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jan 15, 1996 - The High Court decision on a case brought by the Wik Peoples on Cape York Peninsula finds that statutory leases, such as pastoral leases do not completely extinguish native title rights.

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However the court ruled that when pastoral leases and native title conflict, pastoral leases take precedence.

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jan 15, 1996
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~ 30 years ago