Newsletter date: 22 August 2015
Contents:
* Media Statement: Wangan & Jagalingou Family Council: Next, Federal Court: Wangan & Jagalingou Stand Stronger Than Ever To Stop Adani Carmichael: http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/stronger-than-ever/
* Explainer: Wangan & Jagalingou Family Council: Representation of the Wangan & Jagalingou People (W&J): http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/representation/
* Background:
WGAR Background: Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Owners reject Adani's coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
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- Media Statement
Wangan & Jagalingou Family Council: Next, Federal Court: Wangan & Jagalingou Stand Stronger Than Ever To Stop Adani Carmichael
http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/stronger-than-ever/
21 Aug 15: "The Wangan and Jagalingou people, traditional owners of Queensland’s Galilee Basin, today announce we have formally reconstituted the group representing our native title claim, and now stand together stronger than ever for our imminent fight in the Federal Court to stop Adani’s Carmichael coal mine, the biggest in Australian history.
See: Backgrounder on W&J organisational structure, governance and representation
As a people, we have voted down deals with Adani twice now. Our Family Council has continued to oppose Adani’s moves against us. And now our native title claim ‘Applicant’ properly reflects our people and our decisions.
We look forward now to moving onto our challenge in the Federal Court, which is set for a directions hearing on 9th September 2015.
Adrian Burragubba, senior traditional owner and spokesperson, said, "Today, the Federal Court registered our new Applicant, ending the fabricated myth that the majority of Wangan and Jagalingou do not oppose Adani’s mine. This dispels the malicious disinformation spread by Adani, which has always tried to paint our community as terminally divided.
"In any group, there are a variety of views. But a clear majority of our people said no to the Carmichael mine. Twice. This decision is final. ... "
- Explainer
Wangan & Jagalingou Family Council: Representation of the Wangan & Jagalingou People (W&J)
http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/representation/
21 Aug 15: "Note: There has been considerable misinformation about "disunity" within the W&J , purposefully amplified by Adani to serve the company’s interests, and questions raised about Adrian Burragubba’s authority to act and speak on the W&J’s behalf by Adani and others. This briefer clarifies this – and provides explanatory background to the fact that a clear majority of the W&J oppose Adani’s Carmichael mine and reject any agreement with Adani for the mine to proceed. Of particular note [see timeline immediately below]: ...
Summary: Together, all of these bodies compose the governance arrangements of the W&J people. It is in accord with the right of the W&J people as described in Article 18 of the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – ... "
Background:
WGAR Background: Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Owners reject Adani's coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/06/01/wgar-background-wangan-jagalingou-tr...
(last updated: 19 August 2015)
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-to-the-aboriginal-so...
(last updated: 21 August 2015)
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