Dates v Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW [2009] NSWLEC 82

Reported Decision : 167 LGERA 82

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Dates v Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW [2009] NSWLEC 82

APPLICANT Worimi Dates

FIRST RESPONDENT: Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales PARTIES : SECOND RESPONDENT: New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council

THIRD RESPONDENT: Karuah Local Aboriginal Land Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 40027 of 2009

CORAM: Biscoe J

KEY ISSUES: JUDICIAL REVIEW :- jurisdictional fact - whether the question posed by s 40D(1)(a) of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW) with respect to whether or not land is of cultural significance to Aborigines of the area is a jurisdictional fact.

LEGISLATION CITED: Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983

Anvil Hill Project Watch Association Inc v Minister for the Environment and Water Resources [2008] FCAFC 3, (2008) 166 FCR 54 Australian Heritage Commission v Mount Isa Mines Ltd [1997] HCA 10, (1997) 187 CLR 297 Corporation of the City of Enfield v Development Assessment Commission [2000] HCA 5, (2000) 199 CLR 135 CASES CITED: Dowe v Commissioner of New South Wales Crime Commission [2007] NSWCA 296, (2007) 177 A Crim R 44 Gedeon v Commissioner of New South Wales Crime Commission [2008] HCA 43, (2008) 236 CLR 120 Minister for Natural Resources v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council & Anor (1987) 9 NSWLR 154 Timbarra Protection Coalition v Ross Mining NL [1999] NSWCA 8, (1999) 46 NSWLR 55 Woolworths Ltd v Pallas Newco Pty Ltd [2004] NSWCA 422, (2004) 61 NSWLR 707