Stream v State of Western Australia (Palyku #2) [2021] FCA 1068

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Stream v State of Western Australia (Palyku #2) [2021] FCA 1068 File number: WAD 483 of 2018

Judgment of: MCKERRACHER J

Date of judgment: 6 September 2021

Catchwords: NATIVE TITLE – application for determination of native title under s 87A of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) – whether the parties have satisfied the criteria set out in s 87A – whether it is appropriate for the Court to make an order in terms of the agreement reached by the parties

Legislation: Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) ss 13(1)(a), 56(2)(a), 56(2)(a)(i), 56(2)(b), 61, 61(1), 62A, 66, 66(1)(c), 66(8), 67(1), 68, 87, 87A, 87A(1)(b), 87A(1)(c), 87A(1)(c)(i), 87A(1)(c)(ii), 87A(1)(c)(iii), 87A(1)(c)(iv), 87A(1)(c)(v), 87A(1)(c)(vi), 87A(1)(c)(vii), 87A(1)(c)(viii), 87A(1)(c)(ix), 87A(1)(d), 87A(2), 87A(3), 87A(4), 87A(4)(a), 87A(4)(b), 87A(8), 94A, 190A, 190C(3), 212(2), 225, 225(a), 225(b), 225(c), 225(d), 225(e), 251D

Cases cited: Brown (on behalf of the Ngarla People) v State of Western Australia [2007] FCA 1025 Hughes (on behalf of the Eastern Guruma People) v The State of Western Australia [2007] FCA 365 Lovett on behalf of the Gunditjmara People v State of Victoria [2007] FCA 474 Munn v Queensland [2001] FCA 1229; (2001) 115 FCR 109 O'Connor v Western Australia [2019] FCA 330 O'Connor v Western Australia (No 2) [2021] FCA 195 Smith v Western Australia [2000] FCA 1249; (2000) 104 FCR 494 Western Bundjalung People v Attorney General of New South Wales [2017] FCA 992