Native Title
"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...
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has overturned a 2024 lower-court ruling this week after finding the judge used an "arbitrary boundary" to determine a First Nation's native title over a swath of...
Seventy-three to one. Last month's Federal Court judgment on the McArthur River mine awarded the Gudanji, Yanyuwa and Yanyuwa-Marra peoples $54 million for cultural loss and $743,408 for economic loss...
Popular cultural festival in Karijini National Park, The Karijini Experience, has been cancelled for 2026, due to insufficient fuel supply across regional WA.
The New South Government has put its controversial proposals to change the management of Crown lands on hold after a strong backlash from the state's Aboriginal land councils.
NSW Aboriginal Land Councils have spoken out against 'minor' changes to Crown Land management legislation, warning the amendments could undermine Aboriginal land rights.
Ngurrara cultural leaders, performers and artists from Western Australia have presented the monumental Ngurrara Canvas II during the opening weekend of the 25th Biennale of Sydney, in what is expected...
Recently the New South Wales Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, David Harris, stated in Parliament that Aboriginal people in NSW may not yet be ready to progress a Treaty.
Trust between Joombarn-Buru Traditional Owners and the China-backed mining company Kimberley Mineral Sands has broken down over the issue of awarding local contracts, despite the injection of $160 mil...