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Future Act Determination Details

WA - Future Act Determination - WO2013/1103, WO2013/1104

​WO2013/1103, WO2013/1104
NNTTA 6 (5 February 2015)
Objection
Western Australia  
Mr James McNamara (Member)
​Tarlka Matuwa Piarku Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (native title party)
- and -
FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd (grantee party)
- and -
The State of Western Australia (Government party)
05/02/2015
An inquiry into expedited procedure objection applications
Objection – Expedited Procedure Applies AND Objection – Expedited Procedure Does Not Apply
​Representatives of the native title party: Mr Malcolm O’Dell, Central Desert Native Title Services Limited, Mr Michael Allbrook, Central Desert Native Title Services Limited, Ms Irene Assumpter Akumu, Central Desert Native Title Services Limited
 
Representatives of the Government party: Mr John Carroll, State Solicitor’s Office, Mr Matthew Smith, Department of Mines and Petroleum

Representative of the grantee party: Mr Ken Green, Green Legal
​Native title – future acts – proposed grant of exploration licences – expedited procedure objection applications – gender-restricted evidence – non-disclosure directions – failure to annex maps to affidavits – relevance of grantee party’s intentions – whether acts are likely to interfere directly with the carrying on of community or social activities – whether acts are likely to interfere with sites of particular significance – whether acts are likely to involve major disturbance to land or waters – expedited procedure attracted/not attracted
Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 (WA) s 17; Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 (WA) s 18; Mining Act 1978 (WA) s 58(1)(b); Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 151(2); Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 155; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 162(2); Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 237; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 29; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 30(1); Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 31; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 32(3);

​Barbara Sturt and Others on behalf of the Jaru Native Title Claimants v Baracus Pty Ltd [2014] NNTTA 32 (‘Sturt v Baracus’)

Butcher Cherel and Others on behalf of the Gooniyandi Native Title Claimants/Western Australia/Faustus Nominees Pty Ltd [2007] NNTTA 15 (‘Cherel v Faustus Nominees’)

BW (Deceased) and Others on behalf of Bunuba/Western Australia/Francis Robert Salmon and Jamie Dean Duffield [2012] NNTTA 27 (‘BW v Salmon’)

Champion v Western Australia (2005) 190 FLR 362; [2005] NNTTA 1 (‘Champion v Western Australia’)

Cheinmora v Striker Resources NL & Ors; Dann v Western Australia (1996) ALR 21; [1997] FCA 1147 (‘Cheinmora v Striker Resources’)

Cyril Barnes and Others on behalf of Central East Goldfields People/Western Australia/Karl Christian Pirkopf [2012] NNTTA 50 (‘Barnes v Pirkopf’)

Dann v Western Australia (1997) 74 FCR 391; (1997) FCA 332 (‘Dann v Western Australia’)

FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd v Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC [2014] FCA 1335 (‘FMG Pilbara v Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation’)

Jaru Native Title Claimants/Western Australia/Golden Granite Pty Ltd/Krama Pty Ltd [2013] NNTTA 123 (‘Jaru v Golden Granite’)

John Walter Graham and Others on behalf of Ngadju v Dunstan Holdings Pty Ltd [2014] NNTTA 84 (‘Graham v Dunstan Holdings’)

Karajarri Traditional Lands Association (Aboriginal Corporation)/Western Australia/ASJ Resources Pty Ltd [2012] NNTTA 18 (‘Karajarri Traditional Lands Association v ASJ Resources’)

Les Tullock and Others on behalf of Tarlpa/Western Australia/Allarrow Pty Ltd [2011] NNTTA 118 (‘Tullock v Allarrow’)

Little v Oriole Resources Pty Ltd (2005) 146 FCR 576; [2005] FCAFC 243 (‘Little v Oriole Resources’)

Little v Western Australia [2001] FCA 1706 (‘Little v Western Australia’)

Maitland Parker and Others on behalf of Martu Idja Banyjima/Western Australia/Derek Noel Ammon [2006] NNTTA 65 (‘Parker v Ammon’)

Mungarlu Ngurrarankatja Rirraunkaja (Aboriginal Corporation)/Western Australia/FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd [2015] NNTTA 4 (‘Mungarlu Ngurrarankatja Rirraunkaja v FMG Pilbara’)

Mungarlu Ngurrarankatja Rirraunkaja (Aboriginal Corporation)/Western Australia/FMG Resources Pty Ltd [2013] NNTTA 10 (‘Mungarlu Ngurrarankatja Rirraunkaja v FMG Resources’)

Mungarlu Ngurrarankatja Rirraunkaja (Aboriginal Corporation)/Western Australia/Zenith Minerals Ltd [2012] NNTTA 77 (‘Mungarlu Ngurrarankatja Rirraunkaja v Zenith Minerals’)

Silver v Northern Territory (2002) 169 FLR 1; [2002] NNNTA 18 (‘Silver v Northern Territory’)

Smith v Western Australia (2001) 108 FCR 442; [2001] FCA 19 (‘Smith v Western Australia’)

Tullock v Western Australia (2011) 257 FLR 320; [2011] NNTTA 22 (‘Tullock v Western Australia’)

Walley v Western Australia (2002) 169 FLR 437; [2002] NNTTA 24 (‘Walley v Western Australia’)

Ward v Western Australia (1996) 69 FCR 208; [1996] FCA 1452 (‘Ward v Western Australia’)

Western Australia/Winnie McHenry on behalf of the Noongar People [1999] NNTTA 210 (‘Western Australia v McHenry’)

WF (deceased) & Ors on behalf of the Wiluna Native Title Claimants/Western Australia/Emergent Resources Ltd [2012] NNTTA 17 (‘WF v Emergent Resources’)

WF (deceased) and Others on behalf of Wiluna v Tropical Resources Pty Ltd and Another [2014] NNTTA 104 (‘WF v Tropical Resources’)

WF (deceased) on behalf of the Wiluna People v Western Australia [2013] FCA 755 (‘WF v Western Australia’)

Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC v FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd and Another [2014] NNTTA 8 (‘Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation v FMG Pilbara 1’)

Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC v FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd and Another [2014] NNTTA 14 (‘Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation v FMG Pilbara 2’)

Young v Western Australia (2001) 164 FLR 1; [2001] NNTTA 42 (‘Young v Western Australia’)