| QF2017/0008 |
| NNTTA 18 (29 March 2018) |
| Future act determination |
| Queensland
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| Ms Helen Shurven (Member) |
| Boonthamurra Native Title Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (QCD2015/008) (native title party)
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Garry Verdon Higgins (grantee party)
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State of Queensland (Government party)
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| 29/03/2018 |
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| An inquiry into a future act determination application |
| Future Act - May be done subject to conditions |
| Representative of the native title party: Zac Casagrande, Queensland South Native Title Services
Representative of the grantee party: Kevin Phillips, Queensland Opal Miners’ Association
Representatives of the Government party: Julieanne Butteriss and Julie Hookey, Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy, Leilehua Helu, Crown Law
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| Native title – future act – application for determination for the grant of mining claim – s 39 criteria considered – effect of act on native title rights and interests – effect of act on way of life, culture and traditions – effect on freedom of access – 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 – proposed conditions – determination that the act may be done subject to conditions |
| Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (Qld); Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld); Mineral Resources Act 1989 (Qld); Mineral Resources Regulation 2013 (Qld); Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 237; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 29; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 38(1)(c); Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 39; |
| Cameron/Ernest Hoolihan, Hazel Illin, Elsie Thompson (Gugu Badhun)/State of Queensland [2006] NNTTA 3 (‘Cameron v Hoolihan’)
FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd and Another v Yindjibarndi #1 [2014] NNTTA 79 (‘FMG Pilbara v Yindjibarndi #1’)
Ward v Western Australia [1996] FCA 1452; (1996) 69 FCR 208 (‘Ward v Western Australia’)
Western Australia v Thomas [1999] NNTTA 99; (1999) 164 FLR 120 (‘Western Australia v Thomas’)
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