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NT land councils call for 'real consequences' over closing the gap failures
The Northern Territory's four land councils have joined growing calls for the fe...
Dechlan Brennan 9 Jun 2026
Inquiry submissions overwhelmingly oppose NT child protection reforms
The overwhelming majority of submissions to a Northern Territory parliamentary i...
Dechlan Brennan 5 Jun 2026
Central Land Council development unit: celebrating two decades of the power of self-determination
In 2001, a group of Warlpiri women came to the Central Land Council with a big v...
Giovanni Torre 16 Apr 2026
Joint management strengthened, revenue doubled for Aṉangu in Uluṟu lease overhaul
The joint management of Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park has been significantly st...
Dechlan Brennan 2 Apr 2026
'It needs to be fixed': Central Land Council says NT's buffel grass plan fails to address threat
The Northern Territory government's buffel grass plan does not do enough to prot...
Jarred Cross 24 Mar 2026
As fuel prices skyrocket, remote communities call for greater government support

Rising fuel prices driven by the war in the Middle East are intensifying cost-of-living pressures in remote Australia, with the Central Land Council calling on the federal government to urgently incre...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 24, 2026
Central Australian rangers host open day and visit Mparntwe / Alice Springs school

An Aboriginal ranger group in Central Australia is working to inspire the next generation, visiting schools and hosting community events to share their work on Country.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Mar 23, 2026
Traditional Owners 'energised' in High Court fight to defend water rights

Traditional Owners appeared in the High Court Tuesday to make their case against the Singleton water licence. The groundwater licence authorises Fortune Agribusiness to extract 40 gigalitres of ground...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 10, 2026
High Court to hear first Aboriginal groundwater rights case

A landmark water rights case is before the High Court of Australia. Six native title holders from the Mpwerempwer Aboriginal Corporation, supported by the Central Land Council, will attend Tuesday's h...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 10, 2026
Central Land Council slams NT government's 'gammon' buffel grass plan over fire risks

The Central Land Council has warned the NT government's buffel management plan will lead to more large and destructive bushfires that "put Territorians' lives, communities, culture and heritage at ris...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 9, 2026
Land Councils, NAAJA and Aboriginal Housing NT take united stand against Territory government's attack on procedural fairness

The Northern Territory's four land councils - Anindilyakwa Land Council, Central Land Council, Northern Land Council and Tiwi Land Council - have united with the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Ag...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 5, 2026
Alyawarr senior knowledge holders recognised with Medal of the Order of Australia for their outstanding service to community

Three highly respected Alyawarr leaders - brothers Frankie Holmes OAM, Casey Holmes OAM and Donald Thompson OAM - have been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for their outstanding service to...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 26, 2026
Traditional Owners, rangers meet to plan cultural fire management across Central Australia

More than 40 Aboriginal rangers and Traditional Owners from four regions gathered at Newhaven in Central Australia last month to plan cultural fire management for the year ahead.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jan 2, 2026
Territory mourns loss of Central Australian leader Geoffrey Shaw OAM

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following story contains the name and image of a person who has died. Territorians are mourning the death of Geoffrey Shaw OAM, a...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 19, 2025
NT Aboriginal voices call for stronger protections in federal environmental law changes

The Northern Territory's four land councils are warning a senate inquiry that proposed changes to federal environment laws risk "irreversible damage to Country, culture and communities".

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 19, 2025
Urgent reform of power prepayment systems needed to protect remote communities

The government must reform electricity prepayment arrangements to keep Aboriginal communities connected to power, according to one of the Northern Territory's most influential land councils.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 3, 2025
Labor’s fast-tracked environment laws will ‘fail Country’ if they exclude First Peoples, Thorpe says

First Peoples are still being excluded from decision-making on Country as Labor rushes to push through environmental law reforms, Senator Lidia Thorpe says.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 30, 2025
Price's defamation evidence 'illogical and self-serving', court told

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price made baseless allegations and gave "illogical and self-serving" answers, a court has been told. Senator Nampijinpa Price has been sued by Central Land Council chief ex...

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