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- 14 October 2008
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- 31 July 2008 2008
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- 24 July 2008 2008
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- 17 July 2008 2008
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- 11 July 2008 2008
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- 8 July 2008 2008
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- 30 May 2008
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- 27 May 2008
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- 9 May 2008
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- 18 February 2008
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- 15 February 2008
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- 22 January 2008
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- 26 November 2007
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- 21 November 2007
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12 December 2002
Central Land Council Director David Ross today expressed support for a negotiated settlement of the Yorta Yorta people's native title claim.
Mr Ross said, "I sympathise with the Yorta Yorta people's distress at the High Court's decision today rejecting recognition of their native title rights. There is no doubting the Yorta Yorta people's ancestral and moral rights over their traditional lands.
"However, in ten short years, since native title was finally recognised by the courts, it has been so whittled away by successive legislation and judgements that few people in parts of Australia will benefit from it.
"I support ATSIC Chairman Geoff Clark's call today for a negotiated settlement of the claim recognising the Yorta Yorta people's traditional ownership of their lands. While their claim has failed in the strict legal confines of the High Court, the Yorta Yorta people still have their dignity and our recognition of them as descendants of the original inhabitants of their country.
"I call on the Federal, NSW and Victorian governments to negotiate in good faith a moral and legal land settlement with the Yorta Yorta people, returning rights to their traditional country", Mr Ross said.