DoomsdaysCW<p>From 2020: Why <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Aboriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aboriginal</span></a> people have little say over energy projects on their land </p><p>Published: August 10, 2020 <br>by Lilly O'Neill, et al.</p><p>"Renewable energy projects come with a caveat: most <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TraditionalOwners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TraditionalOwners</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> have little legal say over them.</p><p>- The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeTitleAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeTitleAct</span></a> does not allow traditional owners to veto developments proposed for their land.</p><p>- The National Native Title Tribunal — which rules on disputes between native title holders and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>companies</span></a> — has sided with native title holders only three times, and with companies 126 times (of which 55 had conditions attached).</p><p>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RioTinto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RioTinto</span></a>’s agreement for the area including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JuukanGorge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JuukanGorge</span></a> reportedly “gagged” traditional owners from objecting to any activities by the company, which then destroyed the 46,000-year-old rock shelters. </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/why-aboriginal-people-have-little-say-over-energy-projects-on-their-land-139119" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/why-aborig</span><span class="invisible">inal-people-have-little-say-over-energy-projects-on-their-land-139119</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FortescueMetalsGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FortescueMetalsGroup</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AsianRenewableEnergyHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianRenewableEnergyHub</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousEstate</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Consent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Consent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindTurbines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindTurbines</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pilbara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pilbara</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarArrays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarArrays</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a></p>