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Future Act Determination Details

QLD - Future Act Determination - QF2017/0016, QF2017/0017

​QF2017/0016, QF2017/0017
NNTTA 22 (29 March 2018)
Future act determination
Queensland  
Ms Helen Shurven (Member)
​Boonthamurra Native Title Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (QCD2015/008)  (native title party)
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James Arthur Livingston  (grantee party)
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State of Queensland (Government party)
29/03/2018
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: James Arthur Livingston

Representatives of the Government party: Julieanne Butteriss and Julie Hookey, Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy, Leilehua Helu, Crown Law
​Native title – future act – application for determination for the grant of mining claims – 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 acts on sites or areas of particular significance – interests, proposals, opinions or wishes of native title party – economic or other significance of acts – public interest in doing of acts – proposed conditions – determination that the acts 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 Hooliham, Hazel Illin, Elsie Thompson (Gugu Badhun)/State of Queensland [2006] NNTTA 3 (‘Cameron v Hooliham’)

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’)