Content tagged with Law
Cedric Hassing
Bio - 6 Dec 2017
Our Land is Our Birth Right – Mabo25 and Beyond
Registrations are now open for the 2017 National Native Title Conference to be held Monday 5 June to Wednesday 7 June, on the traditional lands...
News - 10 Apr 2017
Overturning aqua nullius – securing Aboriginal water rights
Today, the Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG officially launched the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)...
News - 22 Feb 2017
Authorisation and decision-making in native title
The latest AIATSIS Research Publication Authorisation and decision-making in native title by Nick Duff is now available as a free download....
News - 16 Feb 2017
Authorisation and decision-making in native title
Native title involves an interface between the Australian legal system and Indigenous legal, cultural and political systems. The assertion and...
Publication or resource - 7 Feb 2017
Broader native title settlements and the meaning of the term ‘traditional owners’
Many native title claimant groups find it difficult to demonstrate that the relationship they have with their traditional country can meet the...
Publication or resource - 3 Feb 2016
Dr Virginia Marshall 2015 Stanner Award acceptance speech
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Video - 11 Aug 2015
Stanner Award winner announced
Dr Virginia Marshall with the inscribed glass eel trap sculpture, specially created for the Stanner Award by Aboriginal artist Jennifer Martiniello...
News - 11 Aug 2015
Native Title Representative Bodies Knowledge Management Project
Source: Cath McLeish The major output of the Native Title Representative Bodies Knowledge Management Project is the Native Title Precedents...
Research project - 2 Mar 2015
Ownership management and use of land – legal and practical implications
State and territory laws place obligations on ‘occupiers’, ‘owners’ and ‘land holders’, which may also apply to native title holders. This...
Research project - 27 Feb 2015
Case summary: Yorta Yorta v Victoria
On the 12 December 2002, the High Court handed down its decision Members of the Yorta Yorta Aboriginal Community v State of Victoria and ...
Publication or resource - 26 Feb 2015
Case summary: Yarmirr v Northern Territory (Croker Island Case)
Croker Island is a small island (43 km x 14.5 km) 225 km north east of Darwin, 6.5 km by boat from the Cobourg Peninsula. The waters ...
Publication or resource - 26 Feb 2015
Case summary: Wik Peoples v Queensland
Wik: Coexistence, pastoral leases, mining, nati vetitle and the ten point plan In The Wik Peoples v The State of Queensland & Ors; The...
Publication or resource - 26 Feb 2015
Case summary: Risk v Northern Territory of Australia
The Larrakia claim involved a number of claimant applications for the recognition of native title over land and waters in and around Darwin. The...
Publication or resource - 26 Feb 2015
Case summary: Western Australia v Ward (Miriuwung-Gajerrong)
On 8 August 2002, the High Court handed down its decision on Western Australia v Ward & Ors, relating to the native title claim by the...
Publication or resource - 26 Feb 2015
Case summary: Mabo v Queensland
Overturning the doctrine of terra nullius: The Mabo Case The Mabo decision altered the foundation of land law in Australia by overturning the...
Publication or resource - 26 Feb 2015
Case summary: Jango v Northern Territory
The case in Jango v Northern Territory of Australia [2006] FCA 318 involved a claim for compensation over the tourist town of Yulara near Uluru under...
Publication or resource - 26 Feb 2015
Case summary: Griffiths v Minister for Lands Planning and Environment [2008]
On 15 May 2008, the High Court of Australia handed down a decision in its first native title case for some years with little fanfare or media...
Publication or resource - 26 Feb 2015
Case summary: Fejo v Northern Territory
The Larrakia people, whose country includes areas in and around Darwin, Palmerston and Litchfield in the Northern Territory, sought a...
Publication or resource - 26 Feb 2015
Case summary: De Rose v State of South Australia
On 9 December 1994, a group of 12 Yankunytatjara and Pitjantjatjara or Antikirinya people made application to the Federal Court of Australia for a...
Publication or resource - 26 Feb 2015