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Mr Michael Liddle was .LZLUUNXUUD MXVW tion at a meeting in Ten- nant Creek on 23 May. elected Deputy Chairman. ZHVW RI WKH :$ ERU He is an Alywarre/Ar- GHUKRVWHG D İYHGD\ “Since I’ve been a delegate for Titjikala, rernte man living in Alice ZRPHQåVODZDQGFXO I’ve been trying to get to Springs. WXUH PHHWLQJ WKDW DW where I am now because “I look forward to WUDFWHGPRUHWKDQ I knew about the Land working with Phillip and ZRPHQIURPFRP Council since I was about PXQLWLHV 17 years old,” he told the ç6LQFH ,åYH EHHQ D 7KH PHHWLQJ ZDV meeting after his elec- GHOHJDWH IRU 7LWML SDUWLDOO\ IXQGHG E\ tion. NDOD ,åYH EHHQ WU\ WKH $XVWUDOLDQ *RY “On a black and white LQJ WR JHW WR ZKHUH HUQPHQW DQG RUJDQ TV I’ve seen you mob go , DP QRZè 3KLOOLS LVHG E\ IRUPHU 13< down to Canberra fight- :LO\XND :RPHQåV&RXQFLO&(2 ing for land rights. 0DJJLH.DYDQDJK “For this reason I the Executive and Mr wanted to be in this posi- Ross and people,” he told the members. 6,1*,1*35$,6( tion because I’ve been to Darwin to get an educa- “I’m here to keep peo- :HVWHUQ$UUHUQWH tion and I’ve lived in the ple honest, and at the end FRXQWU\PXVLFVLQJHU bush and heard a lot of of the day, we’re here to VRQJZULWHU:DUUHQ+ stories from my old man help Aboriginal people :LOOLDPVKDVZRQWKH and he give me the time to move forward with what $XVWUDOLD&RXQFLOåV go to school and learn.” we’ve got.” 5HG2FKUH$ZDUGIRU Mr Wilyuka, 55, lives A Council member KLVRXWVWDQGLQJFRQ in Titjikala. He has said the outcome was a WULEXWLRQWRWKHPXVLF worked in a number reminder of the need to LQGXVWU\ of jobs including stock maintain the CLC’s bipar- :DUUHQ SODQV WR XVH work, building houses tisan approach. KLV SUL]H and as a teacher’s aide. PRQH\ WR UHFRUG He is currently a Luther- DQ DOEXP LQ 86 $ an pastor at Titjikala. FRXQWU\ PXVLF FDSLWDO “I do everything I 1DVKYLOOH can, with the best of my knowledge, to fight for :LOOLDPV KDV DOVR our rights,” he said. IHDWXUHG UHFHQWO\ RQ Mr Wilyuka replaces :LQDQMMDUUD D FRO Lindsay Bookie, who ten- ODERUDWLYH WUDGLWLRQDO dered his resignation on ODQJXDJH DOEXP UH the first day of the meet- FRUGHGZLWKVRQJPHQ IURP7HQQDQW&UHHN ing. The following morn- 3UHYLRXV ZLQQHUV RI ing he offered to stay on, WKH DZDUG DUH -LPP\ but members voted to &KL %RE 0D]D DQG hold an election for the -LPP\/LWWOH position. $ERYHOHIW'HSXW\&KDLU0LFKDHO/LGGOHDQG$ERYH&/&&KDLU3KLOOLS:LO\XND At last! Five year leases finished for good &217529(56,$/ ment kept the five-year for the benefit of their five-year leases that leases in place but community. the Howard Govern- promised to pay ‘fair’ The first payment of ment took out over all rent. five-year lease money major communities in For the past two has been received and Central Australia will years the CLC has been the CLC is hopeful that expire on August 18 negotiating with the the next and final pay- this year. Australian Govern- ment will be distrib- The ‘leases’ were ment over the way this uted around October compulsory acquisi- rent is being calculat- 2012. tions for five years, tak- ed, and this process is The Minister for en without the consent almost finalised. Families, Community Winter chill set to end of traditional owners, In the meantime, Services and Indig- According to weather in- to get colder and colder – the most five-year lease enous Affairs, Jenny and strongly opposed 0LQLVWHU0DFNOLQ ternet site Weatherzone it’s coldest it’s been since 1977. by landowners and the communities have had Macklin promised not been an unusually frosty win- More than 30 days have Central Land Council vention or Northern one meeting with the extend the five-year ter for Alice Springs and Cen- been below zero and a few They were a cen- Territory Emergency CLC to discuss distrib- leases. tral Australia. minus five degree mornings tral part of the Howard Response in 2007 . uting and using the The clear and calm weath- have been especially tough on Government’s Inter- The ALP Govern- five-year lease money er has apparently allowed it campers and early starters. $XJXVW News Land handbacks for traditional owners 6,=( didn’t matter to the tional Park rather than face established in 1896 and has handful of Warlpiri and An- a drawn out legal battle. been used to run cattle for matyerr traditional owners The Tyurretye Aborigi- more than 100 years. who travelled several hun- nal Land Trust immediately Despite this, its Eastern dred kilometres to a cere- leased the park back to the Arrernte traditional own- mony at Simpsons Gap near NT Government to be joint- ers have maintained strong Alice Springs. ly managed with its mainly cultural links with the While other tra- country. Some ditional owners ç,NQRZWKDWWKHLUODQGLVYHU\VSHFLDOWRWKHLU still work on the were being handed KHDUWVDQGPDQ\RIWKHPKDYHIRXJKWIRU\HDUVWR property. back a national park KDYHWKDWRZQHUVKLSDFNQRZOHGJHGè The claim and two pastoral &/&&KDLU3KLOLS:LO\XND covers 3760 sq stations, they were km, and more happy to get just 26 hectares Central and Western Ar- than 2000 cattle are current- of their precious country at rernte traditional owners. ly agisted on it by the G&C Crown Hill. The park’s daily opera- Pastoral Company. Indigenous Affairs Min- tion will not change. This arrangement will ister Jenny Macklin also The handback of Alcoo- be formalised with a lease handed back the West Mac- ta to its traditional owners after the handback . Donnell National Park and ended one of the longest The Arletherre Aborigi- pastoral properties Alcoota land claims. nal Land Trust accepted and Loves Creek , to the east It is estimated it cost tax- the Deed of Grant for Loves of Alice Springs payers more than $2 million Creek and the Irrinjirrin- The land claims were in legal costs when the NT jirri Aboriginal Land Trust lodged by the CLC before Government unsuccessfully accepted the Deed of Grant the ‘sunset clause’ came fought the claim. for Crown Hill. into effect in 1997. The land claim hearing CLC Chairman Phillip was finally completed in Wilyuka congratulated tra- 2004 and it was recommend- 7UDGLWLRQDORZQHUVFHOHEUDWH ditional owners . ed for grant in 2007. The WRS $OFRRWDPREZLWK-HQQ\ “I know that their land is Alkwert Aboriginal Land very special to their hearts Trust accepted the Deed of 0DFNOLQWKH:HVW0DF'RQQHOOV and many of them have Grant for Alcoota. DUHOHDVHGEDFNWRWKH17