 The federal Labor government under Bob Hawke intervened, passing the "Aboriginal Land (Lake Condah and Framlingham Forest) Act 1987", which gave of the Framlingham Forest to the Framlingham Trust.Although the title is essentially inalienable, in that it can only be transferred to another Indigenous land trust, the Framlingham Trust has rights to prevent mining on the land, unlike trusts or communities holding native title.The Lake Condah Mission lands were also returned to the Gunditjmara on 1 January 1987, when the former reserve was vested to the Kerrup Jmara Elders Corporation.