Arid Lands Environment Centre

03/09/2026

LAST CHANCE!!! We only have 15 hoodies left for the year, with our next print run not scheduled until winter 2027. Buy your hoodie online via our website - we ship Australia wide 💌

01/09/2026

01/09/2026

THANK YOU for everyone who supported us at our annual curry and trivia fundraiser. We raised over $6,000, which goes directly to protecting the arid lands we all call home. A big thank you to all the ALEC staff and volunteers who helped on the night, Tej from Compassionate Connections for the food, and Azura from 8 Hele Gallery for providing such a wonderful venue.

31/08/2026

Congratulations to Karlu Karlu Traditional Owners and Custodians, the Central Land Council, NT Parks and other partners in recognising the phenomenal dark skies found at Karlu Karlu. The dark skies across the Barkly and across the arid lands are unbelievable sites, important for First Nations communities first and foremost, as well as in understanding our place in our solar system. May this designation be a positive opportunity for custodians, as well as others involved! Almost all of Karlu Karlu is a registered sacred site and is significant to Kaytetye, Warumungu, Warlpiri and Alyawarra Traditional Owners.

More info here: nit.com.au/25-08-2026/26119/sacred-indigenous-landscape-karlu-karlu-gains-international-recognition

28/08/2026

Mpwerempwer Native Title Holders, supported by the Central Land Council, were successful in the High Court, and the Singleton water licence has effectively been cancelled. However, the fight to stop this project is not over. Fortune Agribusiness is still pursuing one of the largest water mining projects in Australia, attempting to extract two times all the water in Sydney Harbour, and receiving all of that water for free via an NT Government subsidy.

Sign ALEC’s petition in support of Mpwerempwer Native Title Holders, as well as bush communities like Alekarenge in their fight for water justice. ALEC for the last six years has been working to stop one of Australia’s largest groundwater grabs at Singleton, threatening Kaytetye lands and up to 50 kilometres of groundwater dependent habitat, including open ghost gums woodlands and coolibah forests.

Sign the Petition! Link in bio and here: alec.org.au/singleton_nt_26

Image: Anna Miers, CLC, from ABC News story

The Arid Lands Environment Centre is a strong and trusted voice for the conservation and responsible management of the land, water and natural resources of Central Australia.

26/08/2026

ALEC welcomes the release of this significant economic report on buffel grass commissioned by the Environment Minister Joshua Burgoyne, and his support for nationally coordination on buffel and more Federal resourcing here in the NT

Sign ALEC’s petition calling for a W**d of National Significance: alec.org.au/wons_25

The Report highlights that:
“Incremental buffel grass expansion is expected to result in large net economic losses for the NT, with costs approximately sixty times greater than benefits”“A critical distributional finding underlying these estimates is that pastoral benefits accrue almost entirely to private operators, while fire, biodiversity, cultural, and scenic amenity costs are borne predominantly by public agencies, Traditional Owners, conservation bodies, and the broader community. “These findings constitute a market failure that provides a direct economic justification for the 2024 w**d declaration and for the effective implementation of the Buffel Grass W**d Management Plan 2026–2036”

24/08/2026

Over the weekend was the 60th anniversary of the Wave Hill Walk-Off in 1966, where Gurindji leader Vincent Lingiari and more than 200 Gurindji, Mudburra and Warlpiri workers and their families striked for fair wages and their rights. It marked a major moment in the Aboriginal Land Rights movement, that culminated in the passing of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act in Federal Parliament in December 1976.

ALEC stands in solidarity with first nations communities across this continent that are building on this historic legacy and continuing to fight for their rights today! See great coverage here: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/wave-hill-walk-off-the-birth-of-the-modern-aboriginal-land-rights-movement/qqiki572c

24/08/2026

24/08/2026

Does the NT gov's pitch to make NT the data centre capital of the world sound like a bad idea to you? Come to our meeting tomorrow/ tuesday 6pm, RSVP link in bio