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Native title holders take water dispute to High Court

A huge water allocation to allow a horticulture company to grow fruit and vegetables in the desert is being challenged in the High Court by Traditional Owners.

AAP · Feb 10

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

Traditional owners have lost repeated legal challenges over the 40-gigalitre-per year water licence at Singleton Station – and now they’re taking it to the high court

The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2025

NT water allocation draft risks 'irreversible damage' to country and culture, critics say

Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory fear the new water allocation plan proposed by the territory government threatens the future of country and culture for remote Aboriginal communities in Central Australia.

ABC News · May 9, 2023

Traditional owners take fight against Australia's largest water licence on Singleton Station to Supreme Court

A group of traditional owners have travelled hundreds of kilometres to Alice Springs, in a bid to overturn the approval of a massive groundwater licence on Singleton Station in the Northern Territory.

ABC News · Sep 7, 2022

Traditional owners prepare for court challenge to NT's largest water licence on Singleton Station

A 30-year water licence in the Northern Territory is believed to be one of the largest ever awarded in Australia, and traditional owners are hoping to overturn it.

ABC News · Sep 3, 2022

NT project to get $300m in free water

The Central Land Council says a fruit and vegetable project in the Northern Territory could get more than $300 million in free water over the next 30 years.

AAP · Jul 12, 2022

NT decision to grant biggest ever water licence labelled ‘extraordinary’ giveaway

Report also finds employment benefits from Fortune Agribusiness’s Singleton station venture were ‘largely illusory’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 12, 2022

Study finds Fortune water licence deal represents poor value for NT taxpayers and traditional owners

An independently commissioned study of the NT’s largest-ever groundwater licence has found the project "makes no sense" for Territory taxpayers.

ABC News · Jul 12, 2022

Arid Lands Environment Centre and Central Land Council launch legal action over Singleton Station water licence

A licence allowing 40,000 megalitres of groundwater to be extracted each year from an outback cattle property allegedly threatens cultural habitats and delicate ecosystems.

ABC News · Feb 16, 2022

Traditional owners launch legal challenge against NT’s largest groundwater extraction licence

Licence granted to Fortune Agribusiness to extract up to 40,000 megalitres a year ‘unconscionable’, Central Land Council says

The Guardian - AU · Feb 16, 2022