In his 'Reasons for Decision' of August 2001, von Doussa noted 'the evidence received by the Court on this topic is significantly different to that which was before the Royal Commission. Upon the evidence before this Court I am not satisfied that the restricted women's knowledge was fabricated or that it was not part of genuine Aboriginal tradition'.
In his 'Reasons for Decision' of August 2001, von Doussa mentioned that 'the evidence presented to the Court on this subject is notably distinct from what was before the Royal Commission. Based on the evidence before this Court, I am not convinced that the restricted women's knowledge was a fabrication or that it did not belong to genuine Aboriginal tradition.'