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Aboriginal Land Rights Act

Me-Mel (Goat Island) to be returned to Indigenous owners

The NSW Government announces a “significant new step” in handing over the ownership of Me-Mel (Goat Island) in Sydney Harbour to the local Indigenous community.

Aboriginal hands

NAIDOC Week: 40th Anniversary of Aboriginal Land Rights Act

Since the inception of the NSW Aboriginal Land Rights Act in June 1983, more than 160,000 hectares of land has been returned to Aboriginal land…

Lady Justice with scales

Statutory interpretation: context and beneficiality

Identifying a beneficial or remedial purpose of legislation may be a useful tool in statutory interpretation. However, the text is still the primary consideration. By BRENDA…

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