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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
'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...
Dechlan Brennan 24 Mar 2026
First Nations organisations encouraged to pursue climate solutions grants
First Nations-led and First Nations-directed organisations in remote, rural and...
Giovanni Torre 10 Feb 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
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
Senator rejects blame for remote Indigenous plight

A Liberal senator who accused the head of a large Aboriginal land council of failing remote communities has rejected suggestions she was also to blame for the same people's predicament.

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Miklos Bolza Oct 27, 2025
Senator denies 'abuse of power' in council ouster claim

It was not unfair or unreasonable to rely on a single source before allegedly defaming the head of a large Aboriginal land council over a vote of dismissal, an outspoken Liberal senator says.

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Lloyd Jones Oct 27, 2025
Council boss wanted $30k after Price's ouster claims

An outspoken Liberal senator refused to apologise and pay $30,000 in damages to the head of an Aboriginal land council who she allegedly defamed in a media release, a court has heard.

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Lloyd Jones Oct 24, 2025
Senator targeted council head for 'political purposes'

The boss of a major Indigenous land council has criticised an outspoken Liberal senator for taking aim at him politically and "escalating" false claims he was sacked.

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Miklos Bolza Oct 24, 2025
'Security concern' for senator in defamation trial

A "security concern" which called police to a court house has also prevented Liberal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price sitting in on part of her trial for allegedly defaming the head of an Aboriginal l...

Price ‘trampled’ on land council CEO’s reputation, court told on opening day of defamation case

Liberal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has been accused of "trampling" on the reputation of Central Land Council CEO Lesley Turner "without caring at all whether what was said about him was true or...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 20, 2025
More than 40 Utopia homes upgraded in $12.4 million project

More than 40 homes across six communities in Utopia have been upgraded through a joint federal and NT government initiative. The $12.4 million works delivered new kitchens, living areas, bedrooms and...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 20, 2025
High Court to hear Traditional Owners' appeal over Singleton Station water licence

The High Court has granted Traditional Owners leave to appeal the Northern Territory Government's approval of a massive groundwater extraction licence at Singleton Station.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 5, 2025
Price says $320,000 needed by end of August to fight defamation case

Federal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says she needs to raise more than $300,000 to fund her legal defence in a defamation case. The Warlpiri/Celtic senator is being sued by Central Land Council (C...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 27, 2025
NT Government department fined for destroying sacred "lightning tree"

A Northern Territory Government department has been fined $26,000 for destroying a sacred "lightning tree" during road construction in a remote Aboriginal community.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 27, 2025
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