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Future Act Determination Details

QLD - Future Act Determination - QF2014/0005, QF2014/0006

​QF2014/0005, QF2014/0006
NNTTA 120 (23 December 2014)
Future act determination
Queensland  
Mr James McNamara (Member)
​Peter George Hunt and Robert John Davidson (grantee parties)
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Widi People of the Nebo Estate #1 and Widi People of the Nebo Estate #2 (native title parties)
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The State of Queensland (Government party)
23/12/2014
On the papers
An inquiry into future act determination applications
Future Act - May be done
​Representative of the native title party: Mr Perry Russell, Creevey Russell Lawyers 
 
Representatives of the Government party: Ms Leilehua Helu, Crown Law; Ms Julieanne Butteriss, Department of Natural Resources and Mines
​Native title – future act – applications for the grant of mining claims – native title parties neither consent nor object to future acts – s 39 criteria considered – effect on registered native title rights and interests – effect of act on sites or areas of particular significance – interests, proposals, opinions or wishes of native title parties – economic or other significance of acts – public interest in doing of acts – any other matters the Tribunal considers relevant – determination that the acts may be done.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (Qld) s 8; Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (Qld) s 9; Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (Qld) s 10; Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (Qld) s 23; Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (Qld) s 28; Mineral Resources Act 1989 (Qld) s 50; Mineral Resources Act 1989 (Qld) s 52; Mineral Resources Act 1989 (Qld) s 53; Mineral Resources Act 1989 (Qld) s 55; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 24MD; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 29; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 31; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 38; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 39; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 66B; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 75; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 109; Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (Qld) s 160; Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (Qld) s 169; Cultural Record (Landscapes Queensland and Queensland Estate) Act 1987 (Qld) (repealed); Mineral Resources Act 1989 (Qld) s 81; Mineral Resources Regulation 2013 (Qld) s 8; Queensland Heritage Act 1992 (Qld); Environmental Protection Act 1994 (QLD); Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 35; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 77;
​Cameron/Hoolihan & Ors (Gugu Badhun)/Queensland QF05/3 [2006] NNTTA 3 (30 January 2006) (‘Gugu Badhun’)

Cheedy on behalf of the Yindjibarndi People v Western Australia (includes Corrigendum dated 6 July 2010) [2010] FCA 690 (‘Cheedy v Western Australia’)

Cheinmora v Striker Resources NL & Ors; Dann v State of Western Australia and Others [1996] FCA 1147; (1996) 142 ALR 21 ('Cheinmora v Striker Resources NL')

Peter George Hunt/James Butterworth & Ors (Wiri People Core Country Claim)/Queensland [2011] NNTTA 162 (‘Peter Hunt v Wiri People’)

St. Ives Gold Mining Company Pty Ltd and Another v Ngadju [2014] NNTTA 73 (25 July 2014) (‘St Ives Gold Mining’)

Watson on behalf of Nyikina & Mangala v Backreef Oil Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 1432 (‘Watson v Backreef Oil’)

Western Australia v Thomas and Others (1996) 133 FLR 124; [1996] NNTTA 30 (‘Waljen’)

Western Desert Lands Aboriginal Corporation v Western Australia and Another (2009) 232 FLR 169; [2009] NNTTA 49; (2009) 2 ARLR 214 (‘Western Desert Lands Aboriginal Corporation v Western Australia’)

WMC Resources v Evans (1999) 163 FLR 333 [1999] NNTTA 372 (‘WMC Resources v Evans’)

Xstrata Coal Queensland Pty Ltd & Others/Mark Albury & Others on behalf of Karingbal #2; Brendan Wyman & Others on behalf of Bidjara People/Queensland [2012] NNTTA 93 (‘Xstrata Coal Queensland v Albury’)