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	Australian Indigenous Law Reporter

1997

Volume 2

Issue Number: [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 ]

Volume 2 No. 1
April 1997

Commentary

• The responsibility of State and local governments for service delivery to Aboriginal people: - the Halls Creek case [1997] AILR 9; (1997) 2 AILR 1
  Greg Crough
• O Canada! -- Van Der Peet As Guidance On The Construction of Native Title Rights; The Gladstone decision [1997] AILR 10; (1997) 2 AILR 18
  Janice Gray

Courts and Tribunal Decisions

Australia

• The Wik Peoples and others V The State Of Queensland and others [1997] AILR 5; (1997) 2 AILR 35
  High Court of Australia
• William Vernon Atyeo V The Aboriginal Lands Trust [1997] AILR 24; (1997) 2 AILR 45
  Supreme Court of Western Australia
• Derschaw, Clifton and Murphy v Sutton [1997] AILR 11; (1997) 2 AILR 53
  Full Court, Western Australian Supreme Court
• Minister For Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Affairs Of The Commonwealth Of Australia v Malcolm McDonald Douglas [1997] AILR 15; (1997) 2 AILR 64
  Federal Court of Australia
• Dorothy Ann Wilson and Ors v Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs and Anor [1997] AILR 12; (1997) 2 AILR 66
  High Court of Australia
• James Watts Taylor - (On Behalf Of The Kalkadoon People) V North Queensland Electricity Commission & Anor [1997] AILR 14; (1997) 2 AILR 73
  Federal Court of Australia
• The Queen V Jane Miyatatawuy [1997] AILR 17; (1997) 2 AILR 85
  Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

  New Zealand

• Te Runanga o Muriwhenua & Ors v Te Runanga o te Upoko o Te Ika Assoc Inc & Ors (Sealords Case) [1997] AILR 21; (1997) 2 AILR 89
  

Legislative Developments

Australia

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 1996 [1997] AILR 2; (1997) 2 AILR 93
  

Agreements, Treaties and Settlements

Australia

• The Crescent Head Agreement [1997] AILR 3; (1997) 2 AILR 100
  

Inquiries and Reports

Australia

• Provision of Services to Aboriginal People in Western Australia - The Issues, an Action Plan and Proposed Legislation [1997] AILR 4; (1997) 2 AILR 106
  Aboriginal Affairs Reference Group
• Report of the Review of the Aboriginal Lands Trust [1997] AILR 18; (1997) 2 AILR 110
  Aboriginal Lands Trust Review Team
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander - Social Justice Commissioner - Fourth Report; [1997] AILR 1; (1997) 2 AILR 116
• Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: - Studies, Policies and Legislation [1997] AILR 13; (1997) 2 AILR 125
  Johanna Sutherland

New Zealand

• The Taranaki Report -- Kaupapa Tuatahi [1997] AILR 16; (1997) 2 AILR 154
  The Waitangi Tribunal

International Developments

United Nations

• Working Group on Indigenous Populations - Working Paper [1997] AILR 22; (1997) 2 AILR 162
  by the Chairperson-Rapporteur, Mrs Erica-Irene Daes
• Working Group on Indigenous Populations - Health And Indigenous Peoples [1997] AILR 23; (1997) 2 AILR 174
  Note by the Secretariat
• Sub-Commission on prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities - Resolutions and Decisions [1997] AILR 20; (1997) 2 AILR 179
  
• Working Group on the Draft Declaration - Self-Determination - The Australian Position [1997] AILR 8; (1997) 2 AILR 181
  Commission on Human Rights
• Report of the Expert Seminar on Practical Experience - Regarding Indigenous Land Rights and Claims- The Whitehorse Conclusions And Recommendations- On Indigenous Land Rights And Claims [1997] AILR 19; (1997) 2 AILR 187
  
• Committee On The Elimination of Racial Discrimination - General Recommendation XXI (48) on the Right to Self-Determination [1997] AILR 7; (1997) 2 AILR 191
  
• Publications [1997] AILR 6; (1997) 2 AILR 194
  

Volume 2 No. 2
April 1997

Commentary

• Asking The Minerals Question: Rights In Minerals As An Incident Of Native Title [1997] AILR 28; (1997) 2 AILR 203
  Gary D Meyers, Chloe M Piper, Hilary E Rumley

Courts and Tribunal Decisions

Australia

• The State Of Western Australia V Ward For And On Behalf Of the Miriuwung Gajerrong Peoples [1997] AILR 26; (1997) 2 AILR 251
  Federal Court
• The State of Western Australia v R C Bropho for and on behalf of the Swan River and Swan Valley Nyungah Community and ors [1997] AILR 35; (1997) 2 AILR 262
  Federal Court
• Re Gunai People [1997] AILR 32; (1997) 2 AILR 265
  National Native Title Tribunal
• Re Tibby Quall [1997] AILR 33; (1997) 2 AILR 269
  National Native Title Tribunal

Canada

• R v Pamajewon [1997] AILR 27; (1997) 2 AILR 275
  Supreme Court of Canada

Policies and Procedures

Australia

• Position Statement Coexistence -- Negotiation and Certainty Indigenous Position in Response to the Wik Decision and the Government's Proposed Amendments to the Native Title Act, 1993. [1997] AILR 25; (1997) 2 AILR 282
  National Indigenous Working Group on Native Title

Inquiries and Reports

Australia

• Bringing Them Home - National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families [1997] AILR 36; (1997) 2 AILR 286
  
• Indigenous Deaths In Custody 1989-1996 [1997] AILR 30; (1997) 2 AILR 310
  Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
• The First Report of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Overview Committee (Queensland) [1997] AILR 29; (1997) 2 AILR 324
  
• National Native Title Tribunal - Annual Report 1994-1995 [1997] AILR 31; (1997) 2 AILR 331
  National Native Title Tribunal

International Developments

United Nations

• United Nations - Compilation of extracts of declarations and programs of action pertaining to Indigenous peoples from high-level United Nations Conferences [1997] AILR 34; (1997) 2 AILR 344
  

Volume 2 No. 3
October 1997

Commentary

• Extinguishment of Native Title: - The High Court and American Law [1997] AILR 41; (1997) 2 AILR 365
  Kent McNeil

Courts and Tribunal Decisions

Australia

• Kruger & Ors v Commonwealth of Australia [1997] AILR 37; (1997) 2 AILR 371
  High Court of Australia
• Bligh & Ors v State of Queensland [1997] AILR 39; (1997) 2 AILR 391
  Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Canada

• R v Van der Peet [1997] AILR 40; (1997) 2 AILR 402
  Supreme Court of Canada

Inquiries and Reports

Australia

• Review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander - Heritage Protection Act 1984 [1997] AILR 38; (1997) 2 AILR 433
• Inquiry into Juvenile Detention Centres [1997] AILR 42; (1997) 2 AILR 451
  NSW Ombudsman

International Developments

United Nations

• UNITED NATIONS - Compilation of extracts of declarations and programs of action pertaining to Indigenous people from high-level United Nations conferences [1997] AILR 43; (1997) 2 AILR 460
  

Volume 2 No. 4
December 1997

Commentary

• Reflections on Regional Agreements: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow [1997] AILR 48; (1997) 2 AILR 475
  by Peter Jull and Donna Craig

Courts and Tribunal Decisions

Australia

• Mary Yarmirr & Ors v Northern Territory & Ors [1997] AILR 47; (1997) 2 AILR 494
  Federal Court of Australia

Agreements Treaties and Settlements

Australia

• Native Title Process Agreement - Quandamooka Land Council Aboriginal Corporation and Redland Shire Council [1997] AILR 45; (1997) 2 AILR 513

Inquiries and Reports

Australia

• Torres Strait Islanders: A New Deal - A Report on Greater Autonomy For Torres Strait Islanders [1997] AILR 46; (1997) 2 AILR 518
• Implementation of the Commonwealth Government Responses to the Recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody [1997] AILR 50; (1997) 2 AILR 526
• Keeping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People out of Custody [1997] AILR 51; (1997) 2 AILR 529
  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC)
• Final Report - Review of the Aboriginal councils and Associations Act 1976 Volume 1: Main Text [1997] AILR 49; (1997) 2 AILR 533
  

  International

• AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL - Australia -- Deaths In Custody: How Many More? [1997] AILR 44; (1997) 2 AILR 551
  Amnesty International-

International Developments

United Nations

• United Nations - Sub-Commission On Prevention Of Discrimination And Protection Of Minorities [1997] AILR 53; (1997) 2 AILR 564
• Preliminary Working Paper on Indigenous People and their Relationship to Land submitted by Australia Delegation [1997] AILR 52; (1997) 2 AILR 587