NAIDOC WEEK MEDIA STATEMENT Thursday 8 July 2021 Call for ‘stop work’ and independent verification of Adani’s threat to sacred Doongmabulla springs The W&J Nagana Yarrbayn Cultural Custodians, a group of Traditional Owners of Wangan and Jagalingou Country, including senior cultural leader Adrian Burragubba, have raised the alarm over environmental practices by Adani Mining. But they say the Queensland Government’s poor […]

Media Statement Friday, 9 April 2021 Wirdi Language Dictionary for Wanggan Yagalinggu Country launched The People of Wanggan and Yagalinggu Country (also known as Wangan and Jagalingou – W&J) have launched an interactive dictionary with tools for learning the Wirdi Language.  The online dictionary and language learning tools are part of a language project established by […]

Requests Isaac Council support for First Nation cultural custodians to hold Adani to account and to protect cultural heritage Senior cultural leader, and prominent W&J spokesperson, Adrian Burragubba, has said that everyone who deals with Adani Mining soon enough learns they are a corporation that can’t be trusted.  “Isaac Regional Council is just the latest to learn this […]

Adani threatened with assault and racial discrimination charges over land access dispute Human Rights complaint filed with Qld Commissioner Qld Premier and Police Commissioner asked to not interfere with TO’s land rights Jagalingou First Nation Traditional Owners returned to their camp and ceremonial ground near the Adani mine site late yesterday and were immediately confronted […]

Yesterday, the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) launched a landmark legal case challenging Clive Palmer’s proposed coal mine in the Galilee Basin on human rights and climate grounds. EDO is representing Youth Verdict, a coalition of diverse young Queenslanders from around the state. Murrawah Johnson, spokesperson for the Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners Family Council, says – […]

First Nation owners barred from their lands in Supreme Court decision Brisbane: 24 April 2020 In an uncontested decision in the Queensland Supreme Court, Adani achieved its goal of banning Traditional Owners from parts of their ancestral lands. Adrian Burragubba, his son Coedie McAvoy, and members of the W&J Council are prevented from entering the […]

In a letter sent to its CEO Joe Kaeser, the Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) Council has challenged international German tech company Siemens AG to meet with its representatives. It has called on the corporation to prove it conducted due diligence regarding their rights as First Nations people when entering into a contract with Adani Mining in […]

MEDIA RELEASESaturday 31 August 2019 BREAKING NEWS: In a shameful act, the Queensland Government has extinguished native title over Wangan and Jagalingou Country for Adani’s coal project, ignoring the refusal of W&J landowners to give their consent. W&J Council say they will maintain their defence of country and continue to stay on their homelands to care […]