Central Land Council
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CLC Press Releases
- 18 December 2008
- Senate see sense over waste dump ›› more
- 28 October 2008
- Devils Marbles handed back to traditional owners ›› more
- 27 October 2008
- Tanami Regional Partnership Agreement ›› more
- 27 October 2008
- Warlpiri use royalties to build Yuendumu Pool ›› more
- 15 October 2008
- Minister looks for distraction ›› more
- 14 October 2008
- CLC response to NTER review ›› more
- 14 August 2008 2008
- Communities have their say on intervention ›› more
- 31 July 2008 2008
- Fairfax news in bad taste ›› more
- 24 July 2008 2008
- election: accountability needed ›› more
- 17 July 2008 2008
- Royal commission needed into NT funding ›› more
- 11 July 2008 2008
- Simpson Desert: the last land rights claim under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act ›› more
- 8 July 2008 2008
- Sacred site damage at Wilora ›› more
- 30 May 2008
- Seal the Mereenie Loop Road Now ›› more
- 27 May 2008
- Angela Pamela Negotiations ›› more
- 9 May 2008
- Angela Pamela and the native title process ›› more
- 18 February 2008
- Coalition should support permit system ›› more
- 15 February 2008
- Politicians threaten to derail fresh start ›› more
- 22 January 2008
- Police ignorance upsets Lajamanu community ›› more
- 26 November 2007
- Optimism for a fresh consensual approach on Aboriginal affairs ›› more
- 21 November 2007
- Concerns over Central Petroleum tactics ›› more
Minister looks for a distraction
The Central Land Council says that Hermannsburg is an ideal example of a community which has opened part of its town to visitors and retained the permits system to protect the privacy of its citizens in the rest of the community.
“Yuendumu is another example of a community which has opened areas to visitors who wish to buy fuel or visit the arts centre but retains permits for its housing and other private areas,” CLC Director David Ross said today.
“Both of these communities have informally declared these areas open through consensus. If they wished to formalise the arrangements, it would be simple process of requesting the CLC to ask the Administrator of the NT to declare the area open under the Aboriginal Land Act,” he said.
“The overwhelming message we get from our 93 members throughout CLC's region - the southern half of the Northern Territory - is that Aboriginal people want to retain their permits.
“And in our survey for our review of the Northern Territory Emergency Response, 94 per cent of respondents said they wished to retain the permit system. This was also a finding by the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) review board.
“I think Minister Scrymgour is looking to provide a distraction from the more serious problems facing the Northern Territory Government at this time,” Mr Ross said.
Contact: Jane Hodson 0417877579
15 october 2008