Compensation under the Land Acquisition Act 1969 (SA) is confined to economic loss connected with the claimant's interest in land and does not extend to personal injury (including psychiatric injury) arising from the acquisition. The entitlement to compensation is conferred solely by s 22B, and s 25 merely prescribes principles for assessing that entitlement. The High Court's decision in [name withheld] on cultural loss under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) does not alter this position, as the two statutes are readily distinguishable.
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