In the 150-page judgement it was decided that "communal native title" had never formed part of Australian law. ... In its decision the court acknowledged that common law must recognise the concept of "native title" but the title could be extinguished by a valid act of either the state or federal parliaments expressing a plain and clear intention to do so. ... Two, the concerns to those with commercial interests was the effect that the decision would have been on the various mining and farming interests that existed in areas where native title claims were likely to be made. The Native Tit...

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