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.The Indigenous Land Use Agreement was a key part of the Taungurung people's 2018 settlement with the Victorian government
The agreement, which was formally registered by the National Native Title Tribunal in April last year, formed part of the Taungurung Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation's 2018 traditional owner settlement with the Victorian government. The traditional owner settlement process was set up by the Victorian government in 2010 as an alternative means of recognising Aboriginal peoples' connection to country to the federal native title process.
On Friday, Justice Debra Mortimer ruled that the ILUA should be set aside and the tribunal must consider the application for its registration afresh.