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.…
15 January 2021
The Indigenous Voice proposal released by the Federal Government recently has many positive aspects, but falls short of the Aboriginal aspirations expressed in the Uluru Statement from the Heart, according to the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC).…
10 December 2020
Rio must pull out of Oak Flat after damning Parliamentary report
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Mining giant Rio Tinto must pull out of its proposed Resolution copper mine at Oak Flat in Arizona in the wake of a damning Parliamentary Committee report, the First Nations Heritage Alliance said today.…
27 October 2020Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) would like to congratulate the Coffs Harbour and District Local Aboriginal Land Council (CHDLALC) for its successful joint application to the NSW Regional Growth Tourism Environment Fund (RGTEF).
The RGTEF will invest $5.5 million into a major eco-tourism project, which will be jointly managed by the CHDLALC and the Bularri Muurlay Nyanggan Aboriginal Corporation (BMNAC).…
