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High Court upholds spiritual attachment damages in landmark native title case
Appeals 2019-03-13 10:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has upheld a $1.3 million damages award to native title holders in the Northern Territory town of Timber Creek for their loss of spiritual attachment to the land, in the first ever assessment by the court of native title compensation.

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PetroHunter unit’s case over Beetaloo Basin JV survives dismissal bid
Energy & Natural Resources 2018-11-05 9:21 pm By Miklos Bolza

A subsidiary of US-based PetroHunter Energy has defeated calls to toss its case over $70 million in allegedly unpaid contributions and contractual breaches stemming from a joint mining venture in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin.

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