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18/9/25
Experts warn clean energy transition must not come at cost of Indigenous rights
First Nations’ rights over Sea Country are being overlooked as Australia races into offshore gas and wind development, according to new research, ...
Media Release
10/9/25
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST TREATY A HISTORIC MILESTONE FOR FIRST NATIONS DECISION-MAKING
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) celebrates the introduction of legislation into the Victoria Parliament to enact Australia’s first Treaty...
Media Release
2/8/25
INVESTING IN TRADITIONAL OWNERS WILL DRIVE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) welcomes the Federal Government’s $75 million investment in Traditional Owner organisations to manage nat...
Media Release
19/7/25
Historic Native Title first – Latji Latji, Ngintait, and Nyeri Nyeri Peoples secure exclusive possession rights in Victoria
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) congratulates the Latji Latji, Ngintait and Nyeri Nyeri Peoples on securing exclusive possession over par...
NNTC in the news
6/6/25
Council of First Nations: New name and renewed aim for Indigenous voice lobby
As published in the Australian on Friday 6th June.Paige Taylor
The fundraising vehicle of Yes23’s unsuccessful campaign for an Indigenous voice...
NNTC in the news
6/6/25
PM must not miss opportunity to empower native title holders
As published in the Australian Friday 6th June
With a clear majority in the House of Representatives and a Senate crossbench keen to prove its ...
Our Stories
28/5/25
Protecting Indigenous cultural heritage is the right thing to do and makes good business sense
Five years since the destruction of Juukan Gorge, investors and businesses are calling for stronger laws to protect Australia’s unique Indigenous ...
Our Stories
21/5/25
Videos: Traditional Owners Co-owning Clean Energy Projects
Two short animation videos aimed at PBC Directors and native title holders to explain clean energy project development and the risks and benefits ...
Our Stories
20/5/25
Native Title Compensation Videos
A Native Title compensation application is made by native title holders seeking compensation for the loss, diminution, impairment or other effect ...
Media Release
14/5/25
TRADITIONAL OWNERS JOIN INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR RESPONSIBLE MINING ASSURANCE
14 May 2025
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) is pleased to support the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) in advancing ...
Media Release
20/3/25
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA V YUNUPINGU [2025] HCA 6
12 March 2025
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) welcomes the decision of the High Court of Australia in Commonwealth of Australia v Yunupi...
Media Release
29/11/24
TRADITIONAL OWNERS MUST HAVE FUNDING AND FINANCE FOR A FUTURE MADE IN AUSTRALIA
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) is urging the Australian Government to provide Traditional Owners funding and access to finance in respon...
Media Release
11/9/24
CALLS FOR REVIEW OF NATIVE TITLE CORPORATIONS ARE MISDIRECTED AND OUT OF TOUCH
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) urges Senators to reject calls for the establishment of a Select Committee on First Nations Representativ...
Media Release
3/8/24
NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE COUNCIL WELCOMES PM ALBANESE’S VISION FOR FIRST NATIONS ECONOMIC FUTURES AT GARMA
In a speech at the Garma Festival in northeast Arnhem Land today, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced plans to enable transformational inves...
Media Release
1/8/24
NNTC CELEBRATES LAND AND SEA SUCCESS IN CLOSING THE GAP, BUT EXPECTS RAISED AMBITIONS
The National Native Title Council welcomes the progress towards the land and sea targets seen in the Productivity Commission’s latest Annual Data ...
Media Release
11/4/24
BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT LEADERS RAISE THE BAR ON FIRST NATIONS CULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION
Business and investment leaders have taken a pivotal step towards elevating their protection of First Nations cultural heritage by committing to a...
Media Release
11/4/24
NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE COUNCIL CONGRATULATES GOMEROI PEOPLE AND CALLS FOR REFORM TO THE NATIVE TITLE ACT
A Statement from the NNTC
The peak body for Australia’s local and regional native title organisations, the National Native Title Council (NNTC), c...
SCA Media
14/3/24
SEA COUNTRY ALLIANCE | TRADITIONAL OWNERS HAVE A VOICE BUT GOVERNMENT AND GREENS DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT ON SEA COUNTRY
The Government and the Greens both claim they want to hear the Voice of Traditional Owners. But today, when it came to rights in Sea Country, they...
SCA Media
13/2/24
NEW NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF TRADITIONAL OWNERS WITH SEA COUNTRY RIGHTS
Today, Australia’s Traditional Owners with responsibility for Sea Country have come together in Canberra to speak with one voice for Sea Country r...
Media Release
29/11/23
THE NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE COUNCIL SALUTES SENATOR PATRICK DODSON
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The National Native Title Council pays tribute to extraordinary Yawuru Elder and leader Senator Patrick Dodson from Broome, Western Au...
Media Release
17/11/23
TAKING CONTROL OF OUR DESTINY | EMBODYING THE SPIRIT OF EMPOWERMENT AND DETERMINATION
The Indigenous peoples in Australia and Canada share a similar history marked by the dispossession of their lands and waters, the denial of their ...
Media Release
24/5/23
NNTC CELEBRATES HISTORIC AGREEMENT ACHIEVED BY THE TJIWARL PEOPLE OF THE GOLDFIELDS REGION, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) is celebrating a groundbreaking agreement announced this week by the Tjiwarl people after 18 months of ne...
Media Release
21/4/23
THERE IS NO NET ZERO ECONOMY WITHOUT FIRST NATIONS POLICY CHANGE
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) is urging for comprehensive policy reform in response to a new study released on Wednesday 19 April, that...
Media Release
31/1/23
REVIVING A COMMITMENT TO FIRST NATIONS CULTURAL HERITAGE
The First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance applauds the new Federal Government’s new National Cultural Policy – Revive: that places First Nati...
Media Release
8/12/22
THE ALLIANCE APPLAUDS THE GOVERNMENT’S BACKING OF FIRST NATIONS ENGAGEMENT STANDARDS TO NEW EPBC REFORM
The First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance (The Alliance) welcomes Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s announcement that delivers Australia...
Media Release
24/11/22
HISTORIC DAY IN THE FIGHT TO PROTECT FIRST NATIONS CULTURAL HERITAGE
In an historic meeting the Minister for Environment and Water, the Hon Tanya Plibersek met with the First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance (FN...
Media Release
8/11/22
NNTC WEIGHS IN ON THE DISCRIMINATORY NSW FISHERIES MANAGEMENT BILL
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) fully supports NTSCORP in their stance against the proposed amendment to NSW Fisheries Management Bill, s...
Media Release
8/11/22
JUST LAWS, FAIR PLAY & FIRST NATIONS RENEWABLES
For Australia to address the climate crisis by using land and seascapes to generate renewable energy or for carbon sequestration, it must be done ...
Media Release
15/8/22
TRADITIONAL OWNERS CALL ON STATE GOVERNMENT TO GET REAL ON FAKE LAND DEAL
A last minute extension to consultation on changes to the WA Government’s Land Administration Act is seen to be too little too late by uneasy trad...
Media Release
28/7/22
LANDMARK MONTGOMERY CASE OVERTURNED BY THE ALBANESE GOVERNMENT
Today the National Native Title Council (NNTC) received notice that Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC withdrew the High Court case against Mr Shayn...
Media Release
21/7/22
FIRST NATIONS CLEAN ENERGY SYMPOSIUM: RENEWABLES BOOM FOR ALL
Address by Asst Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Senator Jenny McAllister
Hosted by National Native Title Council, First Nations Clean Ener...
Media Release
19/7/22
STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT REPORT SHOWS STRONGER LAWS NEEDED TO PREVENT REPEAT OF JUUKAN GORGE
The First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance has welcomed today’s release of the State Of The Environment Report and looks forward to working wi...
Media Release
14/7/22
BUILDING CAPACITY, WEALTH AND PROSPERITY TO SUPPORT FIRST NATIONS LAND AND WATER ENTERPRISE
Australian First Nations hold native title rights and interests on over 40 per cent of Australia’s land and waters, with holdings continuing to gr...
Media Release
22/6/22
MOU BETWEEN THE NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE COUNCIL AND THE FIRST NATIONS PORTFOLIO OF THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
In a historic move to enhance the engagement of the Australian National University (ANU) with First Nations people, on 23 June 2022 the National N...
Media Release
27/5/22
FIRST NATIONS HERITAGE PROTECTION ALLIANCE GOES LIVE ONLINE
www.culturalheritage.org.au
The First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance (FNHPA) is proud to announce the launch of our dedicated website, hoste...
Media Release
24/5/22
THE NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE COUNCIL CONGRATULATES THE NEW AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) congratulates Anthony Albanese as the new Prime Minister of Australia, and the induction of the Australia...
Media Release
20/4/22
CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF MABO | RESTORING KOIKI’S TRADITIONAL HOME AND FINAL REST PLACE
This year marks the 30 years since the Mabo case overturned the doctrine of Terra Nullius in the high court of Australia, giving birth to Native T...
Media Release
14/4/22
CO-DESIGN IS MORE THAN JUST CONSULTATION
With a purpose to generate a meaningful and collaborative dialogue on Co-Design, Traditional Owners from across WA met with government, industry a...
Media Release
1/4/22
NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE COUNCIL RESPONDS TO THE FUNDING BOOST FOR PRESCRIBED BODIES CORPORATE SECTOR FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENT
In a move to strengthen the rights and capacity of native title holders, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s latest budget included $37.5 million to inves...
Media Release
28/3/22
WA ALLIANCE SEEKS TO RAISE THE BAR FOR CO-DESIGN IN ABORGINAL CULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION
ABORIGINAL CULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION CO-DESIGN WORKSHOP
THURSDAY, 7 – FRIDAY, 8 APRIL 2022
In response to the widespread opposition from Aborig...
Media Release
15/3/22
MODERNISING ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTIONS
The First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance (FNHPA) and the Commonwealth government today released a co-authored discussion paper on the Modern...
Media Release
23/2/22
FUNDING FIRST NATIONS BENEFITS ALL OF AUSTRALIA
The recent release of 10 recommendations tabled in a Commonwealth report “The engagement of traditional owners in the economic development of nort...
Media Release
26/1/22
NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE COUNCIL PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY
This 26 January 2022 will see us acknowledging an iconic moment in the struggle for justice for Aboriginal people, the 50 Year anniversary of the ...
Media Release
18/12/21
TRADITIONAL OWNERS LEFT IN THE DARK WITH UNEXPECTED WA CABINET RE-SHUFFLE
Days after introducing new heritage laws against the wishes of Aboriginal people, WA Aboriginal Affairs Minister Stephen Dawson has been stripped ...
Media Release
15/12/21
CONDEMNATION AS WA CULTURAL HERITAGE BILL IS PASSED
National Native Title Council (NNTC) openly condemns the new Cultural Heritage Act bill passed in WA Government legislation today, stating the bil...
Media Release
29/11/21
GOVERNMENT SIGNS FIRST NATIONS ALLIANCE PARTNERSHIP
The Morrison Government today announced an historic partnership with the First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance to strengthen safeguards for ...
Media Release
17/11/21
CALL FOR URGENT UN INTERVENTION ON ABORIGINAL CULTURAL HERITAGE BILL (WA)
Early September this year, Kado Muir, Slim Parker, Dr Anne Poelina, Clayton Lewis and Dr Hannah McGlade, five eminent Western Australian Tradition...
Media Release
11/11/21
SHAREHOLDERS SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO FORTESCUE METALS GROUP TO STRENGTHEN WESTERN AUSTRALIA’S CULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION LAWS
Following the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) with the support of National Native Title Council (NNTC) and Western Austral...
Media Release
28/10/21
CARING FOR COUNTRY – AUSTRALIA’S COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
For world leaders heading to Glasgow for the November Climate Summit (GOP26) it has been described as the ‘last chance to save the planet’. For Au...
Media Release
23/10/21
WALK FOR ABORIGINAL CULTURAL HERITAGE THIS SATURDAY
Date: Saturday, 23 October 2021
Time: 9am – 12:30pm - please arrive by 9.00am for the 9.30am start.
Place: Commences Victoria Gardens, Royal S...
Media Release
20/10/21
A WAY FORWARD – JUUKAN GORGE REPORT
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) welcomes the extensive recommendations made in ‘A Way Forward - Final Report Into the destruction of Indi...
Media Release
13/10/21
LANDMARK FIRST NATIONS, BUSINESS AND INVESTOR INITIATIVE LAUNCHES TO IMPROVE CULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION IN AUSTRALIA
A landmark business and investor initiative has been launched – bringing together First Nations, business and investor communities – focused on st...
Media Release
17/6/21
NNTC SUPPORTS CALL FOR A HALT TO PASSING DRAFT WA HERITAGE BILL, CITES LACK OF CONSULTATION, LACK OF HERITAGE PROTECTION & FINANCIAL RISKS
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) supports the WA Alliance – the five native title organisations that represent Aboriginal interests over t...
Media Release
24/5/21
JUUKAN GORGE: ONE YEAR ON & STILL AWAITING REFORM
One year on from Rio Tinto’s destruction of the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge caves in the Western Pilbara, and we are still waiting for the legisl...
Archived Media
14/5/21
TRUTH-TELLING: YOO-RROOK JUSTICE COMMISSIONERS ANNOUNCED
Victoria is a step closer to implementing its historic truth-telling process, which will accompany Treaty negotiations, with today’s announcement ...
Media Release
13/5/21
NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO 2021-22 FEDERAL BUDGET
The National Native Title Council welcomes reforms in the 2021-22 Federal Budget to support Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBCs) but holds concerns ...
Media Release
15/4/21
NNTC: 30 YEARS ON, DEATHS IN CUSTODY A NATIONAL SHAME
Three decades on from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, the rate of Indigenous incarceration and deaths in custody continues...
Media Release
3/3/21
NNTC WELCOMES RIO TINTO CHAIR RESIGNATION
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) has welcomed news Rio Tinto Chairman Simon Thompson and director Michael L’Estrange will exit the board b...
Media Release
4/2/21
NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE COUNCIL THANKS FORMER CHAIR, WELCOMES NEW BOARD LEADERS
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) has this week welcomed Mr Kado Muir as the new Chair of its board and Ms Francine McCarthy as Deputy Chai...
Media Release
15/1/21
RIO TINTO’S BROKEN PROMISES AT OAK FLAT SHOW NEED FOR STRONGER HERITAGE LAWS
Apache tribe members & supporters at a rally in 2019. Image credit: Sandra Rambler/Censored News
Mining companies Rio Tinto and BHP have been...
Media Release
10/12/20
NNTC WELCOMES JUUKAN INTERIM REPORT, CALLS FOR COMPENSATION TO PKKP
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) has welcomed the senate inquiry’s interim report into the Juukan Gorge destruction, handed down yesterday...
Media Release
2/11/20
NNTC SUPPORTS GLOBAL INVESTOR COALITION’S LETTER TO MINING COMPANIES
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) strongly supports the coalition of 64 global investors, together representing $14 trillion in assets, who...
Media Release
15/10/20
BHP MAKES CULTURAL HERITAGE PROGRESS BUT HAS LONG ROAD TO TRAVEL
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) welcomes BHP’s commitment to implementing a range of improved practices but is adamant that the mining co...
Media Release
23/9/20
NNTC WELCOMES MINISTERIAL COMMUNIQUE BUT SAYS WA’S PROPOSED CULTURAL HERITAGE BILL FALLS SHORT
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) welcomes the communique following Monday’s roundtable meeting of cultural heritage ministers, but still h...
Media Release
11/9/20
NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE COUNCIL WELCOMES RIO TINTO DISMISSALS
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) welcomes the dismissal of Rio Tinto’s three executives, CEO Jean-Sebastien Jacques, Iron Ore boss Chris S...
Media Release
31/8/20
THE ‘BOMBING’ OF JUUKAN GORGE: TRADITIONAL OWNERS LACK RIGHTS & FUNDING
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) appeared before the Juukan Gorge Senate Inquiry on Friday, pointing out the lack of rights and resourcing...
Media Release
11/8/20
RIO TINTO’S ADMISSIONS TO JUUKAN GORGE INQUIRY “DISGRACEFUL”
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) has labelled Rio Tinto’s admissions to the Senate Inquiry into the destruction of the 46,000-year-old Juu...
Media Release
21/7/20
REVIEW OF EPBC ACT TO INCLUDE IMPROVED INDIGENOUS HERITAGE PROTECTION STANDARDS
Image credit: Carolyn Betts
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) has welcomed the Commonwealth Government’s commitment to commence a national...
Media Release
16/6/20
TRADITIONAL OWNERS DISEMPOWERED BY ABORIGINAL HERITAGE LEGISLATION
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) met today and is calling on the Commonwealth to implement national legislation for Indigenous cultural he...
Media Release
27/5/20
DESTRUCTION OF ABORIGINAL HERITAGE: WE NEED TO FOCUS ON REFORM
In response to the destruction of an Aboriginal heritage site by a mining company over the weekend in the Western Pilbara region, National Native ...
Media Release
11/2/20
NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE COUNCIL CEO NAMED INDIGENOUS VOICE CO-DESIGN MEMBER
NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE COUNCIL CEO NAMED INDIGENOUS VOICE CO-DESIGN MEMBER
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) welcomes Minister Wyatt’s anno...
Media Release
11/2/20
CLOSING THE GAP
CLOSING THE GAP: PM DELIVERS FINAL REPORT
The Prime Minister today tabled the 12th and final Closing the Gap report in Parliament before it’s set...
Media Release
10/2/20
PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH COALITION OF PEAKS ON CLOSING THE GAP
PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH COALITION OF PEAKS ON CLOSING THE GAP
The National Native Title Council’s (NNTC) Chief Executive, Jamie Lowe, was one o...
Media Release
6/11/19
NATIONAL TREATIES SUMMIT 2020: REGOS OPEN
National Treaties Summit 2020: regos open
Registrations are now open for the National Treaties Summit, which will see hundreds of Aboriginal and ...
Media Release
17/10/19
NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE COUNCIL WELCOMES ULURU CLIMB CLOSE
NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE COUNCIL WELCOMES ULURU CLIMB CLOSE
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) welcomes the permanent closing of the Uluru cli...
Media Release
19/9/19
NNTC WELCOMES PROPOSED PASTORAL LAND ACT (PLA) AMENDMENTS IN NT
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) welcomes the Northern Territory Government’s proposed amendments to the Pastoral Land Act (PLA), which ar...
Media Release
18/9/19
NTC WELCOMES PROPOSED PASTORAL LAND ACT (PLA)
NNTC WELCOMES PROPOSED PASTORAL LAND ACT (PLA) AMENDMENTS IN NT
The National Native Title Council (NNTC) welcomes the Northern Territory Governme...