24 October 2022
NSWALC is urging other LALCs and supporters to get behind the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage (ACH) march set down for next month.
The march will be held at Parliament House on 8 November 2022, to coincide with the handing down of the report by an Upper House Inquiry into the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage (Culture is Identity) Bill 2022.…
26 July 2022
A New CEO for the NSW Aboriginal Land Council
The elected Council of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) is pleased to announce, after a lengthy and extensive recruitment process, Mr Yuseph Deen as the peak body’s Chief Executive Officer on a three-year term.…
26 July 2022
A New CEO for the NSW Aboriginal Land Council
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) is very pleased to announce Mr Yuseph Deen as the peak body’s new Chief Executive Officer on a three-year term.
Yuseph is a descendant of the Wuthathi peoples, with customary family connections to the Gunggandji peoples, as well as ancestral connections to the near Western Islands of the Torres Strait.…
24 June 2022
The NSW Government has handed down its 2022-2023 budget. Importantly this budget included funding for Closing the Gap initiatives.
A total of $716 million has been committed over four years for programs, policies and initiatives for Aboriginal people in NSW.…
24 June 2022
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) would like to inform the Land Rights Network that the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage (Culture is Identity) Bill 2022 (the Bill) has now been introduced in NSW Parliament. Reverend the Hon. Fred Nile MLC read the Bill in the Legislative Council on Wednesday 22 June.…
16 June 2022
Support for New Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill in NSW
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) provides our in-principle support for the Hon. Reverend Fred Nile’s Aboriginal Cultural Heritage (Culture is Identity) Bill 2022.
The Aboriginal Cultural Heritage (Culture is Identity) Bill 2022 (the Bill)is a meaningful starting point to reform Aboriginal culture and heritage protection for future generations of Australians.…
16 June 2022
Support for New Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill in NSW
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) understands the Hon. Reverend Fred Nile intends to introduce the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage (Culture is Identity) Bill 2022 (the Bill) into NSW Parliament next week.…
25 October 2021
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC), Tamworth Local Aboriginal Land Council (TLALC) and Armidale Region Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place (ACCKP) are very pleased to announce the forthcoming repatriation of significant Aboriginal artefacts to the Tamworth Aboriginal Community.…
11 February 2021
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) would like to congratulate university student Kyle Plant, who has been awarded the 2021 NSW Aboriginal Land Council Educational Scholarship.
The $10,000 Scholarship is aimed at penultimate year students at a tertiary institution in NSW.…
8 February 2021
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) is pleased to announce that Wiradjuri man Mr Aaron Chamberlain has been successful with his application to the NSWALC Fishing Fund.
The Fishing Advisory Committee unanimously recommended providing a grant to Mr Chamberlain to enable him to purchase an established business ‘Hawkesbury River Seafood,’ with 200 shares in estuary prawn trawl, a fully licensed boat, and equipment.…
