In December 1993 the Native Title Act was passed which put into law what the Mabo decision stated and made Native Title possible. Although the Mabo decision was quite important in regard to land ownership it did leave two issues unresolved which included native title rights on pastoral leases and native title rights to the seas. ... The Wik judgement stated that it was possible for native title to continue even if there was a pastoral lease on the land. ... It extinguished native title on pastoral leases, vacant crown land, in towns and cities, and over waterways and airspace. ... The Queen...

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In Wik, the High Court decided that the grant of a pastoral lease does not necessarily extinguish native title, ie that native title can co-exist with rights conferred to pastoralists under the terms of their leases. ... However, according to Wik, where there is conflict in the exercise of those rights, native title rights are subordinate to those of the pastoral leaseholder. ...

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Eddie Mabo was a fighter for the land rights of Aboriginals. During the 70's, the Queensland Government denied the Meriam Islanders the use of their land. Eddies Mabo led his people into court challenging the Queensland Government in 1982. He stated that his people had inhabited the Island long befo...

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Even though the notion of Terra Nullius was upheld and native title rights were at this point denied, Judge Blackburn did acknowledge the claimants [the aboriginal people] ritual and economic use of the land and recognized that they had an adequate system of law." ... If the native title survived, why didn't other property laws? ...

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Government housing has been allocated to some communities, and there is currently debate into the usage of sacred land, and more consideration is being given to native titles, since the Mabo and Wik cases, regarding the Native Title Act (1993), an act put together by the government to protect Aboriginal land. ...

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"Describe and explain the changes that have occurred to the rights and freedoms of aboriginal people between 1900 and today" Between the 1900 and today, there have been many significant changes to the rights and freedoms of Aboriginal people. Some of the main issues being the stolen genera...

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Recent legal and political decisions in this country (High Court Mabo Decision 1992 & subsequent Native Title Act 1993) show that Australia as a nation is at least beginning to formally recognise the importance of what the land means to Aboriginals. ...

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