High Court rules in favour of crocodile hunter From AAP 7oct99 10.30am (AEST) ABORIGINAL activist Murrandoo Yanner has been cleared to hunt and eat wild crocodiles in north Queensland after a landmark ruling by the Full Bench of the High Court. The ruling further clarifies native title rights in relation to traditional hunting and fishing. Mr Yanner was charged in 1994 for spearing and eating two small crocodiles on Aboriginal land near Doomadgee in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Chief Justice Murray Gleeson, Mary Gaudron, Michael Kirby and Kenneth Hayne ordered that the charges be dropped. ------------------------------------------------------- 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/
