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Cassandra Morgan

Aboriginal leader seeks mine compensation

Galarrwuy Yunupingu is representing the Gumatj clan in a $700 million mining compensation claim. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

An Aboriginal clan leader is seeking compensation from the Australian government over a Northern Territory mine, in a case that could have sigificant ramifications for native title law.

Former Australian of the Year Galarrwuy Yunupingu is acting on behalf of his people, the Gumatj clan, in a Federal Court case claiming up to $700 million over a Gove Peninsula mine approved in the 1960s.

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