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.
Income management will begin next week in Kununurra and the Cannington district of Perth in Western Australia, Federal Indigenous Minister Jenny Macklin has announced.
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.
Traditional owners from sites earmarked for a potential nuclear waste facility in the Northern Territory have begged a Senate Inquiry not to store nuclear material on their land.
Palm Island locals say there is renewed spirit in the community after its first rodeo in 32 years.
Mining company Rio Tinto is injecting $500,000 a year into a development fund for Indigenous people in Clermont in central Queensland.
Australia's Race Discrimination Commissioner says bilingual teaching is one of few success stories in the history of NT education.
The sexual exploitation of Aboriginal children along highways in regional New South Wales is the focus of a new campaign being launched today.
Queensland Cricket will honour the memory of Indigenous fast bowler Eddie Gilbert in a ceremony at Allan Border Field in Brisbane today.
The head of a remote Aboriginal school says the Government's plan to limit the hours classes can be taught in traditional languages could lead to the death of their culture.
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