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Native Title Lawfare Does Little for Struggling Indigenous Communities

The High Court has ruled that a dredging project at a loading facility connected to the McArthur River Mine is also subject to native title.
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Native Title Lawfare Does Little for Struggling Indigenous Communities
Members of the Mutitjulu Aboriginal community walk through the grounds in Mutitjulu, near Alice Springs, Australia, on July 6, 2007. Ian Waldie/Getty Images
Gary Johns
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The Rolling Stones were wrong.

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Gary Johns
Gary Johns
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Gary Johns was a federal Labor MP from 1987-1996 and served as special minister of state and assistant industrial relations minister in the Keating ministry. He has also served on the Productivity Commission and from 2017-2022 was head of the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Queensland and has authored several books and papers.
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