By NITV Staff Writer A royal commission in South Australia has heard evidence from an Indigenous group of who want to enshrine Aboriginal water rights in national law. The Murray-Darling…
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Australian Associated Press Australia is breaching international standards in its handling of water resources and the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, traditional owners will tell South Australia’s royal commission. A submission by…
The Water Act is ‘substantially inconsistent’ with Australia’s commitments to international conventions, a Traditional Owner group will today tell the South Australian Royal Commission into the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. The…
MEDIA RELEASE 22 June 2017 The introduction of the Yarra River (Wilip-gin Birrarung murron) Protection Bill to the Victorian Parliament today signals the start of a new era of protecting…
A review of the Commonwealth Water Act is presently underway and this review process included the opportunity for groups, including Aboriginal traditional owner organisations, to submit ideas and views about…
The Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 came into force on 23 September 2010. The Act is intended to provide an alternative state government regime for resolving native title claims based…
The Government has released its Human Rights Action Plan which, among other things, identifies climate change as a ‘priority for human rights action’, via the Clean Energy Future package. We…
The EDO is embarking on a project to explore community participation in the governance and management of water resources in Victoria and how laws, regulatory systems and practices facilitate or…
Monday 26/11/12 Jason Byrne, The Conversation Ever heard of “environmental justice”? No? It links social and environmental discrimination. Still doesn’t sound familiar? Well if you’ve seen the movie Erin Brockovich…
We have released a submission in response to the National Human Rights Action Plan. The Action Plan forms part of a suite of human rights policy documents developed by the…
