MEDIA RELEASES

February 12th, 2025
Personal statement from Warren Williams, CLC chair: “My mistakes are teaching others, my work is to both change and save lives”
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July 18th, 2023
APONT: We need a voice to close the widening gap in the Northern Territory
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October 10th, 2024
CLC backs native title holders as current council term draws to a close
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July 8th, 2024
CLC celebrates Warlpiri Education and Training Trust winning a NAIDOC week award
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May 21st, 2024
Native title determination at Huckitta Station to be the strongest of its kind
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February 28th, 2024
“Not going to let it go”: native title holders appeal Singleton water licence ruling
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February 12th, 2024
New Tennant Creek Ranger Hub marks 20 years of progress for Muru-warinyi Ankkul Rangers
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January 31st, 2024
CLC to seek instructions following Supreme Court decision on Singleton water licence
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April 3rd, 2023
Native title determination to help protect sacred salt lake sites from mining
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March 23rd, 2023
APO NT urges the NT Government to work on solutions to prevent and address the causes of violent crime
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March 20th, 2023
CLC congratulates new NT Aboriginal Investment Corporation chair Barbara Shaw
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February 8th, 2023
APO NT call for Govts to honour their commitments in National Agreement on Closing the Gap (NT)
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February 1st, 2023
Political Alert – Calling for genuine partnerships amidst Alice Springs crisis (NT)
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December 16th, 2022
APO NT supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart and the Voice to Parliament
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May 12th, 2022
Aboriginal and western knowledge to guide landmark conservation partnership in the red centre
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May 4th, 2022
CLC executive member Barbara Shaw is interim co-chair of the NT Aboriginal Investment Corporation
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March 15th, 2022
APO NT supports calls from Kumanjayi Walker’s family for improved safety for all Aboriginal people and communities
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February 15th, 2022
Singleton Station: native title holders serve claim against NT’s largest water licence
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January 27th, 2022
Open Letter to The Hon Michael Gunner MLA, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
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January 21st, 2022
APO NT calls for urgent Commonwealth support as the NT COVID response falters
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November 16th, 2021
Profits before water rights and sites: government pays lip service to Aboriginal voices
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September 7th, 2021
Water-themed Vincent Lingiari Art Award kicks off September season of Aboriginal art and culture in Mparntwe
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August 31st, 2021
NT Government’s Secretive Singleton Station Water License Review Under Fire
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May 31st, 2021
Native title holder camp to use multilingual resource to cut through legalese
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February 9th, 2021
“Too precious to rush this”: NT Government’s water controller urged to delay huge water licence
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December 8th, 2020
Statement on today’s vote on the Cashless Debit Card and inquiry food security and pricing
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December 2nd, 2020
Early Christmas present: traditional owners gift Territorians a new tourism and recreation trail
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July 30th, 2020
Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory: New National Agreement on Closing the Gap
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July 29th, 2020
NT Land Councils: election must be a watershed for protection of remote drinking supply
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July 14th, 2020
Peak NT Aboriginal orgs: Raise the Rate and create jobs to lift NT Aboriginal people out of poverty
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April 20th, 2020
No more time to waste: Aboriginal leaders demand a guarantee of affordable goods
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March 19th, 2020
CLC backs calls to declare NT a special control area to stop the spread of COVID-19
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March 18th, 2020
CLC calls for suspension of work-for-the-dole scheme, cancels exploration and tourism permits
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September 19th, 2019
Traditional owners ask climate strikers to think of them as the Territory heats up
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September 10th, 2019
NT Aboriginal organisations slam cashless debit card as “another Intervention”
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June 27th, 2019
Indigenous organisations collaborate on feral camel control in the central desert
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November 24th, 2018
Win for remote Aboriginal education at the Indigenous Governance Awards
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June 18th, 2018
Anmatyerr native title holders celebrate determination over Pine Hill Station
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May 11th, 2018
Discriminatory remote work scheme improved but onerous work hrs & harsh penalties will drive poverty
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March 21st, 2018
Aboriginal teachers’ book shares lessons from remote community classrooms
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November 21st, 2017
What’s community development? International aid organisations to get answers from the bush
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November 1st, 2017
Between a rock and a hard place no more: Anangu close Uluru climb at last
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October 20th, 2017
Failure guaranteed if you don’t involve us, say Aboriginal organisations
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September 8th, 2017
APO NT: Aboriginal organisations call to replace discriminatory Work for the Dole scheme
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June 1st, 2017
Traditional owners rejoice at NT government’s ban of mining in Watarrka National Park
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May 8th, 2017
Custodians seek prosecution and grog ban over sacred site desecration at Karlu Karlu
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April 4th, 2017
Native title over Mount Riddock, Aileron stations and Nolan Bore to be declared
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April 3rd, 2017
Constitutional Reform: Central Australian Aboriginal meeting calls for substantive change
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March 23rd, 2017
Aboriginal Peak Organisations welcome Senate inquiry into Community Development Program
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March 16th, 2017
Township leasing our way: Mutitjulu celebrates its community-driven model
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December 8th, 2016
Township leasing our way: CLC approves community driven model for Mutitjulu
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December 7th, 2016
First Aboriginal carbon business in the CLC region wins contract for savannah burning
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December 1st, 2016
CLC to help organise Central Australian constitutional recognition referendum debates
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November 21st, 2016
Digital innovation from the Tanami Desert puts indigenous land managers across the globe in control
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November 11th, 2016
CLC says phase out ‘cops at shops’ policy and provide extra support for families affected by grog
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August 17th, 2016
CLC delegates pick their favourite from Vincent Lingiari Art Award entries
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July 27th, 2016
Royal Commission: ‘do it with us, not to us’ NT Aboriginal organisations write to PM
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April 29th, 2016
CLC congratulates NT communities on their successful campaign against a nuclear waste dump
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May 9th, 2014
Native Title recognition at the birthplace of Land Rights and for Bushy Park Station
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