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Traditional Owners warn some communities falling through gaps in native title system
Traditional Owners in Western Australia's south west are concerned some communit...
Giovanni Torre 10 Jul 2026
Country painted by renowned artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye gains native title recognition
Traditional Owners from eight groups are set to have their native title rights f...
Dechlan Brennan 6 Jul 2026
Federal Court issues orders in landmark native title compensation case
The Federal Court formally made orders on Wednesday requiring miner Fortescue to...
Giovanni Torre 1 Jul 2026
Extra time given for NSW Aboriginal Land Rights network to consider legislation seen as threat to their future
Concerns continue to be raised about New South Wales Government proposals for Cr...
Jarred Cross 1 Jul 2026
Billions owed: Report reveals 'unfairness, inefficiency, and discrimination' plague native title future acts regime
In a major report released Wednesday, the Australian Law Reform Commission has f...
Giovanni Torre 24 Jun 2026
'Financial freedom, good life and prosperity' from Yindjibarndi lands should be 'mirrored' in the community

Yindjibarndi Group chief executive Michael Woodley has issued an official response following the determination by the Federal Court on Tuesday that Fortescue should pay Yindjibarndi native title holde...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 14, 2026
'We will not be a political pawn' - Majority of Aboriginal Land Councils unite against NSW Land Rights bill

More than 92 per cent of Aboriginal Land Councils across New South Wales have condemned a recently introduced Bill as a threat to land rights, with hundreds rallying at Parliament House to oppose the...

Wotjobaluk Nations take their seat at the table with next step in Native Title journey

Bunjil was flying overhead as Wotjobaluk Nations affirmed their "seat at the table" on decision-making about their Country. Recently, Barengi Gadjin Land Council formally signed a Land Use Activity Ag...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross May 3, 2026
Yawuru celebrate 20 years since native title recognition in Rubibi / Broome

"We always knew who we were, and we didn't need the court to tell us that," former senator and Yawuru man Pat Dodson told the Yawuru community in Broome on Tuesday, marking 20 years since the Rubibi N...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Apr 29, 2026
NSW Aboriginal Land Council lodges formal complaint with Human Rights Commission over government plans to change Land Rights system

The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council has formally lodged a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission regarding the government's proposed Crown Land Management Amendment (Statutory R...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 22, 2026
NSW peak land rights body urges united stand against legislation as local land council pushes meetings with minister

Fears for the future of Aboriginal land rights remain in New South Wales, with state Minister Steve Kamper due to meet with a local land council while the state's peak body calls for a unified approac...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Apr 22, 2026
British Columbia Court of Appeal overturns decision limiting Nuchatlaht Nation's claims on Nootka Island

The British Columbia Court of Appeal has overturned a 2024 lower-court ruling this week after finding the judge used an "arbitrary boundary" to determine a First Nation's native title over a swath of...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 3, 2026
Fiji Government returns 15,000 acres to Traditional Owners after 120 years

In Fiji, the Mataqali Nadala of the Yavusa Nubu has regained Native Grant No. 2 after more than 120 years under government ownership, marking the end of a 42-year effort to have the land returned.

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Rebekah Rasmussen Mar 31, 2026
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