From the Authorisation meeting of the Wangan and Jagalingou People on the 19th March 2016 in Brisbane Resolution #9 – Adani Carmichael Project The chairperson read out the following resolution: “This meeting notes that a proposed ILUA with Adani for its Carmichael Project has been rejected at claim group meetings on two prior occasions, the […]
‘Three strikes you’re out’ – Traditional Owners reject Adani Carmichael mine for a third time QLD Mines Minister Anthony Lynham must now step up and rule out issuing of mining leases In a landmark moment of self-determination and a major blow to the Adani Carmichael coal mine, the Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) people, traditional owners […]
W & J PEOPLE AUTHORISATION MEETING: THE FACTS This statement corrects the record in relation to a false and misleading media report in The Australian newspaper of 12 March 2016 by Michael McKenna on a forthcoming Authorisation meeting of the Wangan and Jagalingou People: An Authorisation meeting relating to current dealings with Adani on the […]
Wangan and Jagalingou youth leader, Murrawah Johnson, has been added to the Grist 50 list of movers and shakers by Naomi Klein. The Grist 50 is a list of the best and brightest fighting for the planet, curated by Grist. Grist is based in Seattle, in the State of Washington, with contributors scattered the world ’round. It’s a nonprofit […]
MEDIA RELEASE: FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2015 QLD GOVERNMENT PLANS TO EXTINGUISH NATIVE TITLE FOR ADANI’S COAL MINE A NEW LOW IN VIOLATING TRADITIONAL OWNERS’ RIGHTS ‘Not here, not now, not this time’ say Traditional Owners Adrian Burragubba, senior spokesperson of the Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) Traditional Owners’ Council, has strongly condemned plans by Queensland’s Coordinator […]
MEDIA RELEASE – November 19, 2015 Wangan & Jagalingou leader in historic meeting with Kiribati president Joins president’s call for no new coal mines; seeks support to defend W&J’s rights and country Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) Traditional Owner, and senior spokesperson Adrian Burragubba, will this morning meet with President Anote Tong of Kiribati and offer […]
2 October 2015 Ms. Farida Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights c/o OHCHR‐UNOG, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Palais Wilson 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Re: Submission regarding Australia’s failure to protect the Wangan and Jagalingou People’s rights to culture from the proposed Carmichael Coal Mine Dear Special […]
Submission to the Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples by the Wangan and Jagalingou People, 2 Oct 2015
THE WANGAN & JAGALINGOU DECLARATION TO BANKS WE, THE WANGAN & JAGALINGOU PEOPLE, INDIGENOUS TRADITIONAL OWNERS OF THE GALILEE BASIN IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF THE AUSTRALIAN STATE OF QUEENSLAND: NOTE: 1.1 The Adani Group, an Indian conglomerate, propose to build the AUD$16.5bn Carmichael coal mine and rail project, one of the largest in the […]
