Adviser backs Gold Coast title claim
Patricia Karvelas September 22, 2006
ONE of the Howard Government's key indigenous advisers is leading a group of Aborigines who have lodged a native title claim over the Gold Coast and its famous beach strip.
National Indigenous Council member Wesley Aird and 1000 other descendants of the Yugambeh people have filed a claim covering 1330sqkm. Mr Aird expressed dismay yesterday at the federal Government's reaction to a judge's decision this week to grant the Noongar people native title over the Perth metropolitan area.
John Howard said this week that he was concerned about the implications of the decision and Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said the commonwealth would back an appeal by Western Australia's Labor Government.
"Local, state and federal Governments don't recognise Aboriginal communities; it's like they won't even consider any Aboriginal people that aren't living around a camp fire," Mr Aird told The Australian yesterday.
Mr Ruddock raised fears yesterday that the Perth decision could exclude the public from access to areas such as national parks and urban open spaces.
"In a major capital city, where you do have very extensive areas of parklands, water foreshores, beaches, matters of that sort, you could well find that if a native title were found to be a bona fide claim and lawful that means that native title owners would be able to exclude other people from access to those areas," he said.
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are you for or against these native title claims, and what benefits or implications do you think they will have for the future??
personally i am against it, ever since it was decided im not allowed to climb ayers rock. (i dont like the name uluru, it's ayers rock) courtesy of native title
but what do you guys think?
Patricia Karvelas September 22, 2006
ONE of the Howard Government's key indigenous advisers is leading a group of Aborigines who have lodged a native title claim over the Gold Coast and its famous beach strip.
National Indigenous Council member Wesley Aird and 1000 other descendants of the Yugambeh people have filed a claim covering 1330sqkm. Mr Aird expressed dismay yesterday at the federal Government's reaction to a judge's decision this week to grant the Noongar people native title over the Perth metropolitan area.
John Howard said this week that he was concerned about the implications of the decision and Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said the commonwealth would back an appeal by Western Australia's Labor Government.
"Local, state and federal Governments don't recognise Aboriginal communities; it's like they won't even consider any Aboriginal people that aren't living around a camp fire," Mr Aird told The Australian yesterday.
Mr Ruddock raised fears yesterday that the Perth decision could exclude the public from access to areas such as national parks and urban open spaces.
"In a major capital city, where you do have very extensive areas of parklands, water foreshores, beaches, matters of that sort, you could well find that if a native title were found to be a bona fide claim and lawful that means that native title owners would be able to exclude other people from access to those areas," he said.
full story
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20455688-601,00.html
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are you for or against these native title claims, and what benefits or implications do you think they will have for the future??
personally i am against it, ever since it was decided im not allowed to climb ayers rock. (i dont like the name uluru, it's ayers rock) courtesy of native title
but what do you guys think?
