Government housing has been allocated to some communities, and there is currently debate into the usage of sacred land, and more consideration is being given to native titles, since the Mabo and Wik cases, regarding the Native Title Act (1993), an act put together by the government to protect Aboriginal land. ...

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Recent legal and political decisions in this country (High Court Mabo Decision 1992 & subsequent Native Title Act 1993) show that Australia as a nation is at least beginning to formally recognise the importance of what the land means to Aboriginals. ...

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