New building, new era for CLC
Above: Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny
Macklin and CLC chairman Lindsay Bookie cut
the ribbon to open the land council's new building.
About 500 of the Central Land Council's constituents and guests attended the opening of the CLC's new office in Alice Springs on June the 11th.
The building will accommodate 140 staff members who were formerly spread around Alice Springs in five separate offices.
The new building will have the Northern Territory’s first Green Star four star design rating, which requires significant energy and water efficiencies.
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Parks and reserves handed back
Above:Traditional owners receive the title to their land during
a ceremony for the hand back of parks and reserves near Alice Springs..
Nine reserves and parks in the East MacDonnell Ranges near Alice Springs and to the south of the town have been handed back to traditional owners.
The Central Land Council said the parks and reserves host many sites of cultural significance to traditional owners.
The parks and reserves will be jointly managed by the Northern Territory’s Parks and Wildlife Service and traditional owners. ...Read More
