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MEDIA RELEASE: NT Chief Minister & Treasurer must act on Government's $12M broken promise to Aboriginal Rangers

MEDIA RELEASE May 16, 2025 Funding for NT's Aboriginal Rangers must be restored as a matter of integrity, after the Country Liberal Party Government axed a grants program despite promising it was...

MEDIA RELEASE: Federal Government Commitment to Grow Indigenous Protected Areas Welcomed on Eve of National Workshop

MEDIA RELEASE March 22, 2025 Country Needs People celebrates the announcement of a new tranch of funding for Indigenous Protected Areas by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek  We welcome Minister Plibersek’s announcement today...

MEDIA RELEASE: Country Needs People Welcomes WA Labor’s Commitment to Aboriginal Rangers

MEDIA RELEASE January 23, 2025 WA Environment Minister Reece Whitby and Premier Roger Cook announce expansion to WA's Aboriginal Ranger Program Country Needs People, the national non-profit which supports Aboriginal Rangers, today...

MEDIA RELEASE: Massive Boost for Indigenous Ranger Jobs

MEDIA RELEASE October 31, 2024 Country Needs People welcome massive boost for Indigenous Ranger jobs and increase in women rangers nationally, resulting from sustained campaign by Traditional Owners network. National non-profit Country...

MEDIA RELEASE: Queensland LNP Commitment to Grow Investment in Queensland Indigenous Rangers

MEDIA RELEASE September 24, 2024 Country Needs People welcomes the commitment by the Queensland Liberal National Party to grow investment in the Queensland Indigenous Land and Sea Program made earlier this week....

MEDIA ALERT: Indigenous Protected Areas in the Spotlight at Parliament House

MEDIA ALERT November 15, 2023 This Wednesday 15th November at Parliament House Canberra, the future of Indigenous Protected Areas will be under the spotlight when over 20 Indigenous Rangers and Traditional Owners...

MEDIA RELEASE: Inflation Will Bite into On-Country Funding for Rangers & IPAs

MEDIA RELEASE May 8, 2023 Country Needs People urges the Federal Government to make sure inflation does not undermine the important work of Indigenous Rangers and Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) in looking...

MEDIA RELEASE: SA Meeting of Aboriginal Land and Sea Managers Calls on Govt to Boost Investment in Sector

MEDIA RELEASE April 19, 2023 From 11-13 April 2023 over 75 representatives from the South Australian Aboriginal Land & Sea Sector - Aboriginal Rangers, Indigenous Protected Area Managers, Aboriginal Land & Sea...

MEDIA RELEASE: 30 by 30 Success Relies on Government Commitment to Indigenous Land & Sea Management

MEDIA RELEASE December 21, 2022 Country Needs People welcomes the historic global agreement to protect 30% of the world’s biodiversity by 2030 at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) in Montreal,...

MEDIA RELEASE: Country Needs People Welcomes Threatened Species Action Plan, calls for rebuild of support for Indigenous Land and Sea Management

MEDIA RELEASE October 13, 2022 Indigenous Rangers and Indigenous Protected Areas are critical in delivering goals of Threatened Species Action Plan. “We support the renewed focus on protecting threatened species in this...

Country Needs People is a national not-for-profit organisation born from the support of hundreds of Traditional Owners around the country.

We pay our respects to all the First Nations people around Australia and their unbroken commitment to keep Country strong on land and sea. We acknowledge Indigenous partners, Traditional Owners, Elders past, present and emerging and extend our appreciation of their support and guidance of our daily work.

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