Excellent, informative, entertaining + satisfying read from billionaire buffoonery surgeon Joe Aston who asks the question "Why Aren't We Juukan-Gorging Twiggy Up The Wazoo?
He's got a point.
"The destruction of Juukan Gorge in May 2020 made Rio Tinto Australia’s most hated company. Its chairman and CEO were compelled to resign. That was over one sacred site. Yet Fortescue has destroyed more than a hundred of them!"
archive: archive.md/avIe0
#AusPol #AndrewForrest

https://www.afr.com/companies/mining/why-aren-t-we-juukan-gorging-twiggy-up-the-wazoo-20260604-p60449

Andrew Forrest and his shameless hypocrisy

The awarding of a pitiful $150 million in compensation to the long-suffering Yindjibarndi people may be the apex moment in Twiggy’s life mission as a false prophet, writes Joe Aston.

Australian Financial Review
Added some extra features to the Joe Aston story for added #AndrewForrest #Fortescue #AusPol entertainment :) There's a long 35 post thread to take in...enjoy!

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:etpuufiqdupukey44g643yih/post/3mnk2zh6flp22
Care to comment on this article @[email protected] ? Rio Tinto damaged one site, which caused the resignation of their CEO. Fortescue has damaged over 100, so...what's going on? FMG have shown no corporate responsibility here. What will be your actions? #AndrewForrest #Fortescue #RioTinto #AusPol

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30/ @[email protected] "FMG accepts more than $300 million in this Commonwealth subsidy annually and nothing precludes the miner from refusing it. Forrest calls publicly for its abolition safe in the knowledge that will never happen. It’s the perfect scenario." #AndrewForrest #fortescue
15/ "Twiggy almost pulled a hamstring rushing for his chequebook. “We will pay the compensation tomorrow if given the opportunity,” he said on the day of the ruling, having held out for nearly two decades. He knows a screaming bargain when he sees one." #AndrewForrest #Fortescue
5/ "Yindjibarndi leader Michael Woodley refused to roll over for a few measly pieces of silver as all of Fortescue’s other traditional owner groups had done (FMG pays those TOs around a quarter of the compensation paid by BHP and Rio Tinto)." #FMG #BHP #RioTinto #AndrewForrest #Fortescue
Agreed, @[email protected], but no one does a takedown of billionaires quite like Joe Aston. The original, and the best: Australia's "climate evangelist" Andrew Forrest conveniently forgets how he got here: archive: archive.md/iPRb8 #AusPol #JoeAston #AndrewForrest #Fortescue

Andrew Forrest forgets how he ...

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@MHowell/116695233151696804

Your loving reminder that billionaire Andrew Forrest has a yacht. And a jet airplane. No doubt buildings all over the world.
#AusPol #TaxTheRich #AndrewForrest