12 December 2022
NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) would like to wish all Local Aboriginal Land Council Members, Boards and Staff a happy, healthy and safe holiday break with your families and loved ones.
2022 has been another challenging year as we navigated the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and serious flood issues across the state.…
9 November 2022
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) has urged all MPs of the current Parliament to leave a lasting legacy and support the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage (Culture is Identity) Bill 2022.
This follows the handing down yesterday (Tuesday) of an Upper House Inquiry into the Culture is Identity Bill, which found that new, modernised and standalone legislation for the recognition, protection, conservation and preservation of Aboriginal cultural heritage in NSW was “both necessary and long overdue.”…
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.…
27 October 2022
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) supports next month’s Aboriginal Cultural Heritage march.
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.…
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.…
7 September 2022
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) welcomes news that the Australian Government has now opened a funeral benefit program to assist families affected by the collapse of the Youpla Group.…
8 August 2022
Redfern Community Misled by Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) is disappointed with the misleading statement released by the Commonwealth Government’s Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC) late yesterday, Sunday 7 August 2022, around the future of operations of the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence Limited (NCIE Ltd).…
9 August 2022
Commitment to keep the NCIE’s fitness and aquatics centre
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) and the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC) met today to discuss the future of the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence.…
Announcing the new NSWALC Youth Advisory Committee
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) is very pleased to introduce the NSWALC Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) 2022-2024 to the Local Aboriginal Land Council network.
The NSWALC Youth Advisory Committee was established in 2019 and consists of nine young people aged 18-25 from each of the nine NSWALC Regions.…
