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AAPA farewells Ms Jenny Inmulugulu after 20 years service on the Board

The Chairman, Board, CEO and staff of the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority extend their heartfelt thanks to Ms Jenny Inmulugulu who attended her last Board meeting today after twenty years of service with the AAPA Board.

Turquoise thief sentenced to jail in joint AAPA and DME prosecution

Today in the NT Local Court, Mrs Kimberley Smith was convicted and sentenced to four months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months from today, after pleading guilty to working on a sacred site. This is the first time a person has been sentenced to imprisonment for a conviction under the Northern Territory Aboriginal Sacred Sites Act.

Mr E. Portaminni

The Chairman, Board, CEO and staff of the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority are deeply saddened by the loss of our Board Member, Mr E. Portaminni. Mr Portaminni’s advocacy, wisdom and deep knowledge of the Tiwi Islands made a lasting contribution to the protection of Sacred Sites. The Authority sends its deepest condolences to his extended family, friends and community.

The NT Government, SH Darwin Hotel and the Darwin Waterfront Corporation the first to use the new ‘recorded party’ power under the NT Sacred Sites Act

The Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority Board has added SH Darwin Hotel and the Darwin Waterfront Corporation as recorded parties to the existing Authority Certificate issued to the Northern Territory Government for the Darwin Waterfront re-development in 2004. The application marks the first use of the NT Government’s recent amendment to the Sacred Sites Act.