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Lloyd Jones

Native title holders hail landmark water decision

Traditional Owners were denied procedural fairness when a 30-year groundwater licence was awarded. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

A massive water allocation granted for free to a cattle station to grow fruit and vegetables in the desert has been quashed in a High Court appeal.

The Mpwerempwer Aboriginal Corporation challenged whether the Northern Territory government lawfully granted the decades-long water licence.

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