FMG's Great Native Title Swindle from Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corp. on Vimeo.
Legend:
Caught red handed – 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. The video demonstrates the unscrupulous actions of a miner trying to bully traditional owners into a land use 'Agreement' that will see massive disturbance of country and will swindle several generations of Yindjibarndi people. The fight continues. See yindjibarndi.org.au/
* The mining company has reportedly sent a legal letter to Vimeo demanding this video be taken down. Vimeo has complied. It may now be viewed on North Coast Voices in the post In defence of free speech and First Peoples.
2 comments:
Letter in The Age today:
TIME to pass the hat around for Andrew Forrest. He could only offer the Yindjibarndi people annual compensation of $10 million for a mine on their land, a mine that is only going to make a paltry $1 billion a year.
Raelee Hunter, Keilor Downs
http://www.theage.com.au/national/letters/defence-must-set-a-strong-example-20110408-1d6e1.html
Not only that but it is actually $4 million a year capped with the other 6 only if you are an FMG employy-our people should have the right to be employed in what ever field they what. Plus FMG emlpoees anyway so it shouldnt be included in the so called deal-empolying on the base of race is not equal anyway. We should be getting 0.5 like rio offer so it isnt capped and if produstion doubles we get double the resources to advance our people and have the rights to manage our finds! Also a divided community will find it very hard to work together so FMG needs to play its part to bring everyone back together!
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