‘Most precious thing in the desert’: the fight to protect sacred sites against the NT’s largest water licence

Traditional owner Maureen Jipiyiliya Nampijinpa O'Keefe is one of the leading voices opposing the groundwater licence. Photograph: Isabella Moore

When parts of nature die and species are lost, traditional owners like Maureen Jipiyiliya Nampijinpa O’Keefe feel deep grief.

In Kaytetye country, near Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory, life and death are controlled by access to water.