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MEDIA RELEASES

October 10th, 2024

CLC backs native title holders as current council term draws to a close

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September 30th, 2024

CLC keeps fire burning at 50th anniversary celebration

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September 18th, 2024

Central Land Council elects new chair and deputy

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August 27th, 2024

Central Land Council members set the record straight on disinformation

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July 30th, 2024

CLC backs new housing department

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July 8th, 2024

CLC celebrates Warlpiri Education and Training Trust winning a NAIDOC week award

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July 1st, 2024

CLC mourns the loss of former ALC chair Mr T Wurramarrba

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June 21st, 2024

Racism in the NT Police must end

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May 21st, 2024

Native title determination at Huckitta Station to be the strongest of its kind

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May 2nd, 2024

CLC statement on domestic and family violence crisis

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April 14th, 2024

CLC launches new animal tracking training package at ranger camp

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March 27th, 2024

CLC calls on young people to respect cultural leadership

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March 12th, 2024

CLC welcomes unprecedented investment in remote community houses

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February 28th, 2024

Not going to let it go”: native title holders appeal Singleton water licence ruling

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February 12th, 2024

New Tennant Creek Ranger Hub marks 20 years of progress for Muru-warinyi Ankkul Rangers

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February 5th, 2024

CLC mourns the passing of Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue

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January 31st, 2024

CLC to seek instructions following Supreme Court decision on Singleton water licence

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November 15th, 2023

CLC wants NT government to declare buffel grass a weed

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November 13th, 2023

Dr Bush-Blanasi – another outstanding Territory leader gone too soon

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October 22nd, 2023

ALWAYS WAS, ALWAYS WILL BE

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October 13th, 2023

CLC mourns deputy chair of the Anindilyakwa Land Council

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October 10th, 2023

CLC calls for urgent federal action on education

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October 4th, 2023

CLC members vote Yes at Uluru

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September 20th, 2023

CLC holds Senators Price and Liddle to account

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September 14th, 2023

Ltyentye Apurte to open community-funded skate park

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August 30th, 2023

Let’s celebrate 14 October as the date we started to turn things around

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August 10th, 2023

CLC urges Senate to reject wasteful review motion

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July 18th, 2023

APONT:  We need a voice to close the widening gap in the Northern Territory 

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June 26th, 2023

Multilingual app launch at native title holder camp

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June 9th, 2023

2023 Barunga Voice Declaration

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June 21st, 2023

NT land councils bring Voice Declaration to the people’s house

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June 8th, 2023

National audit confirms effectiveness of CLC governance

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June 7th, 2023

Barunga meeting stands strong on the Voice

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May 4th, 2023

New Water Plan is a Disgrace

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April 19th, 2023

Senator Price does not speak for us or most Aboriginal people

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April 3rd, 2023

CLC mourns towering leader and statesman

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April 3rd, 2023

Native title determination to help protect sacred salt lake sites from mining

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March 23rd, 2023

APO NT urges the NT Government to work on solutions to prevent and address the causes of violent crime

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March 20th, 2023

CLC congratulates new NT Aboriginal Investment Corporation chair Barbara Shaw

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March 17th, 2023

Aboriginal rangers to open their hearts and minds to the voice

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March 1st, 2023

Don’t lock community footy out of Alice

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February 21st, 2023

New CLC chair ready to campaign for the voice

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February 8th, 2023

APO NT call for Govts to honour their commitments in National Agreement on Closing the Gap (NT)

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February 1st, 2023

Political Alert – Calling for genuine partnerships amidst Alice Springs crisis (NT)

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December 16th, 2022

APO NT supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart and the Voice to Parliament

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November 29th, 2022

CLC in shock as chair passes away

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October 13th, 2022

Land council chair applauds raising of age of criminal responsibility

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September 29th, 2022

CLC welcomes abolition of Cashless Debit Card

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August 26th, 2022

Historic meeting of NT Land Councils held on Gurindji country

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July 12th, 2022

Independent Experts Say Singleton Horticulture Doesn’t Stack Up

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June 3rd, 2022

CLC farewells Sir Gerard Brennan

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June 2nd, 2022

CLC chair wants to work with all NT representatives in Canberra

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May 23rd, 2022

Central Land Council congratulates Anthony Albanese

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May 12th, 2022

Aboriginal and western knowledge to guide landmark conservation partnership in the red centre

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May 4th, 2022

CLC executive member Barbara Shaw is interim co-chair of the NT Aboriginal Investment Corporation

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April 7th, 2022

CLC elects members of new Aboriginal investment corporation

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April 6th, 2022

New CLC leadership good for young people

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March 15th, 2022

APO NT supports calls from Kumanjayi Walker’s family for improved safety for all Aboriginal people and communities

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March 11th, 2022

Actions need to follow SAG advice on jointly managed parks

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February 23rd, 2022

CLC challenges parties to say how they will fix overcrowding

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February 15th, 2022

Singleton Station: native title holders serve claim against NT’s largest water licence

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February 2nd, 2022

Biosecurity zones will save lives if we all work together

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January 27th, 2022

Open Letter to The Hon Michael Gunner MLA, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory

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January 27th, 2022

Circuit breaker now: CLC supports remote community lockdowns

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January 21st, 2022

APO NT calls for urgent Commonwealth support as the NT COVID response falters

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December 13th, 2021

Central Land Council calls for halt to NT water licence applications

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December 8th, 2021

CLC welcomes new NT treaty commissioner

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December 1st, 2021

Control over Aboriginals Benefit Account comes home to the NT

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November 16th, 2021

Profits before water rights and sites: government pays lip service to Aboriginal voices

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November 11th, 2021

NT vaccination stats: stop the spin and get with the program

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November 8th, 2021

Vale, Mr Furber

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September 9th, 2021

Grace Kemarre Robinya wins 2021 Vincent Lingiari Art Award

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September 7th, 2021

Water-themed Vincent Lingiari Art Award kicks off September season of Aboriginal art and culture in Mparntwe

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August 31st, 2021

NT Government’s Secretive Singleton Station Water License Review Under Fire

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August 30th, 2021

CLC mourns one of the heroes of the Wave Hill Walk Off

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August 12th, 2021

Dozens of sacred sites threatened by controversial NT water licence

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August 10th, 2021

NT government bill threatens joint management of parks and water reform

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August 5th, 2021

The CLC welcomes new Commonwealth funding to Close the Gap

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August 4th, 2021

Scrap controversial water amendments and get on with water reform

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July 26th, 2021

Traditional owners to launch new Yeperenye trail

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July 1st, 2021

Travel Restrictions to Mutitjulu

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May 31st, 2021

Native title holder camp to use multilingual resource to cut through legalese

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May 10th, 2021

Vale NT Land Rights Legend John ‘Christo’ Christopherson

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May 10th, 2021

Vincent Lingiari Art Award asserts Aboriginal water rights

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May 5th, 2021

Native title to be recognised on two Territory stations

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April 22nd, 2021

Council passes resolution to appeal Singleton Station water licence

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March 31st, 2021

Interim CEO to lead CLC during national recruitment drive

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February 9th, 2021

“Too precious to rush this”: NT Government’s water controller urged to delay huge water licence

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February 1st, 2021

Vale Jakamarra Nelson, land rights champion of the first hour

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December 8th, 2020

Statement on today’s vote on the Cashless Debit Card and inquiry food security and pricing

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December 2nd, 2020

Early Christmas present: traditional owners gift Territorians a new tourism and recreation trail

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October 8th, 2020

APO NT call on MPs to oppose the Cashless Debit Card Expansion Bill

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September 9th, 2020

Native title to be recognised on Limbunya Station

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September 9th, 2020

Court ruling to raise remote NT housing standards

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September 7th, 2020

Native title to be recognised on Wave Hill Station

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August 28th, 2020

The time is now to raise the minimal age of criminal responsibility

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August 20th, 2020

Incoming Territory government must legislate for climate action

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July 30th, 2020

Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory: New National Agreement on Closing the Gap

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July 29th, 2020

NT land councils: governments must commit to new community housing model

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July 29th, 2020

NT Land Councils: election must be a watershed for protection of remote drinking supply

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July 14th, 2020

Peak NT Aboriginal orgs: Raise the Rate and create jobs to lift NT Aboriginal people out of poverty

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June 25th, 2020

Northern Territory land councils want borders to stay closed

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April 27th, 2020

Stay home or face two weeks’ quarantine in town

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April 20th, 2020

No more time to waste: Aboriginal leaders demand a guarantee of affordable goods

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April 2nd, 2020

Food security alert: remote communities will defy stay home orders

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March 20th, 2020

NT Aboriginal leadership demands virus special control area now

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March 19th, 2020

CLC backs calls to declare NT a special control area to stop the spread of COVID-19

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March 18th, 2020

CLC calls for suspension of work-for-the-dole scheme, cancels exploration and tourism permits

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March 16th, 2020

Cancel all non essential travel to remote communities

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January 28th, 2020

Former CLC director receives Australia Day honour

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November 11th, 2019

Yuendumu inquiry must be independent, transparent and swift

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November 4th, 2019

Traditional owners to celebrate handback of Ammaroo Station land

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October 29th, 2019

Council unites behind Aboriginal push for constitutional reform

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October 25th, 2019

Anangu to celebrate the unchaining of Uluru

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October 14th, 2019

NT burial bill gets it all wrong by ignoring Aboriginal rites

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September 19th, 2019

Traditional owners ask climate strikers to think of them as the Territory heats up

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September 10th, 2019

NT Aboriginal organisations slam cashless debit card as “another Intervention”

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September 4th, 2019

Eunice Napanangka Jack wins Vincent Lingiari Art Award

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September 2nd, 2019

Vincent Lingiari Art Award entries reflect personal truths

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July 2nd, 2019

Native title to be recognised on Tennant Creek Station

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June 27th, 2019

Indigenous organisations collaborate on feral camel control in the central desert

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June 17th, 2019

Inaugural forum for native title holders of central Australia

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May 3rd, 2019

Rainbow Valley: celebrating native title over NT tourism icon

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April 10th, 2019

CLC under new gender balanced leadership

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March 19th, 2019

CLC congratulates NLC on appointing the first female land council CEO

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March 7th, 2019

Remote Kings Canyon communities invest in secondary education

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March 4th, 2019

Central Land Council Chairman calls for calm on remote housing

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February 18th, 2019

Let the treaty talks begin

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January 30th, 2019

Traditional owners make difficult decisions for animal welfare

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January 24th, 2019

CLC warns of more emergency feral animal culls

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December 4th, 2018

New Year to bring change at the top of the Central Land Council

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November 24th, 2018

Win for remote Aboriginal education at the Indigenous Governance Awards

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November 5th, 2018

Bilby Blitz raises questions about threatened species’ main predator

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October 15th, 2018

Community development champions compete for governance award

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August 23rd, 2018

Coniston Massacre families gather to tell the truth

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June 19th, 2018

Native title to be recognised on Henbury Station

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June 18th, 2018

Anmatyerr native title holders celebrate determination over Pine Hill Station

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June 18th, 2018

Loss of former CLC chair Kumanjayi Granites mourned

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June 8th, 2018

Barunga agreement

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May 22nd, 2018

Native title determination over Andado and New Crown stations

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May 22nd, 2018

Maryvale native title determination triggers difficult memories

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May 11th, 2018

Discriminatory remote work scheme improved but onerous work hrs & harsh penalties will drive poverty

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April 5th, 2018

Land councils and NT agree on a memorandum of understanding for a treaty

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March 21st, 2018

Aboriginal teachers’ book shares lessons from remote community classrooms

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March 19th, 2018

Aboriginal rangers launch the first national Bilby Blitz

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March 13th, 2018

New Aboriginal ranger team to fight threats to Katiti Petermann IPA

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March 11th, 2018

CLC backs further extension of Tennant Creek grog restrictions

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March 9th, 2018

APO NT: Aboriginal Housing Forum 2018

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December 15th, 2017

APO NT: Aboriginal voices finally heard on CDP failure

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December 14th, 2017

Media Statement

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November 21st, 2017

What’s community development? International aid organisations to get answers from the bush

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November 1st, 2017

Between a rock and a hard place no more: Anangu close Uluru climb at last

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October 20th, 2017

Failure guaranteed if you don’t involve us, say Aboriginal organisations

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September 25th, 2017

Emily Gap custodians launch Anthwerrke interactive tour for visitors

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September 20th, 2017

CLC delegates want a say about an Indigenous voice to parliament

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September 8th, 2017

APO NT: Aboriginal organisations call to replace discriminatory Work for the Dole scheme

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August 1st, 2017

Phillip Creek native title determination to trigger memories

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June 1st, 2017

Traditional owners rejoice at NT government’s ban of mining in Watarrka National Park

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May 8th, 2017

Custodians seek prosecution and grog ban over sacred site desecration at Karlu Karlu

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May 3rd, 2017

First native title determination in the Northern Territory’s South

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April 4th, 2017

Native title over Mount Riddock, Aileron stations and Nolan Bore to be declared

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April 3rd, 2017

Constitutional Reform: Central Australian Aboriginal meeting calls for substantive change

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March 23rd, 2017

Aboriginal Peak Organisations welcome Senate inquiry into Community Development Program

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March 16th, 2017

Township leasing our way: Mutitjulu celebrates its community-driven model

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December 8th, 2016

Township leasing our way: CLC approves community driven model for Mutitjulu

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December 7th, 2016

First Aboriginal carbon business in the CLC region wins contract for savannah burning

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December 1st, 2016

CLC to help organise Central Australian constitutional recognition referendum debates

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November 21st, 2016

Digital innovation from the Tanami Desert puts indigenous land managers across the globe in control

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November 11th, 2016

CLC says phase out ‘cops at shops’ policy and provide extra support for families affected by grog

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September 1st, 2016

Hetti Perkins’ art pick celebrates 40 years of land rights

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August 24th, 2016

NT land councils call for Indigenous led Northern development

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August 17th, 2016

Constitutional recognition must deliver benefits and enable treaties

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August 17th, 2016

CLC delegates pick their favourite from Vincent Lingiari Art Award entries

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August 17th, 2016

Joint land council meeting asserts Aboriginal control over ABA funds

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August 2nd, 2016

APO NT: Opportunity for a fresh start on the Royal Commission

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July 29th, 2016

Royal Commission compromised from the start

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July 27th, 2016

Royal Commission: ‘do it with us, not to us’ NT Aboriginal organisations write to PM

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June 20th, 2016

Native title on Mt Denison and Narwietooma stations celebrated

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June 3rd, 2016

Another piece of Simpson puzzle to be returned to traditional owners

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May 27th, 2016

CLC welcomes Labor’s promise to invest in indigenous ranger jobs

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April 29th, 2016

CLC congratulates NT communities on their successful campaign against a nuclear waste dump

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April 20th, 2016

CLC confirms leadership duo, condemns top-down ABA ‘reform’

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April 18th, 2016

CLC delegates to elect new leadership team

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April 6th, 2016

Native title recognition at last for Stirling and Neutral Junction

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October 7th, 2014

Sandover Native Title rights recognised at last

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May 9th, 2014

Native Title recognition at the birthplace of Land Rights and for Bushy Park Station

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July 2nd, 2013

Native Title recognition at Mount Doreen Station

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July 2nd, 2013

Native Title recognition at Napperby Station

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August 12th, 2012

Native Title recognised at Lake Nash and Georgina Downs

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July 31st, 2011

Neutral Junction native title consent determination

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July 1st, 2011

Kurundi Native Title Consent Determination

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April 12th, 2011

Ooratippra Consent Determination

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December 8th, 2010

Newhaven Consent Determination

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April 1st, 2010

Singleton Consent Determination

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August 9th, 2009

Pine Hill Consent Determination

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October 28th, 2008

Devils Marbles handed back to traditional owners

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October 1st, 2007

Tennant Creek consent a first for Australia

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July 29th, 2005

Appeal reinforces Native Title Holder’s rights

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