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Who then enforces this ???

An Aboriginal leader is lobbying the Albanese and NSW governments to create a special First Nations-led council to rule on the Aboriginality of Australians.

Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council chief executive Nathan Moran raised the proposal for a "kinship council" at a meeting with federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister Malarndirri McCarthy and NSW Aboriginal Affairs Minister David Harris.

The bid to stamp out "Aboriginal fraud" comes after NSW land council leaders blasted Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek for ignoring their views on cultural heritage claims.

Ms Plibersek made a controversial decision to sell a gold mine in Blayney on NSW's Central-West based on the views of an Aboriginal corporation and not the Orange LALC.

At the fiery meeting this week, Mr Moran said governments accepted the views of "state blackfellas" who had no proven ties to Aboriginal culture. Mr Moran said the existing three-part test for Aboriginality was not being enforced.

A special council of elders and Aboriginal leaders could ensure only those meeting the test could call themselves Indigenous Australians and weigh in on matters affecting Indigenous people, he said.

The current test requires an individual must identify as Aboriginal, the Aboriginal community must recognise the person as Aboriginal, and the person has to be Aboriginal "by the way of descent".

"We ran Aboriginality forums to address fraud in 2016 and 2018," Mr Moran said. "At both forums, everyone said what is missing is an Aboriginality kinship council, a council of verified Aboriginal people. Ideally, it would have elders and native title holders, people associated with a land council.

"We are hoping people understand the test more—these laws are being ignored and not being followed."

Mr Moran said creating a council that would ensure people were following the three-part test would "stamp out fraud".

"No longer will people set up a corporation and start trading as an Aboriginal," he said.

"Both (Ms McCarthy and Mr Harris) were very open and supportive. Both of them saw sense in it."

Ms McCarthy said "It was good to meet" Mr Moran.

"It's always important to meet with land councils and hear the issues that matter to them, including Indigenous identity," she said.

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