The Commonwealth is immune from criminal prosecution after allegedly illegally disturbing an Aboriginal sacred site at a former movie set in Kakadu National Park, a court has determined. The Northern Territory’s Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority filed a criminal charge against the director of Parks Australia in 2020 for carrying out uncertified work at Gunlom –…
Kakadu National Park Rangers Shoot 6,000 Pigs After 3-year Hiatus
Kakadu National Park’s rangers have shot 6,000 pigs as aerial shooting operations resume for the first time in three years. The most effective method of controlling feral pig numbers in Australia’s top end has not been used since 2019 due to a culling accident that seriously injured two park rangers. Specialist staff developed and established…
Half of Australia’s Kakadu National Park Returns to Traditional Custodians
March 25, 2022
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Almost half of the Northern Territory’s (NT) Kakadu National Park, situated 250 kilometres west of Darwin, returned to Indigenous hands on Thursday as the federal government finalises six Aboriginal land grants across the NT. In a ceremony held at Cooinda, Kakadu, Minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, handed back to traditional owners the freehold title over…
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