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A list of the latest native title and PBC news.

'It'll haunt you forever': Traditional owners warn climbers of perils entering FNQ's 'Bermuda Triangle'

21 Oct, 2018

To Indigenous traditional owners, Kalkajaka is a sacred battlefield of both spirits and warring clan groups. To tourists, Kalkajaka is Black Mountain — an eerie and striking landform along the Trevathan Range that many feel compelled to...

Native Title Registrar registers six South West Native Title Settlement Agreements

19 Oct, 2018

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Proper consent not given for Origin fracking: traditional owners

17 Oct, 2018

Traditional owners in the Northern Territory say Origin Energy did not properly consult them when seeking permission to drill for gas in the Beetaloo Basin, 500 kilometres south-east of Darwin. The energy giant is under...

Australia's biggest native title settlement, worth $1.3b, registered three years after deal struck

17 Oct, 2018

Australia's largest native title settlement, worth about $1.3 billion, has been officially accepted for registration, more than three years after a deal was struck to resolve claims in the state's South West. The step...

Traditional owners to tell Origin Energy it has not gained consent for fracking on their land

16 Oct, 2018

A group of Indigenous traditional owners from remote parts of the Northern Territory will travel to Origin Energy's annual general meeting in Sydney on Wednesday to tell shareholders they have not given permission for the company to frack...

Native Title extinguished over Anzac High School site

15 Oct, 2018

Native Title has been extinguished over the Anzac Oval and the area occupied by the old Anzac Hill High School (pictured), according to Lauren Moss, Minister for Tourism and Culture. “No Indigenous Land Use Agreements are required in...

Native Title Act

The day an Aboriginal march stopped the miners and gave birth to a land council

1 Oct, 2018

The Kimberley celebrates the 40th anniversary of the influential Noonkanbah march. Hundreds of Aboriginal people from across the Kimberley have recreated the historic Noonkanbah march, to mark the 40th anniversary of...

NTRB (Native Title Representative Body)

Aboriginal community wins 20-year Pilbara native title battle

27 Sep, 2018

An Aboriginal community has won a 20-year battle to be recognised as the native title holders of about 40,000 square kilometres of land in Western Australia's Pilbara region, including the mining town Newman. The Nyiyaparli...

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Caesium mine extracting very rare ore, and an Australian first, opens in WA's Norseman

21 Sep, 2018

Australia's first commercial caesium mine was officially opened yesterday in Western Australia. It makes the Sinclair project, owned by Pioneer Resources, 40km north of Norseman just the third mine of its kind in the world. The other two are in...

NT Aboriginal rangers offered govt grants

21 Sep, 2018

The Northern Territory Government is inviting applications from Aboriginal Ranger groups for more than $12 million in grants.

Rangers Funding