For nearly a decade Gkuthaarn woman Leanne Edwards and her people fought for native title recognition over land in the Gulf of Carpentaria where their ancestors had lived for thousands of years. In ...
The court also ruled that the WA government will be able to retain the full benefit of the mining royalties collected from the Solomon Hub Project.
More than 30 years after Mabo’s historic high court win, almost 50% of Australia is covered by some kind of land agreement with First Nations peoples Follow our Australia news live blog for latest ...
It’s taken a decade and more than 100 documents submitted to the federal court for First Nations peoples but they’ve cleared a major hurdle in the fight to get native title determinations over a large ...
Recently, the Federal Court awarded the biggest Native Title compensation payout ever in Australia to the Yindjibarndi people ...
In early 2024 a war erupted in the tiny Queensland town of Toobeah, 330km southwest of Brisbane, over a controversial freehold transfer of land to the local Indigenous corporation – a move that was ...
In a significant win for the Gomeroi People, the Federal Court has ruled climate change impacts must be properly considered when determining whether a fossil fuel project can go ahead on native title ...
Will beaches, mountain climbs, and national parks be closed? Will it harder to be develop land in Queensland? Will it affect my building project? Will native title holders be able to come onto my ...
After almost six years, the Western Bundjalung people of northern New South Wales, have been granted their native title by the Federal Court. The Western Bundjalung people of northern New South Wales ...
It remains one of the biggest talking points of today, but Queensland’s native title debate clearly isn’t going anywhere. For decades it has divided many across the state, sparking battles in ...