Land Councils
While the NSW Aboriginal Land Council marks an achievement - submitting the state's 60,000th land claim - there's less celebration from the peak body for decades spent waiting, and tens of thousands c...
First Peoples are still being excluded from decision-making on Country as Labor rushes to push through environmental law reforms, Senator Lidia Thorpe says.
The Northern Territory's four land councils representing Traditional Owners say they are "dismayed" at being excluded from consultations on proposed reforms to Australia's environment laws.
The Country Liberal Party (CLP) has completed its first year in government in the Northern Territory, presiding over one of the sharpest rises in incarceration in the Territory's history and near univ...
The independent Member for Mulka, Yiŋiya Guyula, has condemned the CLP Northern Territory government for their failure to work with Aboriginal communities in a censure motion.
The Northern Territory's four Land Councils have issued a united call for the NT Government to engage with them directly, accusing the Territory's leaders of failing to consult meaningfully and treat...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders have raised concerns over the sidelining of First Nations issues this federal election campaign, with some arguing Labor has retreated since the defeat of...
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price sets out her top five priorities in Indigenous affairs if the Coalition is elected this Saturday. Audit of all government programs and expenditure in Indigenous affair...
The Northern Territory needs to respect Aboriginal people and stop Sacred Sites legislation, the Central Land Council says. The proposed amendments to the Territory's Sacred Sites have caused constern...
The Central Land Council has voted to re-elect Warren Williams as its chair at a meeting in Yulara. On Wednesday, the CLC, which represents 24,000 remote Indigenous people across Central Australia, an...
Land Councils in the Northern Territory have slammed the CLP government, arguing their "ill-conceived and rushed changes" are moving the Territory closer to "an anti-democratic regime pursuing develop...
With the failure of the Indigenous Voice Referendum, native title corporations have emerged as one of the more tangible and legally embedded pathways for Indigenous self-determination, according to a...
Combatting illegal fishing off the coast of northern Australia will be strengthened by more support for Indigenous Rangers. The announcement, as part of the federal government's Operation Lunar, will...