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Projected publication dates:
2 April 2012, 14 July 2012, 25 October 2012
an Australian Government statutory authority covering an area of 750,000 square kilometres in the southern half of the Northern Territory. Approximately 24,000 Aboriginal people live in the CLC's region and speak more than 15 different languages.
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Above: A Ltyentye Apurte (Santa Teresa) CLC Ranger cutting off a fire near the Maryvale Road.
The Central Land Council believes that it’s time to take the next step in improving fire management on Aboriginal land.David Ross, Director of the Central Land Council, said that it’s in everybody’s interests that resources for Indigenous efforts in fire management be significantly boosted to deal with the vast tracts of land across the Territory.
The Central Land Council is calling for a freeze on processing exploration permit applications involving fraccing until a proper regulatory framework is in place and environmental assessments have been undertaken.
Both the Australian Government and the Northern Territory Government are now committed to a ‘secure tenure’ policy, which stipulates that those operating on Aboriginal land should hold a formal legal interest (eg. a lease, licence or other interest) in the land on which their assets are located. Administrative interests already granted, will expire at the end of the Intervention on 17 August 2012.
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The Central Land Council has congratulated its Aboriginal ranger groups in Central Australia which helped to greatly reduce the impact of the recent wildfires in the region.
Thirty years after it was set up, several hundred people gathered at Kintore near the Western Australian border last yearto remember the events and personalities who helped shape the destiny of the Pintupi people and the community of Kintore.
Traditional owners of the Neutral Junction area hope that the Federal Court’s decision to recognise their native title rights over their country will help them to protect a critical cluster of sacred sites.
Central Land Council is mourning the loss of a well respected staff member and important figure in the Northern Territory’s history.
