The announcement by Gumatj Elders of the new Dilak Land Council, a breakaway from the powerful Northern Land Council, took ...

A proposal to return nearly 5 hectares of land at Hobart's Queens Domain to Aboriginal custodians passes its first hurdle after the city's council voted to provide in-principle support.

Cultural burning is proactive, while Western-style controlled burning, also called hazard reduction burning, is reactive. A firefighter sprays foam retardant on a back burn ahead of a fire front in ...

Locals of an affluent suburbs have been left stunned by a landmark Aboriginal land claim to take control of an area of a popular Sydney park. The land in question is approximately 150,000 sqm of ...

A tract of country twice the size of Singapore has been returned to traditional owners.

The Tasmanian Aboriginal community is battling bureaucracy over the future of a sacred site and an unpaid rates bill. Read about their concerns. Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania manager Rebecca ...

The backlog of land claims in NSW has hit a record high only partly due to the 3163 claims lodged by Aboriginal land councils in the 12 months to July 30. It is largely the result of decades of ...

The NT’s four Aboriginal land councils have accused the CLP government of ‘racist’ policies and sidelining Indigenous authority, in one of the most sweeping political displays by the group in recent ...

Consultation now open on reforms to remove barriers to transferring Aboriginal Lands Trust land into direct Aboriginal controlSessions to be held ...