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𝓜𝓲𝓪@quokk.auM to First Nations@quokk.auEnglish · 8 days ago

Breaking: Record payout after billionaire built mine without traditional owners' permission

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Breaking: Record payout after billionaire built mine without traditional owners' permission

www.abc.net.au

𝓜𝓲𝓪@quokk.auM to First Nations@quokk.auEnglish · 8 days ago
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Record payout after billionaire built mine without traditional owners' permission
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Andrew Forrest's Fortescue has been ordered to pay $150 million to WA traditional owners after mining their land without permission.

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

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    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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    Cost of doing business, from the looks of it.

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      The billionaire is worth about $20 billion. That $150 settlement is about 0.75%.

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        A slap on the wrist.

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          A bargain, even.

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        Should’ve been 2bil base + all profits from mining.

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    That is a weird way to say that some billionaire stole a mine.

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