Bateman's Bay Local Aboriginal Land Council v Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund Pty Ltd

[1998] HCA 49
Judgment date
Case number
S114/97
Before
Gaudron, McHugh, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne JJ
Catchwords

Administrative law – Standing – Application for injunctive relief to restrain alleged ultra vires activities by statutory authority with recourse to public moneys – Operation of contributory funeral benefit business by statutory authority – Attorney-General's fiat refused – Whether applicant has sufficient special interest – Commercial activities of applicant in competition with statutory authority.

Words and phrases – "special interest".

Funeral Funds Act 1979 (NSW), s 11.

Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW), ss 12, 23.