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Wik Peoples v State of Queensland
Judgment date: 29/01/1996
Court: FCA
Judge: Drummond J
Citation:
(1996) 134 ALR 637;
(1996) 63 FCR 450;
BC9600187;
Catchwords: Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders; Native title; Pastoral leases; Extinguishment of native title;
Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders; Native title; Extinguishment of native title; Rights to minerals and petroleum;
Constitutional law; Parliament; Doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty; Act which executive government statutorily obliged to perform;
Equity; Fiduciaries; Fiduciary obligations; Native title claim;