8 November 2022
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) has welcomed the report, handed down yesterday, into the commencement of the Fisheries Management Amendment Act 2009.
“It’s simple. The NSW Government must immediately end the prosecutions of Aboriginal people exercising their cultural fishing rights.…
3 November 2022
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) and NTSCORP Limited (NTSCORP) condemn the proposed changes to NSW fisheries management legislation and the continual criminalisation of Aboriginal Peoples’ fundamental human right to practise our culture and fish in accordance with our laws and customs.…
19 September 2022
Moratorium on Aboriginal Cultural Fishing Prosecutions Needed Now As Charge Against Elder Dropped
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) continues to call for an immediate moratorium on prosecuting Aboriginal people for cultural fishing, following the NSW Government’s withdrawal of a final charge against Yuin Elder Kevin Mason recently.…
20 October 2021
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) calls on the NSW Government to support Aboriginal cultural fishing practices by ending the prosecutions of Aboriginal people exercising their cultural fishing rights.
This follows recent media coverage of the 2018 apprehension of 74-year-old Kevin Mason by NSW Fisheries officers, where the great-grandfather was chased into the sea at Narooma because of a small bag of abalone with which he was going to feed his family.…
