Jay Weatherill: time to review Australia's oldest land rights laws
Nation's oldest land rights laws under review
November 20, 2008 17:06:00
Australia's oldest land rights legislation will be reviewed to ensure Aboriginal people are benefiting from changes to the way their land is managed.
The Land Rights Trust Act was established in South Australia 42 years ago, the first legislation of its kind in Australia.
The Kimberley Land Council (KLC) has accused the Western Australian Government of leaking confidential documents to the media to try to discredit the group's involvement in Kimberley gas negotiations.
Alice Springs residents will be treated to their first ever group art show from the Watiyawanu Artists of Mount Liebig this weekend.
An Indigenous research organisation has labelled the federal intervention as "misguided".
Indigenous leader Murrandoo Yanner will appear in the Mt Isa Magistrates Court today to face nine charges, including public nuisance and dangerous operation of a vehicle.
Kimberley police have backed claims by Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett, who says one-off Federal Government welfare payments may be squandered on alcohol in Indigenous communities.
An Alice Springs community radio station has been named the best in Australia.
A special administrator has been appointed to the operator of a community store on the APY Lands in the far northern South Australia.
The West Australia Premier, Colin Barnett, has attacked the Federal Government's economic stimulus package saying it will cause problems in the state's indigenous communities.
Kimberley residents will have a chance to access more than 500 jobs created by the Federal Government to increase Indigenous employment levels in Western Australia.
The sexual exploitation of Aboriginal children along highways in regional New South Wales is the focus of a new campaign being launched today.
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