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Land rights ‘coming home’ as Yolgnu leaders launch landowners’ council at Garma festival Yolngu leaders in northeast Arnhem Land have announced a powerful new Dilak Land Council, declaring land rights are “coming home” to traditional owners, AAP reports. On a national stage at the Garma Festival, revered Elder Djawa Yunupingu told leaders, politicians and visitors from across the country on Saturday real power must sit “fully into the hands of landowners”. “I announce today that land rights is coming home to northeast Arnhem Land,” he said to rapturous applause. There will be a new land council in Arnhem Land and it will be called the Dilak Land Council, and it will be the power for our future. The move cements a new Aboriginal authority in one of the most symbolically important parts of the country and signals a fresh push for self-determination on Yolngu terms.
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Icac should be ‘free of political interference’, deputy opposition leader says Jane Hume has said she will not comment on proceedings at the NSW anti-corruption commission after the federal opposition leader, Angus Taylor, was mentioned at a hearing. He is not accused of wrongdoing and not a specific target of Operation Rosny, which is investigating allegations of corruption against people associated with the NSW Liberals. Asked about the matter, Hume said she feels “this is so distant from him”. ICAC should be allowed to go through its processes free of political interference, free of commentary from politicians, and be allowed to run its course. Writing the review into the 2022 election, we specifically said that each division needs to make sure that its constitution is fit-for-purpose and that that its membership is match-fit to fight elections.
Land rights ‘coming home’ as Yolgnu leaders launch landowners’ council at Garma festival Yolngu leaders in northeast Arnhem Land have announced a powerful new Dilak Land Council, declaring land rights are “coming home” to traditional owners, AAP reports. On a national stage at the Garma Festival, revered Elder Djawa Yunupingu told leaders, politicians and visitors from across the country on Saturday real power must sit “fully into the hands of landowners”. “I announce today that land rights is coming home to northeast Arnhem Land,” he said to rapturous applause. There will be a new land council in Arnhem Land and it will be called the Dilak Land Council, and it will be the power for our future. The move cements a new Aboriginal authority in one of the most symbolically important parts of the country and signals a fresh push for self-determination on Yolngu terms.
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