Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Davey on behalf of the Gudanji, Yanyuwa and Yanyuwa-Marra Peoples v Northern Territory of Australia [2023] FCA 303 File number: NTD 25 of 2020
Judgment of: BANKS-SMITH J
Date of judgment: 27 March 2023
Date of publication of reasons: 4 April 2023
Catchwords: NATIVE TITLE - McArthur River Project Compensation Claim - application to amend Form 4 originating application - where s 64(1) of Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) proscribes any amendment that includes an area not covered by original application - whether proposed amendments purport to increase geographic footprint of compensation claim area - construction and purpose of Form 4
Legislation: Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) ss 51, 61, 62, 64, 66, 87, 226, 227 Native Title (Federal Court) Regulations 1998 (Cth) reg 5
Cases cited: Attorney-General (NT) v Maurice (1987) 73 ALR 326 Ngajapa v Northern Territory of Australia [2015] FCA 1249 Northern Territory v Griffiths (deceased) on behalf of the Ngaliwurru and Nungali Peoples [2019] HCA 7; (2019) 269 CLR 1 Saunders on behalf of the Bigambul People v State of Queensland (No 2) [2021] FCA 190 Tucker v State of Western Australia [2022] FCA 1379 Wandarang, Alawa, Marra and Ngalakan Peoples v Northern Territory of Australia [2000] FCA 923; (2000) 104 FCR 380 Wharton on behalf of the Kooma People v State of Queensland (No 2) [2021] FCA 191
Division: General Division
Registry: Northern Territory
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate