Native title owners' push for more negotiation rights shelved after cattle industry fights back

  • 📰 abcnews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 18 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 11%
  • Publisher: 83%

Ireland News News

Ireland Ireland Latest News,Ireland Ireland Headlines

The amendments to the Pastoral Land Act would have required cattle stations to negotiate with native title holders before launching new non-pastoral projects on the land.

The NT Cattleman's Association's chief executive officer, Ashley Manicaros, welcomed the Government's announcement that the proposed amendments would not go ahead.

"We can now get on with the job of creating even more jobs in our $1.2 billion industry, free of any immediate excess red tape."But the decision was described as"bitterly disappointing" by Central Land Council policy director Josie Douglas, who accused the Government of walking away from provisions that had been agreed to.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 5. in İE
 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Don't climb on my rock will become don't stand near my tree.

Ireland Ireland Latest News, Ireland Ireland Headlines