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, […]
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 […]
Media Release Court order against Qld Government preventing native title extinguishment Injunction hearing set for 30 January 2018, trial in March Brisbane, 19 December 2017. Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) representatives, seeking to prevent the extinguishment of their native title by the Queensland Government for Adani, have ensured that there will be no surrender of lands […]
Media Release Brisbane, 8 December 2017. Traditional Owners of the Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) Traditional Owners Family Council say they are troubled by the decision of the National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT) to register an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) for Adani before a legal challenge to the ILUA scheduled for March 2018 can be […]
Media Release Traditional Owners fighting Adani make demands of new Labor Govt New Queensland polling released showing support for mine delay Brisbane, 8 December 2017. With the announcement of a new majority Qld Labor government, and with the National Native Title Tribunal set to decide today whether to register Adani’s sham Indigenous Land […]
~ Claim group reject ILUA for the fourth and final time ~ Injunction filed against Adani and Qld Govt Brisbane, 3 December 2017. For the fourth time since 2012, W&J Traditional Owners have voted unanimously at an authorisation meeting to reject an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) with Adani, underlining their sustained opposition to the […]
The Queensland State continues to authorise dispossession Responding to a Federal Court decision today, in one of the long running cases bought by Traditional Owners against the Adani mine, the Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners expressed their profound frustration with the way the native title and court processes have over-ridden their decision to reject an […]
“Where there’s mining there is no justice” Responding to a Supreme Court decision in Brisbane today, Traditional Owners fighting Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal mine say that yet again the Queensland Government and Adani have benefited from laws designed to suppress Aboriginal peoples’ rights. The Queensland Court of Appeal today upheld an earlier decision that the […]
MEDIA RELEASE 14 June 2017 Traditional Owners slam passage of Native Title amendments Traditional Owners fighting Adani’s proposed coal mine have expressed profound disappointment at the passage of Attorney General Brandis’ amendments to the Native Title Act, stressing that while Mabo’s legacy has been diminished they will continue to fight for their rights. Senior spokesperson […]
MEDIA RELEASE – 13 June 2017 Native Title Bill fails us: Traditional Owners say Adani fight continues Canberra, Australia. Traditional Owners fighting the Adani mine say passage of the Native Title Bill through the Senate today will be a further erosion of Mabo’s legacy, with Aboriginal law and custom and the property rights of Traditional […]
