Northern and Central Land Councils overwhelmingly support Voice to Parliament at joint mass meeting

Giovanni Torre
Giovanni Torre Published June 8, 2023 at 9.30am (AWST)

A meeting of the Northern Land Council and Central Land Council held Wednesday passed a resolution with overwhelming support endorsing a call to all Australians to support a Voice to Parliament.

The NLC and CLC are two of the four Northern Territory land councils.

It is expected a declaration will be signed by more than 200 representatives of all four Northern Territory Aboriginal land councils at a gathering this week on the traditional lands of the Bagala (Jawoyn) group at Barunga, south-west of Katherine.

Together, the land council members speak with the authority as the elected representatives of tens of thousands of residents of remote communities, town camps and towns across the Territory.

The text of the joint declaration of the four councils will be released after it has been formally presented to Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney, following the Minister's address to the gathering which will be delivered on Friday morning.

Djawa Yunupingu at combined Land Council meeting, CLC and NLC. Image: CLC.

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Barunga combined Land Council Meeting, CLC and NLC. Image: CLC.

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Image: CLC

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Image: CLC.

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