Subject: ABC News: North-west WA native title claim to be heard Reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:33:13 +1000 Mon, 20 Sep 1999 9:28 AEST LOCAL NEWS : Western Australia North-west WA native title claim to be heard The Federal Court will sit in the Pilbara for the next two months to hear evidence in the second native title claim to be heard in Western Australia. About 25,000 square kilometres of land around the townships of Karratha, Roebourne, Wickham and Dampier, including surrounding ocean, make up the claim. The area includes at least 10 pastoral stations and part of the Millstream-Chichester National Park. As well as the Ngaluma-Injibandi claim, Justice Robert Nicholson will also hear several smaller overlapping claims made by the Yaburara, Mundudhunera and Wongootoo people. The area is significantly larger than that claimed by the Miriuwung-Gajerrong people in the Kimberley, who were the first to successfully claim land in mainland Australia. A decision on the claim is not expected until the middle of next year. The Pastoralists and Graziers Association (PGA) says the pastoralists whose land is covered in the claim are anxious about the outcome of the hearing. Two pastoralists will have the cost of public liability insurance covered by the PGA after they threatened to prevent the Federal Court conducting part of the native title hearings on their land. PGA spokesman Geoff Gare says irrespective of the legal outcomes of the case, pastoralists still want political amendments to provide certainty on the issue. He says until that occurs, there is little incentive for pastoralists or claimants to negotiate on native title outcomes. c 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation ************************************************************************* This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
