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Indigenous community rejects $150 million mining payout

An Indigenous community has rejected $150 million in compensation from mining giant Fortescue for operating on their land without proper consent.

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WA’s Yindjibarndi traditional owners consider appeal against Fortescue’s $150m record native title payout

Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation label federal court ruling against mining giant’s Solomon Hub iron ore operation ‘unsatisfactory’

The Guardian - AU

Fortescue and WA government say traditional owners’ $1.8bn compensation claim is worth $8m

Yindjibarndi people allege mining giant did not get permission from native title holders, while company says community ‘disharmony’ is not its fault

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'Serious investment' needed for Indigenous rangers

Indigenous ranger programs need serious investment from government to continue the important work of protecting Country, advocates say.

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Choir takes stories the 'world needs to hear' to London

An Indigenous choir, Marliya, will perform before their first international audience in October when they take their show Spinifex Gum to London.

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Environmental concerns at Fortescue's embattled WA mine

The traditional owners want better environmental protections at a mine in WA's Pilbara region, saying hundreds of cultural heritage sites have been damaged.

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FMG 'like kicking a dog when it's down', court hears

Expert witnesses are giving evidence in the Federal Court case that will determine whether FMG should compensate Yindjibarndi people for mining on their land.

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Scientist cited in push to oust Harvard’s Claudine Gay has links to eugenicists

Christopher Rufo, credited with helping oust school’s first Black president, touted critic associated with ‘scientific racists’

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Power shift as Indigenous people want clean energy say

Indigenous Australians are demanding a seat at the table in the clean energy sector and are turning to the Canadian experience as a positive model.

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Fortescue founder claims signing Yindjibarndi royalty agreement risks creating 'alcohol disasters'

Fortescue Metals executive chairman Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest defends the failure to sign a mining compensation agreement with Yindjibarndi traditional owners in WA's north.

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Yindjibarndi people ask for landmark Fortescue Metals case to be heard on-country in remote WA

The compensation claim is linked to a long-running and bitter dispute between traditional owners and Australia's richest man.

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‘Bad things happened there’: how a notorious Pilbara pub became a symbol of hope

When the old Victoria Hotel in Roebourne was transformed into the Ganalili Centre celebrating Yindjibarndi culture, a new dawn was brought to a dark history

The Guardian - AU

Yindjibarndi people say they're unsure if burial grounds, sacred sites at FMG's Solomon Hub are safe

Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation say it's being kept in the dark about whether any of the 5,000 sacred sites in Fortescue Metals Group's Solomon Hub mine have been damaged.

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Fortescue Metals could face paying traditional owners millions of dollars in native title compensation claim

The Yindjibarndi traditional owners won a landmark native title case in the Pilbara in 2020 in a David-and-Goliath battle with mining giant Fortescue Metals Group, however, negotiations over royalties for mining iron ore on their land fell through. Now they are launching legal action against FMG for compensation.

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