- 23 May, 2013
24 May 2013
On Thursday 23 May, in reference to Fortescue’s infrastructure sale, The Australian Financial Review reported “one of the issues to emerge is whether final approvals have been met on its $5 billion debt deal”; and, “It is understood Fortescue had 270 days to get final approval from stakeholders, including traditional owners, in order ...
- 3 March, 2013
4 March 2013
On 13 February 2013, in response to the Federal Court’s decision validating the appointment of a new and unified Applicant group for the Yindjibarndi #1 Claim, Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) CEO, Nev Power, issued a press statement saying: “the Federal Court of Australia decision does not impact Fortescue’s current or future operations ...
- 26 February, 2013
Dear YAC member, it is not safe to come to the AGM this week because of the cyclone. YAC has asked ORIC for the AGM to be held on 27 March instead.
- 13 February, 2013
13 February 2012
Yindjibarndi Federal Court win
On 12 February, Federal Court Justice, Neil McKerracher, handed down a decision that validated the vote of the Yindjibarndi people to authorise a new and unified Applicant group of twelve Yindjibarndi men and women to run the Yindjibarndi #1 Claim—this includes the Area of vacant crown land where Fortescue Metals Group ...
- 13 February, 2013
Yindjibarndi Federal Court win
Bid to shut down voice of the National Indigenous Times
Yesterday justice was served in the Federal Court when the voice of the majority of the Yindjibarndi People was affirmed. The court authorised a Yindjibarndi plebiscite, of 24 March 2012, which elected 12 Applicants who unequivocally support the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC); and ...
- 12 February, 2013
Media Statement Tuesday 12 February 2013
WMYAC documents confirm Michael Gallagher is FMG’s “inside-man”
Internal documents, including minutes, invoices and correspondence from Wirlu-murra Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (WMYAC) by WMYAC Chairman Bruce Woodley, confirm Michael Gallagher’s effective role ...
- 6 February, 2013
6 February 2013
Gerry Georgatos of the National Indigenous Times writes “abuse and trampling of inalienable rights” in FMG’s native title dealings with the Yindjibarndi People is racist, and calls for a Royal Commission. This week he reports new evidence of intermeddling involving former FMG staffer, Michael Gallagher.
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Last November, whistleblower, ...
- 30 January, 2013
30 January 2013.
This week Gerry Georgatos of the National Indigenous Times writes:
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The National Indigenous Times reports that the National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT) has confirmed that it has engaged an external consultant “to review conflicts of interest affecting a former employee (Lillian Maher), and the NNTT’s procedures ...
- 23 January, 2013
Native Title Tribunal inquiry
23 January 2013
By National Indigenous Times reporter Gerry Georgatos
The National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT) President, Graeme Neate and the Tribunal’s Registrar, Stephanie Fryer-Smith have launched an external inquiry into a former State Manager after reports published in the National Indigenous Times revealed allegations of various improprieties in reference to undeclared interests ...
- 29 November, 2012
A statement from Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) in response to revelations by another whistleblower, Yindjibarndi Elder Bruce Woodley, Chairman of the Wirlu-Murra Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (WMYAC), regarding FMG interference in, and manipulation of Yindjibarndi native title affairs.
- 28 November, 2012
After two years of misinformation and trouble from FMG, Bruce Woodley, Chairman of the Wirlu-Murra Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (WMYAC)—the Yindjibarndi faction created and funded by FMG—, is so incensed at the way he and the Wirlu-murra board directors have been stage-managed by FMG operatives, that he has decided he must take a public stand against ...
- 23 November, 2012
The National Native Title Tribunal and West Australian State Government may be left with no option but to launch a full inquiry into Fortescue Metals Group’s relationship with the Wirlu-murra Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation following claims an executive of the National Native Title Tribunal failed to declare her association with the Wirlu-murra group at the time ...
- 20 November, 2012
TONIGHT
7.30 ABC Television—Tuesday (20 November)
ABC’s 7.30 tonight investigates evidence brought to light by whistleblower/solicitor, Kerry Savas, who alleges underhanded conduct by Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) in its dealings with the Yindjibarndi people, over Fortescue’s Solomon Hub iron ore project.
This follows a series of revelations over the past year about FMG’s campaign against the Yindjibarndi; their ...
- 8 November, 2012
Both FMG and their client splinter group, the Wirlu-murra, have issued statements to the National Indigenous Times (NIT) dodging evidence of grave misconduct and skulduggery.
In this week’s NIT , the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) sets the record straight in a close examination of FMG’s multiple evasions, and rebuttal of Wirlu-murra’s mudslinging.
Read the full Yindjibarndi reply ...
- 7 November, 2012
Following last week’s news that Fortescue Metals Group’s “set up and funded” a native title splinter group to circumvent the Yindjibarndi people’s opposition to Fortescue’s defrauding land access ‘agreement’; and reports of how an FMG agent worked as an ‘inside man’ to get FMG’s land access agreement signed “one way or another”—Investigative reporter Gerry Georgatos ...
- 31 October, 2012
Solicitor Kerry Savas has revealed to The National Indigenous Times that, in order to circumvent negotiations with the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation, FMG created an alternate Yindjibarndi client group, the Wirlu-Murra, that would comply with Fortescue’s wishes for access to rich mining resources for a fraction of the royalty normally payable to native title holders as ...
- 17 October, 2012
AN anthropologist engaged by Fortescue Metals Group says his services were discontinued after he refused a demand to amend sections of his report discussing indigenous heritage where the company wanted to mine.
This article by Paul Cleary can be read in full on the Australian Web site here (paywall).
- 4 October, 2012
A group of 23 Yindjibarndi People traveled from Roebourne to attend the hearing of their Section 66b (NTA) application, scheduled for 2nd October 2012 in the Federal Court of Australia (Perth). Most of these photos were taken outside the Commonwealth Law Courts in the morning, during the lunch break, and at the conclusion of the ...
- 10 September, 2012
confirmation in documents released by the Department of Indigenous Affairs (DIA), under the Freedom of Information Act, that FMG has destroyed two Yindjibarndi sites and damaged a third at Solomon with impunity, and has “under-reported” sites in the project area by about 30%.
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- 28 August, 2012
“After two years of meddling and attacks against us in the courts, the overwhelming support of our people in recent meetings is a win for Yindjibarndi people-power against the divisive and under-handed tactics of FMG. I hope the Yindjibarndi voice in both these meetings sends a message to Fortescue, and they come back to us ...
- 16 August, 2012
The Federal Court has declared that a determination of native title in favour of the Yindjibarndi People over the land affected by Fortescue Metals Group’s (FMG) Solomon Project may expose FMG to a liability to pay compensation to the Yindjibarndi People for any impairment of their native title rights and for any social disruption caused ...
- 27 July, 2012
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
While we mourn the passing of our great elder, Ned Mayaringbungu Cheedy, the Cheedy family and Yindjibarndi elders want the life and example of Mayaringbungu to be celebrated and remembered. From Mayaringbungu we learn about being straight with our country and our spirit—his story is one that offers something beautiful and strong ...
- 23 April, 2012
This site contains the names, words, video and images of deceased people.
- 23 April, 2012
Dear all,
As friends and colleagues of the Yindjibarndi Nation.
I bring to you today sad news of the passing of our Yindjibarndi Elder Mr. Ned Cheedy. As most of you know, Mr. Cheedy was 105 years old and lived a remarkable life.
On behalf of his family I want to thank you all for participating one way ...
- 21 December, 2011
SUMMARY:
On 30 June 2011 the Minister responsible for protection of Aboriginal heritage in WA, Mr Peter Collier, gave FMG consent to commence mining in Yindjibarndi country at the Solomon Project, but attached several fundamental conditions, recommended to him by the Aboriginal Cultural Materials Committee (ACMC), which gave some assurance that Yindjibarndi heritage would be properly ...
- 20 December, 2011
West Australian Indigenous Affairs Minister Peter Collier has substantially freed the company chaired by his friend Andrew Forrest from having to comply with the state’s heritage law for its expanded mining operations in the Pilbara, says an Aboriginal group.
Read more of this article by Paul Cleary in “The Australian”
- 19 December, 2011
Last Tuesday, the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Peter Collier, reneged on an earlier commitment to hold Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) accountable for identification and protection of Yindjibarndi heritage in the path of its Solomon Project mine. After FMG demanded that critical conditions of his consent be deleted, Minister Collier complied, clearing the way for wholesale ...
- 16 December, 2011
We would like to thank you for donating to the Yindjibarndi Fighting Fund with a promise.
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- 15 December, 2011
The YAC says FMG is now demanding that Yindjibarndi people stay out of their traditional country and apply to FMG ‘managers’ for permission in writing to enter.
Listen to this interview
- 11 December, 2011
WE ARE NOW LAUNCHING INTO A MORE PROACTIVE AND CHALLENGING PHASE OF OUR CAMPAIGN, FOR WHICH WE NEED YOUR HELP EVEN MORE URGENTLY
- 8 December, 2011
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Having acquired a limited right to mine in Yindjibarndi country, FMG is now demanding that Yindjibarndi people stay out of their traditional country and apply to FMG ‘managers’ for permission in writing to enter.
- 30 November, 2011
The WA Supreme Court heard on Monday that veteran native title lawyer, Ron William Bower, of Perth legal firm Corser & Corser, and one of his clients, “pressured” an elderly Yindjibarndi woman into signing an Interlocutory Injunction Application seeking to stop the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) AGM going ahead this week.Read full report
- 27 November, 2011
FMG block Yindjibarndi cameras for “safety” reasonsFULL STATEMENT ATTACHED
- 23 November, 2011
FORTESCUE Metals Group’s ambitious plans to expand its Pilbara mining operations face dual threats of state and federal intervention following claims that the company is riding roughshod over indigenous heritage protection.Read more on Australian Site
- 23 November, 2011
The Yindjibarndi People have asked Minister Tony Burke to enact emergency declaration to halt FMG’s massive blasting and ground disturbance program in traditional lands in the path of FMG’s Solomon Project.
Read Summary Yindjibarndi Application to hon Tony Burke
- 22 November, 2011
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The Yindjibarndi People have appealed to the Hon. Tony Burke (Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities) to use his power under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act to make an emergency declaration to stop FMG doing more irretrievable damage. “The tragedy is that every moment spent waiting for Mr ...
- 10 November, 2011
- 8 November, 2011
Michael Woodley, CEO of Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation, and a dozen traditional owners from Roebourne, and friends, will be holding a peaceful vigil outside the AGM this Wednesday morning.
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- 7 November, 2011
- 7 November, 2011
- 6 November, 2011
- 6 November, 2011
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The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) is calling on Federal Minister, Tony Burke, to invoke emergency powers to stop the destruction by Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) of Yindjibarndi sacred sites and ‘living heritage’ areas that date back thousands of years.
YAC has received evidence showing FMG forced heritage consultants to change a heritage report ...
- 25 October, 2011
FMG POISED TO DESTROY SANCTUARY OF ANCESTRAL BURIALS – YINDJIBARNDI DEMAND INDEPENDENT SITES INVESTIGATION
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- 16 October, 2011
FMG map showing aboriginal sites on the Fire Tail And Trinity development areas.
- 15 October, 2011
Unmarked burial places are scattered all over the vast lease where Fortescue Metals has begun work on its new Solomon mine, an area in which Aboriginal people have lived for millennia. The burial complex was described as ”… a highly important and significant site” in one FMG archaeological report sent to the Western Australian ...
- 14 October, 2011
Multibillionaire mining magnate Andrew Forrest and his Fortescue Metals Group are battling a government attempt to protect ancient Aboriginal graves on his giant new Solomon mine project in the West Australian Pilbara.
Jan Mayman writes in the Weekend Age on October 15, 2011
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/national/fortescue-fights-orders-to-protect-aboriginal-graves-20111014-1lp9a.html#ixzz1aogzUe6m
- 19 September, 2011
Ned Cheedy, elder of the Yindjibarndi people, is at least 105 years old. With such a significant milestone, the community of Cheeditha spared nothing to reflect and celebrate the lifetime of achievement and experience of Ned.
ABC’s Tangiora Hinaki reports on the Respect Corroboree’ celebration for the 105 year old.
Hear report
- 14 September, 2011
Read full press release 14 Sep 2011On Monday night the website of Roebourne-based Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) was disabled by a “Distributed Denial of Service” (DDoS) attack. The site was down for 48 hours before being restored by Hosting Engineers at the Westnet Network Operations Centre late on Wednesday afternoon.
- 14 September, 2011
For a year now, we Yindjibarndi people of the Pilbara have been suffering a split in our community engineered with terrible outcomes by the Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) who intend to mine Yindjibarndi country. Despite having Native Title to our homelands, and despite showing Australian courts and the Native Title Tribunal that the Yindjibarndi people ...
- 7 September, 2011
Earlier this year our beloved elder, 105 year old Mayinbungu (Ned Cheedy), was awarded the most prestigious NAIDOC prize, the Lifetime Achievement Award.
This week (6 September 2011) Juluwarlu Aboriginal Corporation and Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) invited people from Roebourne and surrounding towns to Cheeditha Community to celebrate Ned’s honour and to thank him for ...
- 17 August, 2011
Read this Press release 17 Aug 2011
A complaint by five Roebourne women has been lodged with the Australian Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) following a statement by FMG chairman and largest shareholder, Andrew Forrest, that “little girls” are approaching men in Roebourne late at night and offering sexual services in exchange for the ...
- 16 August, 2011
FMG CEO, Mr Nev Power, was quoted yesterday as saying, “We have commenced construction at Solomon.”
If this gives the impression that FMG can immediately proceed with mining or rail and mining camp construction on Yindjibarndi country, within which the inaugural Firetail mine is wholly situated, the suggestion is false.
- 15 August, 2011
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On 12 August the Full Federal Court handed down its decision rejecting a challenge by the Yindjibarndi People against the grant of three mining leases to Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) for its Solomon Hub project.
YAC advises that it is seeking advice about appealing this decision by the Federal Court to ...
- 11 August, 2011
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The Greens are behind the Native Title Amendment 9 Reform Bill 2011 for which submissions regarding YAC v FMG are open until August 12.
Meri Fatin spoke with Greens Senator Rachel Seiwert.
- 10 August, 2011
Download this Fact Sheet
Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) has made a number of statements in recent weeks regarding the status of their Solomon Hub project.
Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation, as the chosen representative body of the Yindjibarndi People states its position in this fact sheet.
- 3 August, 2011
Download YAC questions FMG Solomon leases August 3, 2011
An article by Rebecca Le May for AAP is circulating extensively.
Fortescue Metals Group insists it has all the approvals needed to proceed with its Solomon iron ore project, but Aboriginal landowners are questioning the validity of its mining leases. Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) says it’s incorrect for ...
- 2 August, 2011
Listen or download this interview.
A few weeks ago, Andrew Forrest stepped down as CEO of the Fortescue Metals Group, leaving to the new CEO, Neville Power, to deal with the ongoing native title dispute between FMG and the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation.
Already Mr Power has ruled out another offer being placed on the table.
This leaves the ...
- 28 July, 2011
Download this press release 29 July 2011Following in Mr Forrest’s footsteps, Mr Power said that FMG would never agree to a royalty deal like Rio Tinto has made with many of our neighbours because he thinks its not going to do any good for our community.
Yindjibarndi reject FMG’s return to the ‘dark ages of Aboriginal ...
- 27 July, 2011
New FMG CEO Nev Power says a royalty deal isn’t an option. “It’s not going to happen because we know it’s not going to do any good (for the community),” Mr Power told AAP on a Fortescue mine site tour.
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- 26 July, 2011
Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation CEO Michael Woodley was interviewed by Meri Fatin on Morning Magazine program, on RTRfm radio in Perth, on Monday 25 July.
The podcast is available here.
To date, this has been one of the only responses in the media to the demand for an apology to Andrew Forrest’s slur on aboriginal women and our ...
- 20 July, 2011
Download Press Release 20 July 2011It seems Mr Forrest needs to tell stories of ‘depravity’ in Aboriginal communities, so he can put himself forward as the ‘humanitarian’ philanthropist who will rescue Aboriginal people from themselves – all the while dispossessing traditional owners of the rights they are due from their ancestral lands.
The community of Roebourne ...
- 19 July, 2011
A letter for Mr Ned Cheedy from Hon Eric Ripper, Leader of the Opposition in Western Australia.
and
A letter from Cliff Weeks, Acting Director General of the Department of Indigenous Affairs.
- 18 July, 2011
Download Yindjibarndi Media Release 18 July 2011
The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) is calling on the State Government to step in to help end the bitter dispute between the Yindjibarndi people and iron ore producer FMG over a proposed multi billion dollar mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.
The parties have so far failed to reach what ...
- 18 July, 2011
MINING magnate Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest has been accused of being a “corporate bully” in pushing ahead with an iron ore project in the Pilbara without traditional owner consent.AAP Article July 18, 2011 5:40PM
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- 17 July, 2011
Calls for native title law reform have intensified after negotiations between a Western Australian Indigenous community and an Australian iron ore mining giant became mired in bitter dispute.
Original report by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on the Four Corners documentary first screened on ABC 1 at 8:30pm, 18 July 2011.
- 17 July, 2011
Four Corners 8.30pm ABC 1
TONIGHT
Monday 18 July 2011
Iron and Dust
4 Corners reports on native title, FMG & Yindjibarndi
Four Corners on Monday 18 July reports from the booming Western Australian Pilbara region for a rare glimpse behind the scenes of dealings between mining giants and Indigenous groups seeking a fair share of the unprecedented minerals bonanza. ...
- 14 July, 2011
Download Press Release.
Yindjibarndi elder, 106 year old Ned Cheedy of Roebourne, was awarded the most prestigious NAIDOC prize, the Lifetime Achievement Award, on Friday night at the national NAIDOC awards in Sydney. His daughters Jane and Marion accepted the award on his behalf to a standing ovation, and with tears of joy…
- 10 July, 2011
Wanggangarra is a film about family histories, relationship & respect amongst the Yindjibarndi and Ngarluma people of the west Pilbara, Western Australia. It tells the story of families and their origins in country; describes the concept of home or ngurra; and explains traditions of skin relationship and respect within extended families and the traditional life ...
- 10 July, 2011
Download Press Release. The most prestigious NAIDOC prize, the Lifetime Achievement Award, has been awarded to Ned Cheedy, a respected elder and custodian of Yindjibarndi country, where he was born a century ago at Hooley Station on Cheedy Creek in Western Australia.
- 20 June, 2011
NEW MATILDA: Whose Side Is Twiggy On? http://newmatilda.com/2011/06/20/whose-side-is-twiggy-on/
All native title deals are inherently good. Mining companies and Indigenous groups are on the same side. Actually, it’s not quite that simple in the West, writes Sarah Burnside.
- 16 June, 2011
Paul Cleary wonders at the “official silence” that allows some companies (Rio and BHP) to make land use agreements with traditional owners between 10 and 50 times better than self-professed Aboriginal champion Twiggy Forrest. 16 June 2011
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- 15 June, 2011
- 15 June, 2011
DOWNLOAD Heritage at the mercy of Twiggy’s ministerial mate
Niki Morrell interviews Michael Woodley about Yindjibarndi fears for their sites under Minister Peter Collier’s watch; Collier about his conflict of interest; and Aboriginal Affairs shadow Sally Talbot about the Minister’s pecuniary interest in FMG and his untenable position as servant of the Crown.
ABC Radio Northwest ...
- 14 June, 2011
Journalist Jan Mayman writes in the Age Newspaper about the connections between Andrew Forrest and various members of the Western Australian Government, and how it is impossible for us as an Indigenous organisation in dispute with Mr Forrest to get a fair hearing.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/wa-minister-in-fight-over-friends-mine-20110613-1g0i7.html
- 8 June, 2011
After admissions last week by WA Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Peter Collier, that he “takes great guidance” from his “close personal friend” Andrew Forrest, Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation fear that the procedural fairness and independence of the Minister’s office with regard to heritage decisions have been compromised.
Download Press release 8 June 2011
- 4 June, 2011
DOWNLOAD Minister denies favours for mate
Indigenous Affairs Minister Peter Collier faces calls to stand aside from decisions about Fortescue Metals Group after declaring the group’s billionaire boss Andrew Forrest is a friend.
The West Australian 4 Jun 2011
- 15 May, 2011
The Weekend Australian – By Paul Cleary, May 14-15 2011 FOCUS p13
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- 24 April, 2011
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Steve Penells, The Weekend West, 23-24 April 2011. A conflict over a mining deal reflects deeper issues at stake for the future of Aboriginal groups.
- 20 April, 2011
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Mining companies must develop a more nuanced strategy than simple “divide and conquer” tactics. Commonwealth and State Governments must increase their role in Native Title negotiations. The current laissez-faire approach is not conducive to enterprise attraction or realising outcomes consistent with the Government’s “Close the Gap” campaign.
www.futuredirections.org.au/
- 19 April, 2011
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-04-12/forrest-defends-fmg-native-title-meeting/2618444
Fortescue Metals Group chief Andrew Forrest has defended his company’s conduct in a meeting held to vote on a new iron ore mine in the Pilbara.
Footage from the meeting between FMG and the Yindjibarndi people shows two men struggling for control of a microphone before several elders storm out.
The opposition leader Eric Ripper ...
- 19 April, 2011
Native Title Holders Yindjibarndi Create Controversial Video Claiming ‘Swindle’ on Iron Ore Mine: Mining Company Fights Back
Negotiations between native title holders and a mining company in Western Australia have resulted in native title owners walking out of meeting, video hosting site Vimeo being legally requested to remove the footage and then, a Google Adwords ...
- 19 April, 2011
CRIKEY EXAMINES FMGS BAD DEAL http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/19/is-the-yindjibarndi-native-title-deal-from-fmg-up-to-scratch/
…there are weaknesses to the Native Title Act, which has led to the manipulation of negotiations between big mining companies and inappropriately represented native title holders.
- 18 April, 2011
THROWN TO THE MINING WOLVES http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/aborigines-thrown-to-the-mining-wolves-expert-20110415-1dhcj.html
The state government has abandoned Aboriginal people, leaving them to unfairly negotiate multi-million dollar deals with mining corporations and their armies of lawyers, according to an economics policy expert .
- 16 April, 2011
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Australia’s richest man, Andrew Forrest, claims he has received death threats as a result of a national campaign against his company Fortescue Metals Group’s attempts to expand mining in the Pilbara “What he’s witnessing now is people in Australia are very angry in terms of what he’s doing.”
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- 16 April, 2011
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Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation CEO Michael Woodley’s Reply to Forrest Opinion Piece in the West Australian Page 64, 16 April 2011.
- 15 April, 2011
ABC BUSH TELEGRAPH INT/Vhttp://www.abc.net.au/rn/bushtelegraph/stories/2011/3192621.htm
Michael Mackenzie interviews lawyer for the breakaway Wirlumurra group, Ron Bower, FMG land access manager Blair McGlew, Yindjibarndi barrister George Irving and Yindjibarndi CEO Michael Woodley. Mackenzie raises serious questions about how this so-called native title meeting was conducted, and whether the voting procedures and resolutions passed, which FMG ...
- 15 April, 2011
Last night, board members of the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) met with their lawyers in Roebourne to discuss their next strategic move forward in what is becoming a very complex and fascinating Native Title Agreement case.
Native title lawyer, Simon Millman, was one of the lawyers at last night’s meeting and says it’s still possible ...
- 14 April, 2011
A native title meeting held in Roebourne, Western Australia, on 16th March, involving Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest could well go down in history as the defining moment when the bubble has burst with Indigenous Australians and their relationship with Australia’s richest man. National Indigenous Times Editor Stephen Hagan critically examines the rise and rise of Twiggy ...
- 14 April, 2011
This is a record of an illegitimate ‘native title’ meeting (16 March 2011) sponsored by the iron ore miner, Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) and its CEO, Andrew Forrest, the richest man in Australia.
The original posting of “FMG’s Great Native Title Swindle” was censored from Vimeo due to legal threats from FMG. It received 12,900 views ...
- 14 April, 2011
The people in Yindjibarndi country say no to FMG’s proposed plans to mine iron ore. http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/fmg-accused-of-bullying-tactics-in-pilbara-land-battle-20110414-1df31.html
A remote Aboriginal community at the centre of a land battle with Fortescue Metals Group has taken the fight to YouTube, airing a recording of a public meeting held in Roebourne last month.
- 14 April, 2011
RACIAL HATRED? http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/14/twiggys-legal-team-native-title-video-incites-racial-hatred/
Lawyers representing Fortescue Metal Group (FMG) and CEO Andrew Forrest have sent legal letters to a video hosting website requesting they take down a controversial clip of a native title meeting held in Roebourne last month despite issuing a denial to Crikey yesterday that they’d been in touch with Vimeo.
- 13 April, 2011
A response from Vimeo has been received in regards to the removal of the video “FMG’s Great Native Title Swindle”
Download our press release 13 April 2011
- 13 April, 2011
At 11.14 pm, the video footage of FMG’s Great Native Title Swindle was deleted from Vimeo without notice or explanation.
- 13 April, 2011
CENSORSHIP http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/13/video-of-twiggys-superb-meeting-with-native-title-group-taken-down/
A Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) PR spinner has been editing the Wikipedia page of the mining giant, while a video entitled “FMG’s Great Native Title Swindle” uploaded by Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation expressing their concern over a native title meeting was deleted last night by host Vimeo.
- 11 April, 2011
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-04-11/fmg-native-title-meeting-a-shambles/2622254
The Western Australian Opposition has labelled a native title meeting, overseen by Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) boss Andrew Forrest, a “shambles” after video of the event was posted on the internet.
- 11 April, 2011
NEW MATILDA: ‘This Process Is A Joke’ http://newmatilda.com/2011/04/11/this-process-joke/
Native title holders are just as entitled to benefit from the mineral wealth of their country as the big miners, aren’t they? Sarah Burnside on Twiggy, FMG and that video.
- 9 April, 2011
Read Forrest Opinion Piece The Weekend West, 9 April 2011
After a week of intense attention to FMG and Andrew Forrest’s controversial dealing with the Yindjibarndi people over land access, which was triggered by the video “Twiggy Forrest & FMG’s Great Native Title Swindle,” The Weekend West published an opinion piece by Andrew Forrest. Michael Woodley ...
- 6 April, 2011
THIS LAND IS WHOSE LAND?http://www.theage.com.au/national/this-land-is-whose-land-20110405-1d30g.html
Jan Mayman, April 6, 2011
The granting of mining leases, We ...
- 6 April, 2011
THE VIDEO EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/06/the-video-of-twiggy-forrest-that-everyones-talking-about/
Mining magnate Andrew Forrest has been accused of being “paternalistic” in his attempts to strike a native title deal with a group of traditional owners. The dispute involves a $5 billion iron-ore investment by Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) in the Pilbara, in Western Australia.
- 4 April, 2011
This is a record of a supposed ‘native title’ meeting staged by the iron ore miner, Fortescue Metals Group (FMG). It shows how FMG, its agents, a lawyer and an opportunist splinter faction tried to destroy the unity of the Yindjibarndi people and give open slather to FMG for its Solomon Hub project. ...
- 21 March, 2011
An agreement which allows Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) to do anything, anytime, anywhere it wants, on the traditional country of the Yindjibarndi People – but which prohibits the Yindjibarndi from ever claiming compensation, if FMG’s future activities prevent them exercising their legally determined land rights – was the subject of an extraordinary meeting held in ...
- 15 March, 2011
Download Yindjibarndi Newsletter 15 March 2011
A 24 page update describing the attack by Fortescue Metals Group – “The New Force in Iron Ore” – on the Yindjibarndi community of Roebourne; a document that spells out how the richest man in Australia is bankrolling lawyers, anthropologists and his company’s ‘Indigenous Land Access Managers’ to buy off ...
- 9 March, 2011
FMG and their cronies intensify assault on Yindjibarndi by seeking to get rid of most senior custodian, Ned Cheedy, and other claimants who refuse to sign their rotten Agreement.
DOWNLOAD Calling All Yindjibarndi to STOP FMG Takeover
- 7 February, 2011
Yindjibarndi elders Yilbie Warrie and Kenny Jerrold sing the Garmbulaynha Song that travels over country Twiggy will wipe off the face of the earth.
- 30 January, 2011
A summary indicating why current Federal and State laws governing Aboriginal heritage and native title, which are so readily exploited by companies like FMG, ‘have no clothes’. Also see: State & Miners against Aboriginal Futures
- 18 January, 2011
While a Minister’s approval for destruction of Aboriginal heritage in South Australia has been overturned, there is a disturbing pattern in the way that Western Australian State Ministers wield their executive power for the benefit of their friends, the miners, and against the cultural future of Aboriginal people – and get away with it!
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- 17 January, 2011
On 8 December 2010 the conflict between FMG and Yindjibarndi reached a new low point when someone posted notice of a meeting of Members of the Yindjibarndi #1 Native Title Claim Group in the local newspaper, the Pilbara News. This notice was NOT posted by the main Yindjibarndi representative body [the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation – ...
- 21 December, 2010
Download Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 15 Dec 2010
How FMG Wants To Rip-Off the Yindjibarndi People
Fortescue Metals Group The Yindjibarndi people have tried to negotiate with ...
- 20 December, 2010
This is the ‘pup’ FMG tried to sell to the Yindjibarndi people. It is a contract that strips all meaningful cultural and economic control from Yindjibarndi in their country, for as long as FMG wants, and with no consideration of changing economic climate over the next few generations. Traditional owner groups dealing with FMG be ...
- 12 December, 2010
Documentary about the Juluwarlu cultural archive and media centre for the Yindjibarndi people of the Pilbara, Western Australia.
- 12 December, 2010
A video statement from Yindjibarndi Elders on the importance of Law and unity for the future of the Yindjibarndi people.
- 12 December, 2010
This notice was posted in the Pilbara News on 8 December 2010, not by the main Yindjibarndi representative body , who had been dealing with FMG without including the main group.
