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Yolngu leaders in north-east Arnhem Land have announced a powerful new Dilak Land Council, declaring land rights are coming home" to traditional owners, AAP reports.

On a national stage at the Garma festival, revered elder Djawa Yunupingu told leaders, politicians and visitors from across the country on Saturday real power must sit fully into the hands of landowners".

There will be a new land council in Arnhem Land and it will be called the Dilak Land Council, and it will be the power for our future.

Icac should be allowed to go through its processes free of political interference, free of commentary from politicians, and be allowed to run its course.

Writing the review into the 2022 election, we specifically said that each division needs to make sure that its constitution is fit for purpose and that that its membership is match-fit to fight elections.