Native Title
In a major report released Wednesday, the Australian Law Reform Commission has found unfairness, inefficiency, and discrimination in the 'future acts' regime; the law that regulates how and when nativ...
The National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) has enacted significant cuts to Native Title Services across the country. Key points: NIAA has cut funding to Native Title services by up to 24 per c...
Last week's AIATSIS Summit heard a call for cultural authority, family knowledge and community voice to be placed at the centre of Native Title processes during a session on restoring authority within...
Yindjibarndi Group chief executive Michael Woodley has issued an official response following the determination by the Federal Court on Tuesday that Fortescue should pay Yindjibarndi native title holde...
Yindjibarndi Traditional Owners "still haven't given up" after their long battle for compensation for mining on their Country saw the federal court award them $150 million.
The Federal Court has awarded the Yindjibarndi people $150 million in Native Title compensation for cultural loss caused by mining on their Country in the Pilbara.
Yarrala, a waterhole in Western Australia's West Pilbara where Robe River Kuruma women once gave birth, has dried out and filled with red pindan earth, with Traditional Owners blaming Rio Tinto's grou...
In a housing crisis, new Elders' accommodation on the NSW Central Coast is about giving something back to "our old people who have paved the way for us", the local Land Council says.
"We always knew who we were, and we didn't need the court to tell us that," former senator and Yawuru man Pat Dodson told the Yawuru community in Broome on Tuesday, marking 20 years since the Rubibi N...
Last month, ABC journalist Patricia Karvales reported that "Sovereignty means nothing to normal people". The comment ignores that sovereignty means everything to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council has formally lodged a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission regarding the government's proposed Crown Land Management Amendment (Statutory R...
Fears for the future of Aboriginal land rights remain in New South Wales, with state Minister Steve Kamper due to meet with a local land council while the state's peak body calls for a unified approac...
The 2026 Vincent Lingiari Art Award will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act (NT) with an exhibition themed Our Country, Our Culture: 50 Years of Land Right...
