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BOARD MATTERS: The deep end… black water rights in NSW

NSWALC deputy chair Craig Cromelin.

LALC LAND: The uncharted issue of black water rights is slowly gaining momentum across the country. *Craig Cromelin takes a closer look at the issue in his home state of NSW.

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A new land rights Board

BACK ROW: Councillor for the Sydney-Newcastle Region, Roy Ah-See; Councillor for the Wiradjuri Region and Deputy Chairperson, Craig Cromelin; Councillor for the Central Region and Chairman, Stephen Ryan; Councillor for the South Coast Region, Jack Hampton; Councillor for the Northern Region, Tom Briggs. FRONT ROW: Councillor for the Western Region, Des Jones; Councillor for the North Coast, Tina Williams; Councillor for the North West Region, Anne Dennis; Councillor for the Mid-North Coast Region, Peter Smith.

NEW SOUTH WALES: The nation’s largest Aboriginal organisation has elected its new Chairman – Wiradjuri man and Councillor for the Central Region Stephen Ryan.

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Peak Aboriginal body elects new chair

Chairperson of the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council, Stephen Ryan.

NEW SOUTH WALES: The nation’s largest Aboriginal organisation elected its new chairperson today – Wiradjuri man and Councillor for the Central Region Stephen Ryan.

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NSWALC back in the UN for the rights fight

The UN building in New York.

NATIONAL: THE NSW Aboriginal Land Council, the only Australian Aboriginal organisation with speaking rights at the United Nations, delivered three key agenda items to the UN Permanent Forum of Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York last month.

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Indigenous peoples and the right to water

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NATIONAL: INTERVENTION by the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council, delivered by Councillor for the Wiradjuri Region, and member of the Ngiyampaa Peoples, Cr Craig Cromelin.

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Yarri the brave: Australia’s forgotten hero

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NATIONAL, April 07, 2011: The terrifying images emerging from the recent Queensland floods served as a chilling reminder of the sheer power and unpredictability of Mother Nature.

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New beginning for the first Aboriginal winemakers

Horrace Vincent from Murrin Bridge with some of the fruits of the community’s hard labour from the 2005 harvest. (IMAGE: PIA SOLBERG)

MURRIN BRIDGE, WIRADJURI REGION: When the Murrin Bridge community first considered making their own wine, they met with laughter and disbelief from within.

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