Historic Federal court ruling recognises Kabi Kabi people as native title holders on Sunshine Coast

In a historic ruling by the Federal Court, the Kavi Kavi people are now recognised as native title holders of 365,000 hectares of land and water on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. This is a huge honour for our people and we need to celebrate it as one. I've got to acknowledge my ancestors and I was also to acknowledge my elders. A lot of them have passed away since they started. Without them we wouldn't have got it started. It's the first time on Australia's East Coast native title has been recognized in a heavily urbanized area. The non exclusive rights include Gimpy, Noosa, Maroochydore, Caloundra, Bribie Island and Majimba Island. The Cubby cubby people got a right to move about on the land, to camp on the land, to build temporary structures, to teach their kids, to take some resources, to hunt and to fish. But all activity must still comply with Commonwealth and state laws. It doesn't give Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people land. It's not an inevitable outcome of native title that the climates will get land. It's simply a recognition of the rights. I don't think there's anything here to be concerned about. In fact, if anything, it's an opportunity for us to better understand, better integrate those First Nations stories into our understanding of the land. This federal court decision only applies to part of the native title claim by the cubby Cubby people. Further adjoining areas are yet to be determined. But for now, it's a moment being treasured. Congratulations to all my people to for us to celebrate something that took a long time. And yeah, congratulations to all of us. This is now hope for, you know, my children, my grandchildren and what we can do on our country moving forward.