NT schools 'a front for township lease'

A RESIDENT of Yirrkala community in Arnhem Land says the visit of the indigenous affairs minister is a front to push the issue of township leasing.

A PROMINENT Arnhem Land indigenous artist has questioned whether a government minister's school attendance visit was used to push the remote community to agree to a 99-year lease of their land.

TRADITIONAL owner Banduk Marika was unhappy that government officials visited her community at Yirrkala Beach early on Friday morning, saying residents had not been notified of the visit.