What are ‘cultural flows?  How do they compare with Native Title rights encompassing water?

Module 9

Referring to the articles Penny Timms, Anna Vidot, Murray-Darling: Indigenous leaders call for ‘meaningful’ consultation over basin plan ABC AM 27 Jun 2017 and Peter Burdon, Georgina Drew, Matthew Stubbs, Adam Webster & Marcus Barber ‘Decolonising Indigenous water ‘rights’ in Australia: flow, difference, and the limits of law’ (2015) (5)  Settler Colonial Studies 334-349   What are ‘cultural flows?  How do they compare with Native Title rights encompassing water?

Module 5

Consider Alanvale Pty Ltd & Anor v Southern Rural Water & Ors [2010] VCAT 480 (21 April 2010).  How is the impact of climate change assessed in the decision to grant a licence for the extraction of groundwater?  What alternatives did the applicants have to source water?  Read Paul v Goulburn Murray Water Corporation & Ors [2010] VCAT 1755 (3 November 2010).  How is the precautionary principle applied in relation to the application for a groundwater extraction licence?