Chair
Vance Hughston SC, Sixth Floor Windeyer Chambers; Market Leader Native Title Law Senior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2023
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage: Learnings from the Country
- The Juukan Gorge, the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021 (WA), and its repeal: what’s the current situation in WA?
- Queensland’s review of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (Qld) and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Heritage Act 2003: has it finished and what is the outcome?
- Santos NSW Pty Ltd v Gomeroi People [2022] NNTTA 74 (and the Federal Court appeal): the relevance of cultural heritage regimes to future act decisions
- Santos NA Barossa Pty Ltd v Tipakalippa [2022] FCAFC 193: the relevance of cultural heritage legislation to the Full Court’s decision requiring Santos to consult with the Munupi clan
- Other caselaw and legislative updates
Presented by Charles Gregory, Barrister, Sixth Floor Windeyer Chambers; Recommended Native Title Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2023
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
*Original Content was created in 2023
Presenters
Vance Hughston SC, Sixth Floor Windeyer Chambers
Mr Hughston has practised extensively as a trial lawyer in native title and in non-native title matters. Mr Hughston has argued the following native title cases as leading counsel before the High Court: Members of the Yorta Yorta Aboriginal Community v Victoria (2002) 214 CLR 422; Karpany v Dietman [2013] HCA 47; Wilson v Anderson (2002) 213 CLR 401. Other native title cases in which Mr Hughston has appeared at both the trial and on the subsequent appeal include: Fortescue Metals Group v Warrie on behalf of the Yindjibarndi People (2019) 273 FCR 350; 374 ALR 448; [2019] FCAFC 177 (leave to appeal to the High Court refused); Starkey on behalf of the Kokatha People v South Australia (2018) 261 FCR 183; (leave to appeal to the High Court refused); and Wyman v Queensland (2015) 235 FCR 464. He was a member of the Australian Law Reform Committee’s Native Title Inquiry Advisory Committee in 2014 / 2015. The 2022 Doyle’s Guide ranks Mr Hughston as the Market Leader amongst Australia’s native title barristers. The 2022 Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide also accords him its highest ranking (Band 1) amongst Australia’s native title Silks. Mr Hughston is a contributor to Perry and Lloyd’s Australian Native Title Law (2nd Ed.).
Charles Gregory, Barrister, Sixth Floor Windeyer Chambers
Charles Gregory is a member of the Sydney Bar. His practice includes administrative, property, native title and intentional tort law. He has been recommended as a leading native title barrister in the Doyles Guide since 2016. He completed a Masters in International Law and International Relations in 2011. Charles appears for public and private clients, has appeared in the High Court and NSW Court of Appeal, and regularly appears in the Federal Court and the Full Court of the Federal Court.
