Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation say it's being kept in the dark about whether any of the 5,000 sacred sites in Fortescue Metals Group's Solomon Hub mine have been damaged.
In 2020 the High Court confirmed YAC represents native title holders for the area where the hub operates, paving the way for the compensation claim based on economic and cultural loss.
"The thing that keeps the Yindjibarndi functioning is that they know exactly what's happening on their country," he said. He said FMG should have been dealing with YAC from the start, but they had been sidelined by WA's Aboriginal heritage laws, which the government said would bePaul Cleary's book Title Fight looks at the tension between the Yindjibarndi people and miners in the Pilbara.
"It's almost like the state government has actually drafted that new law with the Yindjibarndi case in mind, because it's such an extreme example of manipulation by a company."Under WA's heritage laws, companies can apply to destroy sacred Aboriginal sites under the controversial section 18 process, which— where 46,000-year-old rock shelters were legally destroyed by Rio Tinto in 2020.
A government spokesperson told the ABC changes to Aboriginal heritage laws would put Registered Native Title Bodies Corporate, such as YAC, at the centre of the consultation process for miners.
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