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Traditional lands returned 256 years after Cook arrival

Traditional lands returned 256 years after Cook arrival

Traditional Owners have regained control of key national park and conservation land under a landmark hand back and joint management agreement.

Call for reform amid rampant land clearing, nature loss

Call for reform amid rampant land clearing, nature loss

Call for reform amid rampant land clearing, nature loss

Call for reform amid rampant land clearing, nature loss

Environmentalists are calling for sweeping nature law reforms to better protect one state's dwindling fauna and flora.

Legal action over plans to bulldoze tropical savanna

Legal action over plans to bulldoze tropical savanna

Legal action over plans to bulldoze tropical savanna

Legal action over plans to bulldoze tropical savanna

Environmentalists say the federal environment minister's decision not to assess plans to bulldoze tropical savanna for industrial agriculture is legally flawed.

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Australia's story of spear versus gun needs telling

Australia's story of spear versus gun needs telling

Australians need to know thousands of Aboriginal people died defending Country with spears, says one of the activists who founded the Aboriginal Tent Embassy.

'Stealth' land claim law parked after Indigenous uproar

'Stealth' land claim law parked after Indigenous uproar

Labor has shelved changes to crown land aimed at protecting fire stations and marinas from Aboriginal claims after being accused of "scaremongering".

Renewable energy project may help blow down power bills

Renewable energy project may help blow down power bills

The savings from a new type of energy project could slash electricity bills for households in Victoria, NSW and Queensland, and consume less farming land.

US envoy causes uproar over bible Israel land comments

US envoy causes uproar over bible Israel land comments

Arab countries are sharply condemning comments by the US ambassador to Israel, who said in an interview that Israel had a right to much of the Middle East.

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Prosecutors to charge an Israeli settler over death

Prosecutors to charge an Israeli settler over death

Prosecutors to charge an Israeli settler over death

Prosecutors to charge an Israeli settler over death

Israeli prosecutors say they plan to charge a settler in the killing of a Palestinian activist during a confrontation that was caught on video.

Decades-long wait for land claim decisions called out

Decades-long wait for land claim decisions called out

Decades-long wait for land claim decisions called out

Decades-long wait for land claim decisions called out

More than 40,000 land claims remain unresolved in NSW, but the Aboriginal Land Council will not let them go unnoticed.

Rubio says he'll meet Danish officials over Greenland

Rubio says he'll meet Danish officials over Greenland

Rubio says he'll meet Danish officials over Greenland

Rubio says he'll meet Danish officials over Greenland

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he plans to meet representatives of Denmark next week to discuss Greenland.

US backs security guarantees for Ukraine at ally summit

US backs security guarantees for Ukraine at ally summit

US backs security guarantees for Ukraine at ally summit

US backs security guarantees for Ukraine at ally summit

A broad coalition of allies vowing to provide security guarantees in a post-war Ukraine has received US backing for the first time.

'Historic' native title claim could advance quickly

'Historic' native title claim could advance quickly

'Historic' native title claim could advance quickly

'Historic' native title claim could advance quickly

A native title claim seeking to recognise Traditional Owners’ deep connection to the lands of a major city could move swiftly through the courts.

Time to get hands dirty in fight to protect farms, land

Time to get hands dirty in fight to protect farms, land

Time to get hands dirty in fight to protect farms, land

Time to get hands dirty in fight to protect farms, land

Farmers and the community need to trust one another and work together to tackle challenges facing the land - and outdated laws need to catch up, an expert says.

Disused bowlo in Aboriginal hands after High Court win

Disused bowlo in Aboriginal hands after High Court win

Disused bowlo in Aboriginal hands after High Court win

Disused bowlo in Aboriginal hands after High Court win

An abandoned lawn bowls club will be passed to an Aboriginal land council, with a High Court decision set to ripple across numerous crown land leases.

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Indigenous rights 'under attack' in youth crime reforms

The human rights of Aboriginal children have been breached as part of an "invisible war" against Indigenous people around the world, a senior advocate says.

Warning faster environment approvals may cost community

One state's plan to slash environmental approval times for projects in half has blindsided conservationists.

Billions in the bush: energy wires lifeline to farmers

Farming with wind and solar provides a lifeline, landholders say, as economic modelling shows billions are flowing to bush communities from energy investment.

Cattle group want exemptions from EU deforestation rule

Australian cattle producers want the deforestation definition changed ahead of new European Union laws which could affect the beef export industry.

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Australia's Antarctic research needs '100-year plan'

An inquiry into the importance of Antarctica to Australia's interests has been told of the need for longer-term funding and issues around competing interests.

NSW government reveals plans to fix broken nature laws

Two key recommendations of the Henry review have been pushed aside but the NSW government says it's plan to fix the nature crisis will still work.

Traditional owners to get Vic renewable project profits

Indigenous Victorians are set to receive profits from renewable energy projects on their traditional land, according to a senior government minister.

Renewable land grab leaves prime paddocks in production

A renewable energy land agent says farmers are happy with projects on paddocks they can't see from their porch, as long as it's their land making the money.

First Nations ranger unit uses fire to care for country

An Indigenous-led unit of rangers is using traditional fire management practices to manage weeds and regenerate native plant species.

Warning after 'scary' fake letter sent to landholders

A fake letter has been referred to police over claims landholders' property could be acquired during Victoria's treaty negotiations.

WA lab to accelerate battery minerals manufacturing hub

A battery materials demonstration plant opened in Western Australian industrial heartland is another milestone to being a global hub, the premier says.

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