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Social housing crackdown will only deepen homelessness crisis
The Northern Territory Government's social housing changes are "deeply concernin...
Dechlan Brennan 12 Nov 2026
Environment and Water Bill signals 'dangerous step backwards' for NT, Northern Land Council warns
The Northern Land Council has joined the call for the Northern Territory Governm...
NT could become target for water-hungry industries under proposed laws
The Central Land Council has warned the NT could become a target for water-inten...
Dechlan Brennan 6 Nov 2026
Homes and roads upgraded in East Arnhem homeland
Thirteen homes have been upgraded and internal roads improved at Gäṉgaṉ Homeland...
Dechlan Brennan 5 Nov 2026
Heritage law overhaul to combat 'explosion' in claims
Changes to how developers navigate cultural heritage laws have been promised aft...
Will Nicholas (AAP) 2 Nov 2026
Government-built homes aim to ease pressure on overcrowded NT households

Fourteen new homes have been handed over to tenants in Arnhem Land, bringing the total number of homes delivered in the community under the Northern Territory Remote Housing Agreement to 34.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 17, 2026
'Why should the poor out bush pay more?' Land Council, social justice advocates urge increase to remote area allowance

Central Land Council representatives travelled to Canberra this week to confront legislators with the stark reality of the cost of living in remote and regional Australia.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 15, 2026
Doesn't happen in cities: Remote communities facing water and essential services issues

The Northern Land Council has called on the Northern Territory and Commonwealth governments to urgently address what it says are persistent failures in essential services affecting remote communities...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 21, 2026
QRBA warns strategic project framework could weaken Native Title protections

The Queensland Representative Body Alliance has welcomed changes preventing renewable energy projects from being declared State strategic projects while warning other developments could still affect N...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 21, 2026
Runway Under The Stars to mark Burketown airport reopening

Burketown's rebuilt airport will reopen with a free community concert in October after the runway was upgraded following major flooding that affected the Gulf community in 2023.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 21, 2026
'Bad law': Indigenous councils blast crown land bill

Decades after championing land rights laws, a state government stands accused of turning their back on the Indigenous community. Legislation introduced by NSW's Labor government that would fundamental...

Exclusive: NSW Aboriginal Land Council hits back at ‘land grab’ media narrative

A contentious land rights bill is expected to pass the New South Wales Parliament this week amid growing media coverage over the state's 44,000 unresolved Aboriginal land claims, which the peak body r...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 15, 2026
Angurugu community on Groote Eylandt sees six new homes completed

Six new homes have been completed in Angurugu on Groote Eylandt as part of the joint $4 billion, 10-year remote housing program between the Australian and Northern Territory governments.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 14, 2026
'I paint to keep my country alive' - Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney wins Vincent Lingiari Art Award

Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney of Artists of Ampilatwatja has won the prestigious $10,000 Vincent Lingiari Art Award celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act for her painting My...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 10, 2026
Desert Mob exhibition to celebrate art and culture in Mparntwe / Alice Springs,

Opening Thursday with a momentous celebration of desert art and culture in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Desert Mob has returned for 2026. Desert Mob is presented by Desart, the peak body for Central Austra...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Sep 10, 2026
Analysis: YiSSA and the NT Government's broken relationship with Aboriginal Territorians

When the Country Liberal Party (CLP) took office in August 2024, ending eight years of sometimes shambolic Labor rule, there was vocal concern among many First Nations groups about what was to come.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 9, 2026
Aboriginal organisations condemn Finocchiaro's homeless shelter 'waste of money' comments

Comments from Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro that funding Darwin's largest homeless shelter would be a "waste of taxpayers' hard-earned money" have been condemned as "hurtful" by Ab...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 4, 2026
Indigenous rangers set to unite for cultural gathering

Hundreds of Indigenous rangers are preparing to unite at an on-Country gathering in northern New South Wales next month to share ecological knowledge, cultural practices and approaches to land and sea...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 2, 2026
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