Western Australia Plans to Transfer 8 Percent of Land Into Indigenous Ownership

The move is part of a policy push to increase rates of individual home ownership in remote Aboriginal communities.

An Aboriginal flag is seen through the crowd at the "Stop Black Deaths In Custody" march in Perth, Australia on Oct. 7, 2023. Matt Jelonek/Getty Images

The Western Australian state government is preparing legislation that will transfer an estate called the Aboriginal Lands Trust into private ownership.

Currently, the land is administered by a statutory body established more than 50 years ago when church missions closed.