The Northern Territory government has followed through on an election pledge to provide millions of dollars in new grants to Aboriginal ranger groups.
Nunggubuyu woman Selena Uibo, the Labor minister for both Aboriginal Affairs and Parks and Rangers, announced the funding today, a total of $11.9 million over four years. What the grants allow us to do is support the work of the ranger groups who do a lot of conservation and land management projects. It s also open to infrastructure and equipment grant funding applications, the minister told NITV.
There are approximately 47 ranger groups in the NT, employing around 1000 rangers engaged in fire and feral animal management, environmental conservation, and cultural heritage protection.
Yamatji Nation Charitable Trust has been established
Package of benefits can now flow to the Yamatji people
The McGowan Government and the Yamatji Nation have today announced the establishment of the Yamatji Nation Charitable Trust, a significant milestone in the implementation of the Yamatji Nation Indigenous Land Use Agreement.
Covering approximately 48,000 square kilometres of land in the State’s Mid-West region, the Yamatji Nation Agreement resolves the Western Australian Government’s compensation liability for the impairment and/or extinguishment of native title in the agreement area and includes a package of benefits for the Yamatji people, totalling approximately $500 million.
With the Yamatji Nation Trust in place, the first of these benefits can be transferred – a cash contribution of $10 million.