WA: Noongar people disappointed at court ruling

AAP General News (Australia)
04-24-2008
WA: Noongar people disappointed at court ruling

Indigenous Noongar people say their Native Title claim over Perth is back to where
it started .. after the Federal Court decided yesterday NOT to make a ruling on whether
native title exists over Perth.

The decision upholds an appeal by federal and state governments .. over a claim on
more than six thousand square kilometres of Perth and its surrounds.

But it doesn't rule that there's NO native title over the city either.

TED HART from the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council says it's a frustrating
decision for the Noongar people after years of hard work.

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KEYWORD: NOONGAR (PERTH)

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