Volume 11 Number 1

CONTENTS

Commentary

Unmapped Territory: Wage Compensation for Indigenous Cattle Station Workers
Thalia Anthony

The Elephant in the Drawing Room: Slavery and the ‘Stolen Wages’ Debate
Stephen Gray

Native Title in Malaysia: A ‘Complementary’ Sui Generis Right Protected by the Federal Constitution
Ramy Bulan

Evolving Conceptions of Native Title in Malaysia and Australia - A Cross Nation Comparison
Amy Dennison

Scientific Theft of Remains in Colonial Australia
Paul Turnbull

Court and Tribunal Decisions

Australia
Harrington-Smith on behalf of the Wongatha People v State of Western Australia (No 9) [2007] FCA 31
Gumana v Northern Territory of Australia [2007] FCAFC 23
In re An Application by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre [2007] TASSC 5
Anderson (behalf of Numbahjing Clan within the Bundjalung Nation) v Minister for Infrastructure Planning & Natural resources [2006] NSWLEC 725
Mario Guiseppe v Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations [2006] FCA 1692
Gordon Charlie v Cape York Land Council [2006] FCA 1418 and Gordon Charlie v Cape York Land Council (No 2) [2006] FCA 1683
Re Simon [2006] NSWSC 1410
New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v New South Wales Native Title Services Ltd [2007] FCA 112

Botswana
Sesana v Attorney General (52/2002) [2006] BWHC 1

Digest

Legislative Developments
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Amendment Act 2006 (Cth)
Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Legislation Amendment Act 2006 (Cth)
Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Act 2006 (Cth)
Bill C-45: An Act respecting the sustainable development of Canada’s seacoast and inland fisheries 2007 (Canada)

Inquiries and Reports
Inquiry into Stolen Wages
Inquiry into the Native Title Amendment Bill 2006
Living in the Sunburnt Country - Indigenous Housing: Findings of the Review of the Community Housing and Infrastructure Programme

Policies and Procedures
Community Development Employment Projects Scrapped
Burrup Peninsula- Approval for Woodside ‘Site B’ Development, and Heritage Listing
NSW Government Failure to Extend Funding to Protect Child Abuse in Indigenous Communities
Anti Petrol-Sniffing Campaign Extended

Determinations
Nelson Hughes, Peter Stevens and Eva Connors on behalf of the Eastern Guruma People v State of Western Australia

Agreements and Treaties
Githabul Determination Agreement
Indian Residential Schools Settlement (Canada)

International Developments
United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Review of Canada
Senate Joint Resolution Number 332: Acknowledging with profound regret the involuntary servitude of Africans and the exploitation of Native Americans, and calling for reconciliation among all Virginians (US)