Human rights — Property rights — Land rights — Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth) (“ldquo;Land Rights Act”rdquo;) — Land having valid and subsisting native title — Effect of Mabo v. Queensland (No. 2) — Whether Land Rights Act permitting grant of land — Whether grant consistent with preservation of native title — Whether consent of native titleholders necessary — Whether grant of land extinguishing native title

Human rights — Discrimination — Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), Sections 9(1), 10(1) and (3)(a) and (b) — Whether Land Rights Act 1976 discriminatory — Whether Racial Discrimination Act preventing the granting of land under the Land Rights Act — Whether Land Rights Act prevailing in event of conflict

Treaties — Human rights — Racial discrimination — International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1965 — Effect of Australian ratification of the Convention — Applicability of Article 1(4) in Australia — Whether Land Rights Act constituting a “ldquo;special measure”rdquo; — The law of Australia