Land Rights News (August 2012)
Volume 2, Number 2. News and views for Aboriginal communities in central Australia. A Central Land Council (CLC) publication.
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New Chairman for the CLC
The CLC has a new Chair and Deputy.
Five Year Leases Come to an End
The controversial five-year leases the Howard Government took out over all major communities in Central Australia will expire on August 18 this year.
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Four handbacks to benefit Aboriginal traditional land owners
The federal Indigenous Affairs minister celebrated with traditional owners as four parcels of land were handed back.
Conservation zone, biggest in the land
Hundreds of Warlpiri people turned up at a remote campsite in the Tanami Desert early in July to celebrate the declaration of more than 100,000 sq km of their country as an Indigenous Protected Area.
Rogue roadhouses refuse Opal
The federal government is under pressure to force roadhouses to stop selling ‘sniffable’ petrol in areas affected by petrol sniffing.
Royalties fund old peoples home
Yapa community is continually taking care of the elderly with GMAAAC support.