Local government and state control: Municipalising the Northern Territory land councils
Local government and state control: Municipalising the Northern Territory land councils Journal Article
Urban Policy and Research
Abstract: If implemented, the recommendations of a recent review of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 would see relatively strong provisions for Aboriginal people to obtain and manage their traditional lands abolished. A centrally regulated and assimilationist system of local governance would be substituted. The neo?colonial implications of the proposals are masked by liberal rhetoric of community and local democracy.