From colonisation to 'safe space': The story of Dhirri-aay-aay
By Brigitte Murphy
Back on country, Aunty Polly Cutmore says she feels like a child again when visiting her ancestral lands. Now, as a respected Goombri elder, she shares the stories of her country.
#AboriginalLanguage #NativeTitle #RuralandRemoteCommunities #BrigitteMurphy
$150m compensation payout for Yindjibarndi slammed as too little
By Alistair Bates and Mietta Adams
Andrew Forrest's Fortescue has been ordered to hand over the largest native title compensation payout in Australian history. But some say it falls painfully short of what is owed.
#LandRights #IndigenousAustralians #MiningandMetalsIndustry #NativeTitle #Courts #AlistairBates #MiettaAdams
Record payout after billionaire built mine without traditional owners' permission
By Andrea Mayes, Mietta Adams, and Alistair Bates
Andrew Forrest's Fortescue has been ordered to pay $150 million to WA traditional owners after mining their land without permission.
#NativeTitle #LandRights #MiningandMetalsIndustry #Environment #IndigenousCulture #AndreaMayes #MiettaAdams # #AlistairBates
Breaking: Record payout after billionaire built mine without traditional owners' permission
Andrew Forrest's Fortescue has been ordered to pay $150m to WA traditional owners after mining their land without permission.
#NativeTitle #LandRights #MiningandMetalsIndustry #Environment #IndigenousCulture
YINDJIBARNDI NATION AND FORREST CLASH OVER LAND COMPENSATION
Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation seeks $1.8 billion from Andrew Forrest's FMG for mining on their land. Federal Court to rule soon.
#Yindjibarndi, #AndrewForrest, #FortescueMetals, #NativeTitle, #LandCompensation
https://newsletter.tf/yindjibarndi-nation-forrest-1-8b-land-compensation/
The Yindjibarndi people are asking for $1.8 billion in compensation from Fortescue Metals Group, a much larger amount than previously discussed.
#Yindjibarndi, #AndrewForrest, #FortescueMetals, #NativeTitle, #LandCompensation
https://newsletter.tf/yindjibarndi-nation-forrest-1-8b-land-compensation/
Catching up on the High Court of Australia decision in Commonwealth of Australia v Yunupingu (on behalf of the Gumatj clan or estate group) & ors [2025] HCA 6 https://www.hcourt.gov.au/cases-and-judgments/cases/decided/case-d52023 The case goes back to subject matter at stake in the Bark Petitions.
HRLC summary: https://www.hrlc.org.au/case-summaries/commonwealth-of-australia-v-yunupingu/
'In a landmark ruling, the High Court has set an important precedent that the Commonwealth is liable to pay compensation to First Nations Peoples if their native title rights have been compromised by certain historical government decisions. In this case, this included government decisions to grant mining leases.
The High Court unequivocally affirmed the Gumatj Clan of the Yolgnu people’s right to ‘just compensation’ under native title law for historical acts which adversely affected their native title rights in the Gove Peninsula. The decision recognised the Gumatj Clan’s enduring connection to the Gove Peninsula in North-East Arnhem Land.'
The Conversation Summary
#auslaw #auspol #IndigenousIP #nativetitle #acquisitionofproperty #justterms
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