Land Rights News December 2009
Top stories from the Central Australian region
Feral menace crisis
Central Land Council staff worked around the clock to deal with a camel invasion of unprecedented proportions at the small community of Docker River near the West Australian border. read more>>
Aerial burning the way of the future in the Tanami
For the first time, traditional owners have used aerial burning technology to keep country healthy in two of Australia’s most remote areas. read more>>
Racial Discrimination Act out until 2010 - The Federal Labor government has failed to reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (RDA) despite repeated assurances that it would do so when it was elected in 2007.
And income quarantining roll out starts going national... read more>>.
Renal ban leaves lives in the balance
The organisation that runs renal dialysis services for Aboriginal people from the Western Desert says it remains deeply worried about a Northern Territory Government order that patients from the West Australian side of the border travel to Perth for treatment rather than Alice Springs. read more>>
Community development
Warlpiri spend royalties on community projects
A Central Australian mining royalty association is leading the way in community development. read more>>
$19 million in ABA grants across the NT read more>>
Willlowra and Mutitjulu community development projects get a boost read more>>
OBITUARIES
M (Kunmanara) Wilson -The Pitjantjatjara Woman Who Stopped the World
J. Egan
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