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WA - Future Act Determination - WF2017/0006, WF2017/0007, WF2017/0008

​WF2017/0006, WF2017/0007, WF2017/0008
NNTTA 24 (29 March 2018)
Future act determination
Western Australia  
Ms Raelene Webb QC (President)
​Kevin Allen & Ors on behalf of Njamal (WC1999/008)   (native title party)
- and -
Muccan Minerals Pty Ltd   (grantee party)
- and -
State of Western Australia  (State/Government party)
29/03/2018
An inquiry into future act determination applications
Future Act - May be done subject to conditions
​Representatives(s) of the native title party: Dominic McGann, McCullough Robertson

Representative(s) of the grantee party: Ken Green, Green Legal

Representatives(s) of the Government party: Sarah Power, State Solicitor’s Office, Christine Weetman, Department of Mining, Industry Regulation and Safety
​Native title – applications for determination for the grant of mining leases – negotiation in good faith – evidential burden where Tribunal had previously found a party had failed to negotiate in good faith in relation to the same acts–– overall conduct – Tribunal not satisfied the grantee party did not negotiate in good faith - s 39 criteria considered – whether Tribunal able to consider s 39 criteria in the absence of a mining proposal – relevance of connection report to assessment of the s 39 criteria – whether appropriate to impose conditions – determination that future act may be done subject to conditions 
Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 148; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 29; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 30; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 30A; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 31; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 35; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 36; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 38; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 39; Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 40; Mining Act 1978 (WA) s 67; Mining Act 1978 (WA) s 74; Mining Act 1978 (WA) s 82; Mining Act 1978 (WA) s 85; Mining Regulations 1981 (WA); Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 (WA);
​Bradford and Julie Young v Kariyarra and Another [2014] NNTTA 103 (‘Young v Kariyarra’)

Charles, on behalf of Mount Jowlaenga Polygon #2 v Sheffield Resources Limited [2017] FCAFC 218 (‘Sheffield Full Court appeal’)

Cheinmora v Striker Resources NL; Dann v Western Australia [1996] FCA 1147; (1996) 142 ALR 21 (‘Cheinmora v Striker Resources’)

Doxford/Janice Barnes, Jessie Diver, Owen McEvoy, Deree King, Patrick Fisher (Wangan and Jagalingou)/State of Queensland [2008] NNTTA 54; (2008) 218 FLR 414 (‘Doxford v Barnes’)

Drake Coal Pty Ltd, Byerwen Coal Pty Ltd/Grace Smallwood & Ors (Birri People)/State of Queensland, [2012] NNTTA 31 (‘Drake Coal v Smallwood’)

Evans v Western Australia [1997] FCA 741; (1997) 77 FCR 193 (‘Evans’)

FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd v Cox and others  [2009] FCAFC 49; (2009) 175 FCR 141 (‘FMG Pilbara v Cox’)

Gregory Wayne Down/Cyril Barnes and Ors on behalf of the Wongatha People/Western Australia [2004] NNTTA 91 (‘Down v Wongatha’)

June Ashwin, Geoffrey Alfred Ashwin, Ralph Edward Ashwin and Raymond William Ashwin on behalf of the Wutha People/Western Australia/Contact Uranium Limited [2008] NNTTA 129 (‘Wutha v Contact Uranium’)

Kevin Peter Walley on behalf of the Ngoonooru Wadjari People v Western Australia & Ors [1999] FCA 3; (1999) 87 FCR 565 (‘Walley v Western Australia’)

Marjorie May Strickland & Ors v Minister for Lands & Anor [1998] FCA 868; (1998) 85 FCR 303 (‘Strickland v Minister for Lands’)

Minister for Mines (WA) v Evans [1998] NNTTA 5; (1998) 163 FLR 274 (‘Koara 2’)

Moses Silver, Ishmael Andrews & Sammy Bulabul/Northern Territory/Ashton Exploration Australia Pty Ltd [2002] NNNTA 18; (2002) 169 FLR 1 (‘Silver v Northern Territory’)

Mr Kevin Cosmos & Ors (Yaburara Mardudhunera People)/Mr Jack Alexander & Ors (Kuruma Marthudunera People)/Western Australia/Mineralogy Pty Ltd, [2009] NNTTA 35 (‘Cosmos v Mineralogy’)

Muccan Minerals Pty Ltd and Another v Taylor and Others on behalf of Njamal [2014] NNTTA 74 (‘Muccan 1’)

Muccan Minerals Pty Ltd and Another v Taylor and Others on behalf of Njamal [2016] NNTTA 28 (‘Muccan 2’)

North Ganalanja Aboriginal Corporation & Waanyi People v Queensland [1996] HCA 2; (1996) 185 CLR 595 (‘North Ganalanja v Queensland’)

Placer (Granny Smith) Pty Ltd and Granny Smith Mines Limited/Western Australia/Ron Harrington-Smith & Ors on behalf of the Wongatha people [1999] NNTTA 361 (‘Placer’)

Re Koara People [1996] NNTTA 31; (1996) 132 FLR 73 (‘Koara 1’)

Rusa Resources (Australia) Pty Ltd v Sharon Crowe and Others on behalf of Gnulli [2015] NNTTA 26 (‘Rusa Resources v Gnulli’)

Seven Star Investments Group Pty Ltd/Western Australia/Wilma Freddie and Others on behalf of Wiluna, [2011] NNTTA 53 (‘Seven Star v Wiluna’)

St Ives Gold Mining Company Pty Ltd v John Walter Graham & Ors on behalf of the Ngadju People and Another [2017] NNTTA 35 (‘St Ives v Ngadju’)

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

Weld Range Metals Limited/Western Australia/Ike Simpson and Others on behalf of Wajarri Yamatji, [2011] NNTTA 172 (‘Weld Range v Wajarri Yamatji’)

Western Australia/Roberta Vera Thomas & Ors (Waljen)/Austwhim Resources Nl; Aurora Gold (Wa) Ltd,[1996] NNTTA 30; (1996) 133 FLR 124 (‘Waljen’)

Western Australia/West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd and Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd/Leslie Hayes, Glenys Hayes, Judy Hayes, John Ard, Douglas Fazeldean, Valerie Ashburton, Laura Hicks and Albert Hayes on behalf of the Thalanyji People (WC99/45), [2001] NNTTA 18 (‘Western Australia v Thalanyji’)

Western Desert Lands Aboriginal Corporation v Western Australia [2009] NNTTA 49; (2009) 232 FLR 169 (‘WDLAC v Holocene’)

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