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Traditional owners are celebrating a native title ruling over a stretch of 185,000 hectares in the Herbert River Valley in North Queensland allowing them to benefit culturally and economically. The Federal Court has formally recognised the Warrgamay People's rights under native title cover an area from Lucinda on the coast, up to and along the Seaview Range and into Girringun National Park.

At 15,000 square kilometres, the size of the recently proposed Western Green Energy Hub in Western Australia is hard to fathom. That’s half the size of Belgium – larger than the area of Greater Sydney.

The project sits on Native Title land on the edge of the Nullarbor Plain; the Mirning Traditional Lands Aboriginal Corporation will also have a stake in the project through Mirning Green Energy Limited.

Magazine Hill, located on the site of the New Century mine, was traditionally used as a camp site for recently initiated men. The Waanyi Native Title Aboriginal Corporation agreed to excavation around the hill. A group of Waanyi elders is trying to stop the excavation for fears the hill will be damaged or destroyed.

Kevin Mason, a 74-year-old great-grandfather, was arrested after he was seen taking abalone. Mr Mason's fight is at the heart of a long-running dispute over Aboriginal people's right to hunt and gather in their waters. Fisheries officers say the government needs to manage the stocks on behalf of the "whole community".

The McGowan Labor Government has today committed more than $374 million to ensure positive outcomes for Aboriginal people and communities.

The funding is split over three key policy areas: building strong communities, improving health and well-being, and delivering social and economic opportunities.

Indigenous communities are calling on governments to find better ways of using mining royalties to close the gap.

Many Aboriginal leaders had hoped that regaining land rights would improve community living conditions, and they're now sad to see cash royalties in some cases exacerbating social damage.

Nominations are open for the 2021 State and Territory KPMG Indigenous Land Management Award that acknowledges an outstanding Indigenous community group or individual that is working towards improving land use and/or enhancing or protecting an area on behalf of the community.

STILL an emerging sector, carbon farming has been gaining traction in Western Australia, particularly in the pastoral regions and it is now looked upon favourably by most banks.

Service South Australia allows its customers to add a traditional place name to their address on driver's licence. SA Native Title Services has concerns over the accuracy of native place names and titles.

A $34 million land rights deal between the Andrews government and a First Nations group is in limbo after the National Native Title Tribunal refused to register a key component of it. The Native Title Registrar this month informed the Taungurung Land and Waters Council it had not registered an Indigenous land use agreement struck as part of the 2018 deal, covering 20,000 square kilometres of central Victoria.