Ministerial Statement Application of Territory laws on inalienable freehold title Hon. Daryl Manzie Attorney-General 24 November 1993
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1993-11-25
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10 COMMONWEALTH HAD SEEN FIT TO PRECLUDE LAND CLAIMS TO LAND "WITHIN A TOWN". "THESE PROVISIONS (SECTION 71) MAKE IT PRACTICALLY IMPOSSFBLE TO SUBFECT ABORIGINAL LAND TO THE EXERCISE OF THE ORDINARY POWERS OF MUNICIPAL OR TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT..." MR SPEAKER, THE MEMBERS OPPOSITE STILL CARRY ON ABOUT THE APPLICABFLn-Y OF TERRITORY LAWS ON ABORIGINAL LAND AS EF IT WERE A FURPHY OR NON-ISSUE. WHETHER TERRITORY LAWS APPLY ON ABORIGINAL LAND OR NOT WILL INVARIABLY DEPEND UPON THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO THE SITUATION OR ACTD/TTY SOUGHT TO BE CONTROLLED OR REGULATED BY THE TERRITORY. MR SPEAKER, THERE CAN BE LITTLE DOUBT THAT IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE OCCUPANTS CAN SUCCESSRJLLY PROVE THAT THE SITUATION OR ACTWTTY FORMS PART OF "ABORIGINAL TRADmON", THEN THE OCCUPANTS WILL BE IMMUNE FROM THE OPERATION AND EFFECT OF STATUTORY TERRITORY LAW. MR SPEAKER, THIS UNTENABLE SITUATION HAS POSSIBLE RAMIFICATIONS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF ALL TERRITORY LEGISLATION, AND PARTICULARLY THE STOCK DISEASES ACT/ BHSHFIRES ACT, NOXIOUS WEEDS ACT, SOIL CONSERVATION AND LAND HTIUSATION ACT, FENCES ACT AND FIREARMS ACT TO NAME RJST A FEW. WE DON'T NEED TO LOOK TOO FAR FOR EXAMPLES OF PROBLEMS WHICH MAY OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THIS ANOMALOUS SFTUATION. FOR INSTANCE, THE USE OF FIRE BY ABORIGINAL PEOPLE IN CARING FOR THEIR LAND AND DRWING GAME OUT INTO