Indigenous rangers call on Turnbull government to double their funding

By Adam Gartrell
Updated April 9 2016 - 5:33pm, first published 4:15pm
Ranger Michael Murrimal, of Timber Creek, NT, in the Gregory National Park. He is one of the traditional Aboriginal owners of the park, which is in the NT's Victoria River Region. Photo: Glenn Campbell
Ranger Michael Murrimal, of Timber Creek, NT, in the Gregory National Park. He is one of the traditional Aboriginal owners of the park, which is in the NT's Victoria River Region. Photo: Glenn Campbell
Ranger Dukpirri Marwali pulls ghost nets discarded from fishing boats ashore in the Laynhapuy Indigenous Protected Area at Yilpara on the Arnhem Land coast, NT. Photo: Glenn Campbell
Ranger Dukpirri Marwali pulls ghost nets discarded from fishing boats ashore in the Laynhapuy Indigenous Protected Area at Yilpara on the Arnhem Land coast, NT. Photo: Glenn Campbell
Wardekken ranger and fire management leader Dean Yilbarbuk with the billboard outside Darwin Airport highlighting the importance of the Indigenous Ranger movement.  Photo: Glenn Campbell
Wardekken ranger and fire management leader Dean Yilbarbuk with the billboard outside Darwin Airport highlighting the importance of the Indigenous Ranger movement. Photo: Glenn Campbell
Djelk land and sea rangers patrol for feral buffalo on the Tompkinson River floodplain near Maningrida in Arnhem Land, NT.  Photo: Glenn Campbell
Djelk land and sea rangers patrol for feral buffalo on the Tompkinson River floodplain near Maningrida in Arnhem Land, NT. Photo: Glenn Campbell
Alfred Anderson, the traditional owner of Managoora Staion and Australian Quarantine and Inspection service officer Ray Petherick join forces to survey the remote northern coastline.  Photo: Glenn Campbell
Alfred Anderson, the traditional owner of Managoora Staion and Australian Quarantine and Inspection service officer Ray Petherick join forces to survey the remote northern coastline. Photo: Glenn Campbell

Indigenous rangers across Australia have launched a national campaign to convince the Turnbull government to double its funding for their highly successful programs in the federal budget.

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