The full High Court begins hearing arguments on whether native title can remove public access to beaches north of Broome in Western Australia.
The chairman of the Jabirr Jabirr/Ngumbarl native title organisation, Wayne Barker, said traditional owners were more interested in regulating public access to popular camping areas, rather than restricting it.
"You know, random fires and people just camping all over the place and destroying our country, so we're taking back control of that and it's a good thing, and it's a good thing for everybody." "This whole country is full of tenure and permit systems and all of that, and everyone is quite happy to abide by," Mr Barker said.
The WA Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Lands, Ben Wyatt, said in a statement the Government wanted to maintain beach access for all people.
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