Water Right
The Indian Peaks Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, represented by the Native American Rights Fund, filed a Notice of Appeal and Petition for Stay with the US Department of the Interior on Wedne...
Aboriginal Organisations in the Murray-Darling Basin have welcomed federal funding for Cultural Flows planning and projects which will "genuinely advance water justice and justice for the Environment"...
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...
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...
The Northern Land Council, on behalf of the Burdal Riley, Murrungun Wunubari and Mambali Walangara Native Title Holders, is challenging in the Federal Court a non-pastoral use permit and water licence...
First Nations leaders from across British Columbia have thrown their support behind the Okanagan Indian Band's fight to protect sacred waterways.
A new plan to address inequities in water ownership will "put water back in Aboriginal peoples' hands, strengthen their role in water management, and create new opportunities for self-determination"...
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.
Aboriginal leaders in the Kimberley recently issued the Ngumpan Statement - a declaration marking 40 years of law, language and culture, calling on governments to protect Country, culture and water.
Poor water quality and struggling native fish populations persist in Australia's largest river system, despite a plan to save it showing signs of improvement.
The natural and cultural values of the Kimberley's Martuwarra Fitzroy River was showcased to a Naarm audience recently, when powerful nature documentary Lifeblood premiered at the Melbourne Documentar...
Native Title holders and Traditional Owners have called on the Central Land Council (CLC) to appeal a Northern Territory court ruling that upheld a licence to extract water from Singleton Station.
The Central Land Council will examine the Northern Territory Court of Appeals' decision on Monday to dismiss native title holders' appeal against the massive Singleton Station water licence and speak...