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.…
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.…
1 September 2021
COVID-19 Across NSW Western Communities A Wake-Up Call for Government
NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) Councillors for the Western, North Western and Central Regions say the tragic spread of COVID-19 across Western NSW is an indictment of government failure to protect its citizens.…
1 July 2021
Applications Open for NSW Aboriginal Land Council’s Educational Scholarship
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council’s (NSWALC) Educational Scholarship is now open for applications from today, 1 July 2021.
The NSWALC Educational Scholarship provides two $10,000 scholarships across NSW and is aimed at Aboriginal students in their penultimate year at university.…
29 June 2021
NSW Aboriginal Land Council Announces Acting Chief Executive Officer
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) has appointed Mr Yuseph Deen as its Acting Chief Executive Officer.
Originally from the Cairns region of North Queensland, Mr Deen is a descendant of the Wuthathi peoples of Cape York with customary family connections to the Gunggandji peoples and ancestral connections to the Western Islands of the Torres Strait.…
Friday, 25 June 2021
First NSW Implementation Plan For Closing The Gap
The NSW Government and the NSW Coalition of Aboriginal Peak Organisations (NSW CAPO) have launched the State’s first Implementation Plan under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap.  Â
The Plan sets out the Government’s formal roadmap to achieve meaningful reform in four priority areas outlined in the National Agreement, as well as a fifth NSW-specific priority reform focusing on employment, business growth and economic prosperity for First Nations people.       …
23 June 2021
NSW Aboriginal Land Council State Wide Grants Successful Applications 2021-2022
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) is pleased to announce the successful applications for the 2021-2022 Round of the State Wide Grants program.
The NSWALC State Wide Grants program provides grants for organisations and events of statewide Aboriginal participation and significance, that support and promote Aboriginal culture and/or sporting achievement.…
18 June 2021
The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) is searching for a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) following the resignation of James Christian from the position he has held for the past four and a half years.
NSWALC Chair, Anne Dennis said Mr Christian leaves NSWALC and the Land Rights network in a strong position.…
10 June 2021
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) today celebrates the 38th anniversary of the proclamation of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act (1983) (ALRA), a key piece of legislation that created a process to return land to Aboriginal people, established a system of independent Aboriginal Land Councils and recognised the dispossession of Aboriginal people in NSW.…
26 May 2021
Four years on from the release of the historic Uluru Statement from the Heart, Australia’s largest member-based Aboriginal organisation says any attempt to introduce a Voice to Parliament not enshrined in the Constitution, would not have the support of First Nations peoples.…
