The Act also dismantled the Aboriginal Lands Trust that had been established by the Aborigines (Amendment) Act 1973 and held title to all Aboriginal reserves in New South Wales and property of the Trust was transferred to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs to then be transferred to relevant Aboriginal Land Councils.“Land is of spiritual, social, cultural, and economic importance” to Aboriginal peoples, and that, “as a result of past Government decisions the amount of land set aside for Aboriginal persons has been progressively reduced without compensation”.