Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00105:front:0:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00105
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Character Range: 14359–17250

report cases of illegal practices
14 Immaterial errors not to vitiate election
15 Evidence that person not permitted to vote
16 Deposit applicable for costs
Part 3—Qualifications and vacancies
17 Reference of question as to qualification or vacancy
18 Minister to state case
19 Parties to the reference
20 References to be heard in open court
21 Powers of Court
22 Order etc. to be sent to Minister and TSRA
Part 4—General
23 Real justice to be observed
24 Decisions to be final
25 Counsel or solicitor
26 Costs
27 Effect of declarations etc.
28 Power to make Rules of Court
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history

An Act to establish a Torres Strait Regional Authority, an Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation and a corporation to be known as Indigenous Business Australia, and for related purposes

WHEREAS the people of Australia voted overwhelmingly to amend the Constitution so that the Parliament of Australia would be able to make special laws for peoples of the aboriginal race;
AND WHEREAS the people whose descendants are now known as Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders were the inhabitants of Australia before European settlement;
AND WHEREAS they have been progressively dispossessed of their lands and this dispossession occurred largely without compensation, and successive governments have failed to reach a lasting and equitable agreement with Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders concerning the use of their lands;
AND WHEREAS it is the intention of the people of Australia to make provision for rectification, by such measures as are agreed by the Parliament from time to time, including the measures referred to in this Act, of the consequences of past injustices and to ensure that Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders receive that full recognition within the Australian nation to which history, their prior rights and interests, and their rich and diverse culture, fully entitle them to aspire;
AND WHEREAS it is also the wish of the people of Australia that there be reached with Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders a real and lasting reconciliation of these matters;
AND WHEREAS it is the firm objective of the people of Australia that policies be maintained and developed by the Australian Government that will overcome disadvantages of Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders to facilitate the enjoyment of their culture;
AND WHEREAS it is appropriate to further the aforementioned objective in a manner that is consistent with the aims of self‑management and self‑sufficiency for Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders;
AND WHEREAS it is also appropriate to establish structures to represent Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders to ensure maximum participation of Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders in