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Federal judge calls central Queensland native title governing body 'oppressive' as it denies traditional owner membership

Gooreng Gooreng elder Richard Johnson is relieved a federal judge has stopped a series of meetings from going ahead that could have reduced the number of traditional owners allowed to become members of a native title body corporate.

Mr Johnson said if the meetings had gone ahead as planned it would have had a "devastating impact" on the most vulnerable people.

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