'A national disgrace': 37,000 Aboriginal land claims left languishing by NSW

Exclusive: Backlog of cases awaiting determination - including first one lodged under land rights act in 1984 - labelled a betrayal'

There are 37,000 unresolved Aboriginal land claims in New South Wales awaiting determination by the government, including the first claim lodged under the land rights act in 1984. The backlog has been described as a national disgrace" and a form of institutional racism.

According to research seen by Guardian Australia, the backlog has built over decades.