WA - Future act determination - WF08/31
| Tribunal file no: |
WF08/31 |
| NNTTA no: |
NNTTA 91 (13 August 2009) |
| Application type: |
Future act determination |
| State or Territory: |
Western Australia |
| Determination parties: |
FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd (grantee party/applicant)
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Ned Cheedy and Others on behalf of the Yindjibarndi People WC03/3 (native title party)
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The State of Western Australia (Government party) |
| Tribunal member: |
Mr Dan O'Dea (Member) |
| Publication date: |
14/08/2009 |
| Decision/Determination date: |
13/08/2009 |
| Matters considered: |
An inquiry into a future act determination application |
| Type of Decision or Determination: |
Future Act - Can be done subject to conditions |
| Representatives (including counsel and solicitors): |
Representatives for the native title party: Mr George Irving, Mr Simon Millman, Slater and Gordon Lawyers
Representatives for grantee party: Mr Ken Green, Green Legal Pty Ltd, Mr Sukhpal Singh, FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd
Representatives for the Government party: Mr Matthew Pudovskis and Barry King, State Solicitor’s Office, Ms Paola O’Neill, Department of Mines and Petroleum |
| Catch words: |
Native title – future acts – applications for determination for the grant of mining lease – s 39 criteria considered – effect of act on sites or areas of particular significance – interests, proposals, opinions or wishes of native title party – economic or other significance of act – public interest in doing of act – any other matters the Tribunal considered relevant – determination that the act may be done subject to conditions |
| Legislation considered: |
Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 (WA);Mining Act 1978 (WA) s 74 |
| Cases cited: |
Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Inc v South Australia (1995) 64 SASR 551
Adelaide Company of Jehovah’s Witnesses Inc. v The Commonwealth (1943) 67 CLR 116
Attorney-General (VIC); Ex rel Black v The Commonwealth (1981) 146 CLR 559
Australian Manganese Pty Ltd/Western Australia/David Stock and Others on behalf of the Nyiyaparli People [2008] NNTTA 38; 218 FLR 387, Hon CJ Sumner, Deputy President
Cheinmora v Striker Resources NL & Ors [1996] 1147 FCA 1; (1996) 142 ALR 21
Fejo v Northern Territory of Australia (1998) 195 CLR 96)
FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd/ Ned Cheedy and Others on behalf of the Yindjibarndi People/ Western Australia, NNTT WF08/31, [2009] NNTTA 38 (24 April 2009) Daniel O’Dea, Member
FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd/Flinders Mines Limited/Wintawari Guruma Aboriginal Corporation/Western Australia, NNTT WF08/32 and 33, [2009] NNTTA 69 (8 July 2009)
Johnson Taylor and Others on behalf of Njamal/Western Australia/Duketon Consolidated Pty Ltd, NNTT WO08/1132 [2009] NNTTA 58 (18 June 2009), Hon CJ Sumner, Deputy President
Kruger v The Commonwealth of Australia (1996) 190 CLR 1
Maitland Parker and Others on behalf of Martu Idja Banyjima/Western Australia/Derek Noel Ammon, NNTT WO05/753, [2006] NNTTA 65 (2 June 2006), Hon CJ Sumner, Deputy President
Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd (1971) 17 FLR 141
Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Lebanese Moslem Association and Others (1987) 17 ALR 578
Minister for Mines (WA) v Evans [1998] NNTTA 5; (1998) 163 FLR 274
Re C.I. Doxford & Ors [2003] QLRT 58
Re: Lebanese Moslem Association v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs [1986] 11 FCR 543
The Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth (1950) 83 CLR 1
The Church of the New Faith v The Commissioner of Pay-Roll Tax (Victoria) (1982) 154 CLR 120
Townson Holdings Pty Ltd and Joseph Frank Anania/Ron Harrington-Smith & Ors on behalf of the Wongatha People; June Ashwin & Ors on behalf of the Wutha People/Western Australia, NNTT WF03/2 [2003] NNTTA 82 (9 July 2003), Hon C J Sumner, Deputy President
Ward v Western Australia (1996) 69 FCR 208 |
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