Land Rights

One of the largest Aboriginal Land Councils in NSW says it has been cleared of any wrongdoing, but will implement several changes to the way it operates.

The First Peoples of the Millewa-Mallee in Victoria have been awarded native title status with exclusive rights, meaning other people will need their permission to access some designated areas. 

Lack of policy for Tasmanian Aboriginal issues.

Tasmania is less than two weeks away from a state election, but so far neither of the major parties have addressed the path to treaty or truth-telling, the state's Aboriginal groups say.

Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is filling for the first time since access to the lake was restricted by a new management plan. An outback boating club has questioned authorities' capacity to enforce the new rules, but traditional owners say the measures respect the environmental and cultural significance of the site.

Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura traditional owners say an agreement with the mining giant, five years on from the Juukan Gorge disaster, marks a new start in what has been a historically tense relationship.

A delegation of Pilbara traditional owners has accused Rio Tinto of not giving investors the full story about the environmental and social impacts of its WA mines.

Eileen Bonney did not think she would live to see her people's land returned but after more than four decades, the Wakaya-Alyawarre traditional owner is celebrating.

A group of native title owners from South Australia's far north have welcomed a win over a small parcel of land near Oodnadatta. 

Native title holders in South Australia's Flinders Ranges win the right to access financial records showing how tens of millions of dollars in mining royalties have been spent, after the state's Supreme Court upheld an earlier ruling.

Traditional owners say the newly dedicated Central Western Desert IPA has been a long time coming and is another "little jigsaw" piece in their efforts to protect the landscape.

The Commonwealth has lost a High Court battle over whether it should be liable for compensation for lost or impaired native title rights over a mining lease on the Gove Peninsula in North East Arnhem Land.

The leaseholders of Wave Hill Station have been fined for damaging relics of the Northern Territory's historic Walk Hill walk-off site, which sparked the Aboriginal land rights movement of the 1970s.

Lawyers for Fortescue Metals Group say a $1.8 billion compensation request for cultural loss levelled by Pilbara traditional owners is based on "exaggerated" claims.

Visitors who make the trek to Australia's largest salt lake will no longer be able to walk on its dry bed as a new management plan comes into force.

The WA government wants to "modernise" the state's 85-million-hectare pastoral estate, but pastoralists say changes will be difficult and expensive to honour.

During a press conference, Lidia Thorpe ripped up a censure motion issued in the Senate after her King Charles protest in October.

Wunna Nyiyaparli elder Ailsa Coffin says her family's connection to Roy Hill stretches back generations, and a United Nations decision has backed her up. The federal government disagrees.

Due to financial and time constraints, native title bodies often struggle to file compensation claims before elders with vital knowledge die, but a new Federal Court decision allows their testimonies to be collected and preserved for future claims.

WA's Aboriginal affairs minister has shocked Equinox Resources by declining an application to begin drilling near Karijini National Park, a move welcomed by traditional owners.