Consequences
The Mabo decision presented many legal and political questions, including:
- the validity of titles issued after the commencement of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975;
- the permissibility of future development of land affected by native title;
- the procedures for the large-scale determination of issues of native title.
In response to the judgment, the Parliament of Australia, controlled by the Labor Party led by Prime Minister Paul Keating, enacted the Native Title Act 1993 (NTA). The NTA established the National Native Title Tribunal (NTTA) to make native title determinations in the first instance, appealable to the Federal Court of Australia, and thereafter the High Court. Following Wik Peoples v Queensland (1996), Parliament amended the NTA with the Native Title Amendment Act 1998.
Read more about this topic: Mabo V Queensland (No 2)
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