On behalf of NSW Labor we extend our condolences and thoughts to the family and friends on the passing of prominent Wiradjuri woman, Aunt Neita Scott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aunt Neita was committed to improving the lives of her people through her long commitment to Land Rights, her extensive work in Aboriginal housing and in her home community of Narromine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neita Scott became the NSWALC Councillor for the Central Region in 1988 to 1995 and served as Secretary of the Council from 1989 to 1995. Aunt Neita was Treasurer of the Narromine Local Aboriginal Land Council for more than two decades and Chairperson of Narromine LALC for many years. Neita advocated for Land Rights on the world stage, representing NSWALC at the United Nations in Geneva on several occasions and was awarded NSWALC\u2019s inaugural \u201c40 Years Strong\u201d Chairperson\u2019s Award in 2017.
She was a Board Member at the Aboriginal Housing Office, a member of the Aboriginal Housing Development Committee, as well as a Member of the Premier\u2019s Council for Women, the Rural Women\u2019s Advisory Council and Narromine Health Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aunt Neita was a giant of the Lands Rights Movement and we acknowledge her huge contribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On behalf of NSW Labor we extend our condolences and thoughts to the family and friends on the passing of prominent Wiradjuri woman, Aunt Neita Scott. Aunt Neita was committed to improving the lives of her people through her long commitment to Land Rights, her extensive work in Aboriginal housing and in her home community … Continue reading “Passing of Neita Scott”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18309,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18308\/revisions\/18309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}