Case Summary The High Court’s ruling in Commonwealth of Australia v Yunupingu [2025] HCA 6 marks an important decision regarding native title compensation in the Northern Territory. It examines whether past acts by the Commonwealth that extinguished native title...
Marrawah Law was appointed Indigenous Cultural Compliance Advisor (ICCA) for Telstra. Telstra had provided an enforceable undertaking to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (the ACCC) under section 87B of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)...
Marrawah Law was engaged by the Northern Land Council to review the current joint management arrangement in place in Kakadu National Park between Parks Australia and traditional owners. The project had three components: Facilitate consultation meetings with...
Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation entered into a binding offtake agreement with a target company involved in the development of a project for the extraction, processing, and sale of rare earth elements. This agreement is part of Hyundai/Kia's proposed equity...
NTSCorp engaged Marrawah Law to act for an Aboriginal person who had filed an interlocutory application to become an indigenous respondent to the South Coast People native title determination application under s 84(5) of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth). The...
Working with the team at Deloitte (lead contractor) we examined the potential governance framework for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics including assisting in literature and agreement reviews to ensure First Nations perspectives and legacy goals were embedded in the...
Marrawah Law was engaged to review and consult on the Queensland Government’s Shaping South East Queensland regional plan (the Plan). The comprehensive engagement strategy focused on the ongoing development of the Plan as it relates to the many First Nations peoples...
We led a body of work examining the regulatory and legislative changes over the past two years regarding Indigenous entities. In particular, there had been changes to the way that Indigenous corporations and trusts were regulated that could impact on IBA, its...
Related to the construction and operation of boarding facilities in a remote area. The matter had a number of unique obstacles due to the remoteness of the boarding school and required on the ground understanding and a community-oriented lens coupled with property and...
Marrawah Law were engaged to provide advice regarding the potential legal liability arising from joint damage to cultural heritage which would involve a potential breach of the Aboriginal cultural heritage statutory duty of care. Marrawah Law drafted and provided...
Powerlink had several projects involving connecting large-scale infrastructure developments into the state power grid. In addition, Powerlink had to complete minor upgrade works for various existing infrastructure to extend the life of those assets. Initially we...
Marrawah Law represents two members of the Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC) in the Boonwurrung peoples native title determination application (VID363/2020). Marrawah Law has taken witness statements from senior members of the Gunaikurnai...
TSRA engaged Marrawah Law (‘ML’) to provide advice and representation to the Kaurareg People as applicant and respondents in five separate proceedings that were listed ‘high priority’ by the Federal Court. At the time of taking carriage of the matter there was...
Marrawah Law were engaged to provide advice in relation to options for securing the local Aboriginal Land Council’s consent for an upgrade in tenure under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW) in circumstances where there was an overlapping Native Title...
We have assisted Gympie Regional Council to tailor and commence implementation of an Indigenous land management framework across all of its property functions including: freehold and non-freehold tenure dealings, applications to purchase (ie the process for obtaining...