People v Minister for Land and Water Conservation for the State of New South Wales [2002] FCA 1517 Mabo v State of Queensland (No 2) (1992) 175 CLR 1 Miller v State of South Australia (Far West Coast Sea Claim) [2017] FCA 790 Munn v Queensland [2002] FCA 486 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1988) 194 CLR 355 Rubibi Community v State of Western Australia (No 3) [2002] FCA 876; (2002) 120 FCR 512 Sandy on behalf of the Yugara/Yugarapul People v State of Queensland [2012] FCA 978 Starkey v South Australia [2011] FCA 456; (2011) 193 FCR 450 TR (deceased) on behalf of the Kariyarra-Pipingarra People v State of Western Australia [2016] FCA 1158 TJ (on behalf of the Yindjibarndi People) v State of Western Australia [2015] FCA 818 Velickovic v State of Western Australia [2012] FCA 782 Wakka Wakka People (No 2) v State of Queensland [2005] FCA 1578 Ward v Northern Territory [2002] FCA 171 Werribone on behalf of the Mandandanji People v State of Queensland [2013] FCA 255 Williams v Grant [2004] FCAFC 178 Wilson v State of South Australia (No 3) [2016] FCA 812 Worimi Local Aboriginal Land Council v Minister for Lands (NSW) [2007] FCA 1357; (2007) 164 FCR 181