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'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 co...
NSW Aboriginal Land Rights Network opposes Crown Lands Bill in emergency meeting
More than 250 leaders from across the NSW Aboriginal Land Rights Network have vo...
Treaty in New South Wales: 'the first question is whether government is ready'
Recently the New South Wales Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, David Harris, stat...
Sean Gordon 13 Mar 2026
More than 1.4 million hectares of Kimberley land returned to Wilinggin Aboriginal Corporation
More than 1. 4 million hectares of Wanjina-Wunggurr Wilinggin Native Title Count...
Brendan Foster 17 Dec 2025
Northern Land Council leader re-elected with strong land rights mandate

The Northern Land Council's current leadership team has vowed to strengthen its support for Traditional Owner land rights after being re-elected for three years.

David Prestipino David Prestipino Dec 10, 2025
A handful of soil: 50 years since iconic land hand-back

Half a century ago then prime minister Gough Whitlam poured a handful of soil into the hands of a man who had led an eight-year protest for the rights of his people.

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Keira Jenkins Aug 16, 2025
"Changed the trajectory for our people forever": Wiradjuri warrior Paul Coe remembered

Friends and family of Wiradjuri Elder, land rights hero, Tent Embassy figure and Aboriginal Legal Service founder, the late Paul Coe, honoured his legacy and memory at his funeral on Thursday.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Aug 14, 2025
Charlie King to lead campfire gathering honouring Vincent Lingiari

This year's Vincent Lingiari Memorial Lecture will take a new shape with the introduction of the Vincent Lingiari Memorial Gathering – a campfire yarning session with Charlie King.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 24, 2025
Unpacking 40 Years of Aboriginal land rights in NSW

Gomeroi Professor, Heidi Norman's new book, Land Back: Aboriginal Land Rights in New South Wales, Today and Always, examines the evolution of land rights since the passing of the NSW Aboriginal Land R...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jan 24, 2025
Historic Black Theatre site returns to First Nations ownership

The NSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce has been handed the keys to the legendary Black Theatre on Gadigal Land (Redfern). The theatre was an Aboriginal-run company established in 1972 in response to t...

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Brendan Foster Jan 23, 2025
NSW Aboriginal Land Council welcomes successful appeal of Crown land case

The NSW Aboriginal Land Council has welcomed a decision this week to uphold their appeal concerning a land claim. The claim surrounded land associated with a private college in the Sutherland Shire, a...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 13, 2024
Landmark deal sealed with handback of Tjiwarl land

The importance of Indigenous land rights and self-determination have been celebrated as government ministers joined Tjiwarl people in Western Australia's northern Goldfields for the handback of the fi...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Oct 31, 2024
Opposing views on land rights leads Tasmanian government to shelve Aboriginal Lands Act reform

Members of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community are at odds after the Tasmanian government decided against pursuing changes to the state's Aboriginal Lands Act 1995.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Oct 11, 2024
Dutton's nuclear plans threaten Traditional Owners' land rights

Traditional Owners in Queensland have voiced their opposition to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's plans to establish nuclear power facilities on Indigenous land.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 20, 2024
Kristal West's tribute to her grandparents Eddie and Bonita Mabo

Kristal West takes great pride in her family storylines from the Piadram, Manbarra, Palawa, and Nywagi communities. Set to perform at the Perth International Cabaret Festival, Ms West's latest perform...

Rhiannon Clarke Rhiannon Clarke May 30, 2024
Tributes flow for Indigenous land rights and health trailblazer, Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue

WARNING: This story contains the name and image of an Aboriginal person who has passed. Proud Yankunytjatjara woman and Indigenous land rights activist, Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue AC CBE DSG, has passed aw...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 4, 2024
Vic Traditional Owners seek dispensation to prevent land acquisitions, fund to back land councils' recommendations

Traditional Owner groups in Victoria are asking for special dispensation to prevent their land from ever being acquired by the government. It comes as the First Peoples' Assembly will this year begin...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 18, 2024
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