00:02They thought they'd won this fight.
00:04What do we want? Land rights!
00:06Instead, Aboriginal groups say they're being forced to defend a principle that they've relied on for decades.
00:13The Land Rights Act sets up we can claim crown land not needed, required or used.
00:18Last year the High Court ruled the Paddington Bowling Club was claimable crown land because the site wasn't being used,
00:26despite a private company holding a lease there.
00:28Now the Government wants to change the law so that a lease alone will be enough to avoid an Aboriginal
00:34land claim, even if there's no activity on the site.
00:37This impacts our future. If we go through this bill, it's 40 years backwards for us.
00:42The Government says the changes will ensure there's investment in community facilities.
00:47We need to be able to actually get them to commit and to invest in these sites.
00:51If we can't offer them a lease term, well we're not going to be getting any investment on our crown
00:56land site.
00:56There's a backlog of 43,000 land claims in New South Wales and the Government's determined to reduce it.
01:02And some of these changes would be retrospective, letting the Minister validate leases on crown land that would otherwise be
01:09declared void.
01:10The tipping point's been reached today, we've got to speak out.
01:13And their voices have been heard, at least in part.
01:16The Government has postponed debate on the bill and it's hinting there could be room for compromise.
01:21We'll consult with the land councils and try and get it right, but our priority is to protect those precious
01:29community facilities.
01:31Suggesting this fight could be far from over.
01:34Well, I see the fact that many othermen do not be taken since theyindasket.
01:35Then we look at the people on the 목ucht to keep them in mind, but where we look at the
01:35people on the ground.
01:36Then the project桜 and the project keeping people out rather than they are taking place.
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