People involved		Central Land Council (CLC) On the second occasion we went to the CLC it was to meet with staff lawyers and anthropologists to talk about native title in the Northern Territory. The meeting was hosted by the Council's chairman, Max Stuart, and attended by Smithy Zimran as well as senior staff of the Native Title Unit. After an introduction to the issues by Harold Furber discussion centred on the context and mandate of the CLC as a representative body for native title claimants. He explained that the Council was set up by the 1976 Land Rights Act (NT) and had 82 members drawn from 12 language groups.   At this time the Corporation is pursuing four test cases: 1. A claim by Arrente people for urban and pastoral leasehold land in the Alice Springs area 2. A claim covering land in the Davenport Murcheson National Park 3. Compensation for land acquired under the Subuljack pastoral lease 4. Compensation for land taken for the new town development at Yalara.   David Avery, Head of the Native Title Unit, provided an historical perspective on the development of Native Title in the Northern Territory. He made particular reference to the Aboriginal cattlemen's strike, the Arnhem Land 'Bark Petition', the Woodward Report following a parliamentary enquiry and the arrival in 1972 of a Labour government with an interest in resolving these issues. These events resulted in land rights and heritage legislation in the Northern Territory that provides the strongest defence of Aboriginal lands of any state in the Federation. However, with a Commonwealth government trying to force an amendment to the Native Title Act through parliament, and the Northern Territory government reviewing its landrights legislation, the likelihood is that current protections for the natove lands will be diluted.   The CLC is currently negotiating with government about the route of the proposed Alice Springs-Darwin railway line. The track (14,050 kms) will by necessity cut across Aboriginal lands and disrupt the continuity of sacred sites. Already it has been agreed that the track will bypass the 'Devil's Marbles' reserve and thereby respect the spiritual significance of this area. In some situations Traditional Owners suggested that rather than realigning the track to avoid their lands they would accept an allocation of land elsewhere as a replacement, but this was rejected by the government. It is clear that compensation will have to be paid for lands excised for the railway line. However, no-one yet has any idea how the amount can be calculated as there are no principles to guide this determination other than the constitutional provision that land should only be acquired on 'just terms'.   Imparja Television The delegation was very interested to visit the studios of Imparja Television. Imparja is an Aboriginal TV station covering an area of 3 million square kilometres. We were welcomed by Chief Executive, Corallie Ferguson, and we were taken on a tour of the station by the station manager, Chris Widelewski.   Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) Several of the delegates took the opportunity to visit CAAMA (the parent body of Imparja). It was CAAMA who provided staff to film our activities in the Alice Springs area. Some of this material has been used on this website.   The Centre for Appropriate Technology (CAT) Some of the delegates chose to visit the Centre with a view to seeing what technologies developed in Australia that might have application in Africa. CAT in Alice Springs was established in 1980 to research, design, develop and teach appropriate technologies for remote Indigenous communities. CAT is fully incorporated and managed by an Aboriginal Board of Management. CAT's programmes concentrate on a number of areas of community concern - water, waste management, energy, shelter and communication.