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Sky News host Amanda Stoker says we recently saw an Indigenous land title claim on a $100 million chunk in one of Sydney’s most affluent suburbs and now there is a native title claim on 3,500 properties, covering 530 square kilometres.
Ms Stoker sat down with Women’s Forum Australia’s Stephanie Bastiaan and Liberal National Party MP Henry Pike to discuss the land title claims by an Indigenous land council and how it could affect the people living there.
“If this claim is successful, the council could lose land tenure,” Ms Stoker said.
“Over sporting club grounds, cemeteries, parks, and other recreational areas.
“What’s that going to mean for locals who live in that area?”
Sky News host Amanda Stoker says we recently saw an Indigenous land title claim on a $100 million chunk in one of Sydney’s most affluent suburbs and now there is a native title claim on 3,500 properties, covering 530 square kilometres.
Ms Stoker sat down with Women’s Forum Australia’s Stephanie Bastiaan and Liberal National Party MP Henry Pike to discuss the land title claims by an Indigenous land council and how it could affect the people living there.
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“If this claim is successful, the council could lose land tenure,” Ms Stoker said.
“Over sporting club grounds, cemeteries, parks, and other recreational areas.
“What’s that going to mean for locals who live in that area?”