Lance Riley (L) of Kuranda in Australia's northern Queensland state waits for a landrights rally...

Lance Riley (L) of Kuranda in Australia's northern Queensland state waits for a landrights rally to begin as dancers wait on the steps of a central city post office March 22. About 1000 demonstrators protested against government legislation in the wake of a High Court ruling that Aboriginal rights to ancestral lands and farmers' rights could co-exist on land leased from the government. The court also ruled that where the two conflicted, farmers' rights took precedence. [Australian Prime Minister John Howard claims that the land rights debate will be a key issue in an election to be contested within a year.]