FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Bropho v The State of Western Australia [2000] FCA 1

RICHARD WILKES AND ALBERT CORUNNA ON BEHALF OF THE DARBARYUNG NYOONGARS OF THE DERBAL YERRIGAN AND THE SWAN RIVER PLAINS AND OTHERS v THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND OTHERS

WG 0142 of 1998

RON HARRINGTON-SMITH v THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND OTHERS

WG 6005 of 1998

MARTHA BORINELLI v THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND OTHERS

WG6192 of 1998

LORRAINE BELLOTI AND OTHERS v THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND OTHERS

WG6274 of 1998

BARBARA STAMMER-CORBETT AND OTHERS v THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND OTHERS

WG6279 of 1998

FRENCH J

7 JANUARY 2000

PERTH

                                                                                                                        WG6005 of 1998

BETWEEN:               RON HARRINGTON-SMITH AND OTHERS

                                    Applicants

AND:                          THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND OTHERS

                                    Respondent

                                                                                                                        WG 6192 of 1998

BETWEEN:               MARTHA BORINELLI AND OTHERS

                                    Applicants

AND:                          THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND OTHERS

                                    Respondents

                                                                                                                        WG6274 of 1998

BETWEEN:               LORRAINE BELLOTI AND OTHERS

                                    Applicants

AND:                          THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND OTHERS

                                    Respondents

                                                                                                                        WG6279 of 1998

BETWEEN:               BARBARA STAMMER-CORBETT AND OTHERS

                                    Applicants

AND:                          THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND OTHERS

                                    Respondents

CORRIGENDA

Amendments to the Reasons for Judgment of French J delivered 7 January 2000:

Catchwords page, third line of cases cited  and page 2 of Reasons, par 2, line 9, delete “[1996]” and insert “(1996)”.

Catchwords page, delete the case cited in line 5 and replace with:

            “Byron Environment Centre Inc v Arakwal People (1997) 78 FCR 1 followed”

Catchwords page, line 6, delete “(1997) and insert “(1998)”.

Catchwords page, line 10, delete “(1996)” and insert “(1969)”.

Reasons for Judgment

Page 3, line 6, delete the case cited and replace with:

            “Byron Environment Centre Inc v Arakwal People (1997) 78 FCR 1”

Page 3, line 18, delete “(1997)” and insert “(1998)”.

Page 11, par 17, lines 4 and 5 delete the case cited and  replace with:

            “Giris Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1969) 119 CLR

            365 at 372.”

Page 12, line 5, after “soon” insert the word “as”.

Page 12, par 20, line 4, after the word “only” insert “to”.

Page 15, par 28, line 1, after the word “as” insert “a”.

Page 19, line 25, after the word “has” insert “not”.

Page 22, par 41, line 1, delete “Registrars’” and insert “Registrar’s”.

Page 26, par 51, line 13 after the word “order” insert “to”.

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Dated: