Just hours ago, the Westnern Australian Supreme Court ruled that the State Government's compulsory acquisition of land at James Price Point is invalid.
The lawyer for the traditional owners, Philip Roe and Neil Mckenzie, Mr Andrew Chalk said that "agreement under the native title act depended on those notices being valid. If the notices are invalid then the surrender of the native title...falls away."
The Supreme Court judgement today may mean that the $1 billion benefits package agreed to by the Kimberley Land Council, the Western Australian Government and Woodside Energy is now invalid.
This is great news for those of us who are campaigning to stop the industrialisation of the Kimberley.
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