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Breaking: Record payout after billionaire built mine without traditional owners' permission (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Quokka@quokk.au to c/fns@quokk.au

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/60026292

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[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago

Justice Burley noted the 240 sacred sites inside the Solomon Hub mining area that had become inaccessible to the Yindjibarni people, 124 of which had been "completely destroyed" by the mining operations.

Sorry we permanently destroyed parts of your culture. Here's 0.02% of the profit we made from the willful destruction.

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