MEDIA RELEASE 18 August 2018 Traditional Owners vow to continue to defend their land rights against Adani ~ W&J leaders say appeal pending against court decision favouring Adani’s land grab ~ Request no action from Queensland Government on extinguishment of native title ~ Senior Counsel advice says the State not obliged to wipe out land title […]
MEDIA ALERT: FED CT BRIS FRI 4.15PM Trad Owners v Adani and others judgment 17 August 2018 Critical judgment in W&J Traditional Owners fight for their land rights against Adani WHAT: Justice Reeves of the Federal Court delivers his decision in the case in which Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) Traditional Owners have challenged the legitimacy […]
MEDIA RELEASE 3 August 2018 Traditional Owners take land rights fight to U.N. to head off threat of native title extinguishment for Adani Authorised representatives of the Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners Council, Adrian Burragubba and Murrawah Johnson, have submitted a request to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) for […]
The Path of resistance First Nations solidarity and the Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Owners’ fight for their future PUBLIC EVENT 6:30 Pm to 8:00 PM, 16th JULY 2018 State Library of Queensland, Auditorium 1, Level 2, Stanley Place, South Brisbane This public event is hosted by the Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners Council […]
Wangan and Jagalingou law and order By Adrian Burragubba Published as the Prologue to The Coal Truth: The fight to stop Adani, defeat the big polluters and reclaim our democracy, by David Ritter. June 2018 I AM A WANGAN AND JAGALINGOU PERSON. I learnt the ways of my people from my father and my older […]
25th March 2018 While we were in the courtroom on 12 – 14 March, fighting the State of Queensland, Adani Mining, and Qld South Native Title Services (QSNTS), the Queensland Premier authorised an email that was sent to many of our supporters. The Queensland Premier’s response studiously avoided our key demands. That is: Acknowledge that Adani […]
Media Release – Three day Federal Court hearing commences – Critical case – native title extinguishment essential to Adani WHEN: Begins 10:15am Monday 12 March – Wednesday 14 March WHERE: Court No. 2, L7. Cth Law Courts 119 North Quay (Tank St entry), Brisbane Brisbane. A three day hearing in the Federal Court begins today, […]
Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Owners Council STATEMENT Delivered at Speakers Corner, Qld Parliament House Brisbane, Thursday 8th March 2018 It’s time the Queensland Government stood up for our rights. We are determined to prevent our land being taken without our consent and to protect our Country and sacred places from destruction. We have never […]
Media Release – 8 March 2018 At a smoking ceremony outside Queensland Parliament today the Wangan & Jagalingou Family Council called on the Queensland government to rule out extinguishing W&J Native Title for Adani, the week before a crucial Wangan & Jagalingou Council’s Federal Court case commences. High quality stills and vision can be made […]
W&J COUNCIL STATEMENT Lifting of injunction Adani’s duplicity After nearly two months of an interim injunction, and only a few weeks away from the trial brought by W&J applicants to argue the invalidity of the “Adani ILUA”, the court order that had restrained Adani from seeking, and the State of Queensland from acting on, the […]
