Illawarra Local Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act (No.2) [2010] NSWLEC 124

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Illawarra Local Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act (No.2) [2010] NSWLEC 124

APPLICANT Illawarra Local Aboriginal Land Council PARTIES : RESPONDENT Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act

FILE NUMBER(S) : 30751 of 2006

CORAM: Sheahan J

KEY ISSUES: ABORIGINAL :- land claim; whether land was 'needed', or 'likely to be needed', for the essential public purpose of nature conservation; case remitted by Court of Appeal for reconsideration; admissibility, relevance, and probative value of post-claim evidence

Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974

Deerubbin Local Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering Crown Lands Act [1999] NSWLEC 82 Housing Commission v Falconer [1981] 1 NSWLR 547 Illawarra Local Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act [2008] NSWLEC 188; 161 LGERA 294 CASES CITED: Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act v Illawarra Local Aboriginal Land Council [2009] NSWCA 289; 168 LGERA 71 Minister for Army v Parbury Henty & Co Pty Ltd (1945) 70 CLR 459 Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act v NSW Aboriginal Land Council (2008) 237 CLR 285 Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act v Deerubbin Local Aboriginal Land Council (No.2) [2001] NSWCA 28; 50 NSWLR 665 Walker Corporation Pty Ltd v Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (2009) 168 LGERA 1