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A list of the latest native title and PBC news.

How are trustees managing the precious resources of native title groups?

2 Jan, 2019

If these Future Funds / native title super funds are not protected in the same way as superannuation, Aboriginal people who might otherwise be self-sufficient could end up repeating the cycle of intergenerational welfare.

Bonita Mabo: tributes pour in for 'mother of native title'

27 Dec, 2018

Tributes are flowing for the “matriarch of reconciliation”, Bonita Mabo, an activist and reconciliation advocate in her own right who was the wife of the land rights champion Eddie “Koiki” Mabo. She has died in Townsville, surrounded by...

Australia mourns loss of gentle and stoic mother of native title

27 Dec, 2018

Tributes flowed this week as Australia mourned the death of the mother of native title, Bonita Mabo. Dr Mabo, the wife of Eddie Mabo, worked tirelessly alongside her husband for land rights. She passed away just days after being...

‘Divide and conquer’: fracking developers campaign to Indigenous groups

5 Dec, 2018

Traditional owners say a lack of information, the promise of cash and the sheer size of potential land to be fracked are creating confusion in Western Australia. Indigenous traditional owners from a remote part of Western Australia fear...

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Feral cats close to being eradicated by Indigenous rangers on remote West Island

3 Dec, 2018

On the remote West Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Indigenous rangers say after years of hard work, there is now just one feral cat left on the island. An eradication program by the local Li-Anthawirriyarra Sea Rangers has used...

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Native title win for Nanda people in WA

30 Nov, 2018

The Nanda people have been formally recognised by the Federal Court as the native title holders of more than 17,000 square kilometres of land in WA.

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'It is not about money': Australia's largest native title settlement challenged again

30 Nov, 2018

A group of Noongar traditional owners lodge application for judicial review Australia’s largest native title settlement is facing a second legal challenge from a group of traditional owners who say the process was...

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Book reflects on Pilbara native title

23 Nov, 2018

A book about the history of native title between Pilbara traditional owners and Rio Tinto, told through the first-hand accounts of key players, was launched in Roebourne last Thursday. About 60 people gathered...

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Fracking threatens Aboriginal land rights in pristine Western Australia country

22 Nov, 2018

As demand for cleaner fossil fuel-burning alternative grows, Australian company Buru Energy is exploring fracking in the pristine Kimberley Region amid the Aboriginal peoples’ strong objections Ki.mberley Region amid the...

Native Title Act Mining

Native title groups swindled of millions by trustees

21 Nov, 2018

Native title groups are potentially being swindled of millions of dollars a year when handing hard-won money over to trustee companies to manage. There’s recently been a Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking,...

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