The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) has finalised participation and advocacy at the 2024 United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) in Geneva.
Established in 2007 with the mandate to provide the Human Rights Council with expertise and advice on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, it assists Member States in achieving their goals of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.…
On 30 January 2024, at the close of nominations, the NSW Electoral Commission declared the election for the NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) Central Region, declaring the election for Grace Toomey.
Since that time, we have become aware that an application has been lodged with the Land & Environment Court, as the Court of Disputed Returns for the NSWALC Elections, for the election of Councillor for the Central Region.…
25 November 2022
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) would like to inform the Land Rights Network that further to the 9 November 2022 Network Message, the Aboriginal Land Rights Amendment Bill 2022 (the Bill) has now passed the NSW Parliament.…
24 November 2022
The Reconstruction Authority Bill 2022 passed NSW Parliament on 17 November 2022.
The Bill will establish an NSW Reconstruction Authority (NSWRA) and is modelled on a similar agency established in Queensland 11 years ago. The Bill is the NSW Government’s response to a key recommendation of the NSW Flood Inquiry held earlier this year.…
Wednesday 17 November 2021
NSW CAPO Statement on the
Public Release of the first NSW Indigenous Expenditure Report
The NSW Coalition of Aboriginal Peak Organisations (NSW CAPO) welcomes the public release of the first NSW Indigenous Expenditure Report (IER) by the NSW Government.…
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.…
