ABSTRACT
Land Rights News, produced since 1976 by the Northern Territory Land Councils and still in operation in late 1995 when this book went to press, is Australia's longest-running Aboriginal newspaper. The newspaper provides close coverage and analysis of land rights issues and legislation, acting as a journal of record of changes which have occurred in this arena over the years. Land Rights News has survived over the years primarily on support from the Land Councils, subscriptions, and other non-advertising sources of funding. The old Government started to make a law about Aboriginal land but it was stopped when the Government lost its power last year. Australian law says that the Government owns all the minerals in Australia but the Bill says the traditional owners can say yes or no to mining on the people land. The Wuthathi and Kuuku-Yau people of Cape York Peninsula have reaffirmed their opposition to the development of a commercial space port at Temple Bay.
