New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v The Minister Administering the

[2015] NSWLEC 179

NSW Land and Environment Court

Built by Barristers,
For Australian Law.

1. ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS - claim to Crown lands
2. › were the current claims precluded because an earlier claim was rejected by opinion of a Minister that, inter alia, the land in one of the present claims was needed or likely to be needed as residential lands
1. ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS - claim to Crown lands
2. › were the claims precluded because the land was needed or likely to be needed for an essential public purpose
3. › meaning of “essential public purpose”
4. › although residential development capable of being a public purpose, it was not an “essential” one