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Federal Court orders native title tribunal to revisit decision on Taungurung Aboriginal corporation land agreement
A Victorian Aboriginal corporation says it is confident the land deal underpinning its $34 million settlement with the state government will be reinstated, after the Federal Court ordered it be set aside.
Key points:
- The Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) was a key part of the Taungurung people’s 2018 settlement with the Victorian government
- A group of objectors brought the Federal Court action, claiming the ILUA interfered with their sovereign rights
- The Victorian government and Taungurung corporation have been ordered to pay the applicants’ costs
The Taungurung people’s 20,210-square-kilometre Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) stretches across the central Victorian towns of Kilmore, Seymour and Alexandra, and up to Euroa and the…
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