| Mabo v Queensland (No 1) | |
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| Court | High Court of Australia |
| Full case name | Mabo and Another v The State of Queensland and Another |
| Decided | 8 December 1988 |
| Citations | [1988] HCA 69, (1988) 166 CLR 186 |
| Case history | |
| Subsequent actions | Mabo v Queensland (No 2) [1992] HCA 23, (1992) 175 CLR 1 |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Mason CJ, Wilson, Brennan, Deane, Dawson, Toohey & Gaudron JJ |
| Case opinions | |
| (4:3) the demurrer would be allowed (per Brennan, Deane, Toohey & Gaudron JJ) (4:1) the Coast Islands Act was inconsistent with s10 of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 and was thus invalid (per Brennan, Deane, Toohey & Gaudron JJ; Mason CJ & Dawson J not deciding) | |
Mabo v Queensland (No 1),[1] was a significant court case decided in the High Court of Australia on 8 December 1988. It found that the Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act 1985,[2] which attempted to retrospectively abolish native title rights, was not valid according to the Racial Discrimination Act 1975.[3]
- ^ Mabo v Queensland (No 1) [1988] HCA 69, (1988) 166 CLR 186 (8 December 1988), High Court.
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