Aboriginals – Native title rights – Assessment of compensation – Where "previous exclusive possession act[s]" within meaning of s 23B in Div 2B of Pt 2 of Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) ("NTA") extinguished non-exclusive native title rights and interests held by Ngaliwurru and Nungali Peoples ("Claim Group") – Where Claim Group entitled to compensation under Div 5 of Pt 2 of NTA – Whether economic loss and cultural loss assessed separately – Principles of assessment for compensation for economic loss – Whether economic value of Claim Group's native title rights and interests equivalent to freehold value of affected land – Whether reduction from freehold value appropriate and how calculated – Whether inalienability of native title rights and interests a relevant discounting factor – Principles of assessment for compensation for cultural loss – Whether trial judge erred in assessment of cultural loss – Whether award manifestly excessive – Whether award met community standards.

Interest – Whether simple or compound interest payable on award for economic loss – Upon what basis simple interest payable.

Words and phrases – "compensable acts", "compensation", "compound interest", "compulsory acquisition", "cultural loss", "discount", "easement", "economic loss", "exclusive native title rights and interests", "extinguishing act", "inalienability", "just terms", "manifestly excessive", "native title", "non-economic loss", "non-exclusive native title rights and interests", "objective economic value", "percentage reduction from full exclusive native title", "previous exclusive possession act", "simple interest", "solatium".

Constitution – 51(xxxi).

Lands Acquisition Act (NT) – Sch 2.

Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) – Pts 1, 2, 15.

Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) – s 10.

Practice and procedure – High Court – Suppression and non-publication orders – Power to make – Where risk of harm to persons associated with party to proceeding "acute" – Whether non-publication order necessary to protect safety of persons.

Words and phrases – "administration of justice", "necessary to protect the safety of any person", "non-publication order", "public interest in open justice".

Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) – ss 77RE, 77RF(1)(c).

Criminal practice – Trial – Summing-up – Where appellant convicted of drug-related offences – Where trial judge made comments on evidence that went beyond arguments advanced by prosecution – Whether comments apt to create danger or substantial risk that jury might be persuaded of appellant's guilt – Whether comments so lacking in balance as to be exercise in persuading jury of appellant's guilt – Whether comments unfair to appellant – Whether comments resulted in miscarriage of justice.

Criminal practice – Trial – Summing-up – Whether trial judge may make comments which convey his or her opinion as to proper determination of disputed issue of fact to be determined by jury.

Words and phrases – "comment on the facts", "discretion to comment", "disputed issue of fact", "duty to give fair and accurate instructions", "fair trial", "fairness", "fundamental task of a trial judge", "lacking in balance", "miscarriage of justice", "overawing the jury", "right to comment", "strong Crown case", "summing-up".

Constitutional law (Cth) – Powers of Commonwealth Parliament – Territories – Inconsistency between Commonwealth and Territory laws – Where Council empowered under Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986 (Cth) ("Land Grant Act") to grant leases over certain land within Jervis Bay Territory ("JBT") – Where Land Grant Act does not affect application of other laws to extent other laws "capable of operating concurrently" with Land Grant Act – Where Residential Tenancies Act 1997 (ACT) applies in JBT as if JBT formed part of Australian Capital Territory – Where Residential Tenancies Act provides that all leases to which it applies include "standard residential tenancy terms" including term requiring lessor to maintain premises in reasonable state of repair – Whether, and to what extent, Residential Tenancies Act is law which is not capable of operating concurrently with Land Grant Act.

Words and phrases – "alter, impair or detract from", "anti-exclusivity provision", "capable of operating concurrently", "complete or exhaustive statement", "implicit negative proposition", "indirect inconsistency", "residential tenancy agreement", "standard residential tenancy terms", "statutory power".

Constitution – s 109.

Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986 (Cth) – ss 6, 7, 12, 38, 40, 41, 42, 46.

Australian Capital Territory (Self –Government) Act 1988 (Cth), s 28.

Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 (Cth) – s 4A.

Residential Tenancies Act 1997 (ACT) – ss 8, 9, 10, 54, 128, Sch 1.