NEW SOUTH WALES COURT ISSUES JUDGEMENT FOR NEW SOUTH WALES ABORIGINAL LAND COUNCIL V/S MINISTER ADMINISTERING THE CROWN LAND MANAGEMENT CASE

Australia, Aug. 2 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 2:

1. The Minister Seeks to Amend His Statement of Facts and Contentions This is an application by the respondent, the Minister Administering the Crown Land Management Act ("the Minister"), to a Class 3 Aboriginal land rights claim commenced by the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council ("the Land Council"), to amend his Statement of Facts and Contentions ("SOFAC").

2. The land claim was commenced by the Land Council on 12 December 2023. It concerns a public carpark adjacent to the Leeton Courthouse.

3. The application is attended by some urgency because the matter is set down for final hearing on 28 and 29 July 2025. According...