* The Northern Territory Aboriginal Affairs Minister has vowed that local decision making will continue to drive Government policy that impacts remote communities.

* Long running Aboriginal Land Claims in the Northern Territory might soon come to an end, following  changes to the Northern Territory Land Rights Act which successfully passed through Federal Parliament.

* A group of Aboriginal Land management leaders has travelled to Canada to discuss with local First Nations Peoples   how the Indigenous Protected Areas framework could be adapted in that country

CAAMA News Team: Damien William, Lorena Walker, Kyle Dowling