Gunlom Falls exposes cracks in Kakadu Park management ‘marriage’
A five-year fight over an illegal walkway has brought up dark memories of dispossession and voicelessness for Kakadu National Park Traditional Owners.
Voice to Parliament
A Voice to Parliament would involve elected First Nations leaders forming a representative body advising governments at all levels on issues that directly impact Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Uluru Statement from the Heart — a document signed by more than 250 First Nations leaders that calls for ‘structural reform’ — appeals for a Voice to Parliament to be constitutionally enshrined.Follow our investigative coverage as the federal Labor government moves to pursue its 2022 election promise to include a Voice to Parliament.
Climate change risks thrown out in Top End fracking appeal
A gas company is celebrating a ‘vindicating’ victory after a Territory court rejected the threat of ‘unsustainable greenhouse gas emissions’ as a relevant environmental risk for a Beetaloo fracking project.
‘Wasteful’ Native Title inquiry knocked back
An opposition campaign to grill Aboriginal Corporations and land councils has been called ‘wasteful’ and ‘destructive’, due to an ongoing investigation into the Native Title Act.
Glencore to plead over alleged NT sacred site breach
A mining giant has indicated it will plead over allegations it illegally worked on a sacred ‘Barramundi Dreaming’ site, which sits next to the mine’s mountain of rock waste.
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New justice agreement to be signed at Treaty birthplace
Thirty-six years after a Prime Minister promised a Treaty at Barunga Festival, the Territory Government is expected to sign a historic agreement giving Barunga and Wugularr communities a greater say in law, culture and justice issues.
Potential path to NT Voice sparks political rift
Battlelines have been drawn over an inquiry into a future Voice to parliament, with Labor calling for all future policies to provide an explanation on how it will impact the human rights of Territorians. But others warn this may become a ‘tick the box’ exercise.
‘Creators of their own destiny’: Historic agreement signed in Arnhem Land
A remote community – known as the place where the Dreaming changed shape – has struck a historic 10-year agreement with the NT government.
Majority of NT ministers fly to Arnhem Land
A town in the heart of Arnhem Land has called the Territory’s leaders to their doorstep to sign a new agreement over their community’s future.
Aussie rock legend calls out plans for Kakadu
An Australian rock legend has claimed “people will be ready to rally from every corner of the nation” if a uranium licence is extended in Kakadu National Park.
Radioactive battle lines drawn over NT mine proposal
Territorians are fighting to expand Kakadu National Park to stop another radiactive scar from being carved into Country.
NT Treaty process not ‘mucking around’
The Attorney-General has recommitted NT to a Treaty pathway following last year’s Voice failure. ‘We don’t need the rest of the country’s permission to do what we need to do.’
Protesters vow to block bulldozers ahead of Lee Point clearing date
Save Lee Point activist face a ticking clock as a date has been set for land clearing to resume for a controversial Top End housing development.
Echoes of NT Intervention slammed as ‘draconian’ and ‘racist’
Territorians alarmed by the revival of Intervention-Era politics have slammed calls for military and federal police to be rolled out on the streets, punitive income management and leaders who said remote communities had a “culture of not working”.
New Northern Land Council chair elected
One of the most powerful voices in Territory politics has announced its new leader, five months after the passing of Dr Bush-Blanasi.
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