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Locals Argue Against Plan to Hand Over ‘95 Percent’ of Town to Aboriginal Corporation

The Queensland government plans to hand over the tiny town of Toobeah, southwest of Brisbane, to the Bigambul Native Title Aboriginal Corporation.
Locals Argue Against Plan to Hand Over ‘95 Percent’ of Town to Aboriginal Corporation
An Aboriginal flag is seen through the crowd at the "Stop Black Deaths In Custody" march in Perth, Australia on Oct. 7, 2023. Matt Jelonek/Getty Images
Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom
3/21/2024|Updated: 3/21/2024
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Locals in the small Queensland town of Toobeah—pronounced “two beer”—400 kilometres southwest of Brisbane on the Queensland/New South Wales border, have been surprised by plans to hand over “95 percent” of freehold town land to a local Aboriginal corporation.

They claim they were not consulted during discussions between the Goondiwindi Regional Council and the Queensland Labor government to hand over the 220-hectare Toobeah Reserve to the Bigambul Native Title Aboriginal Corporation (BNTAC).

Rex Widerstrom
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Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.
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