A seriously ill member of the Yindjibarndi community says Fortescue Metals Group was never given permission to mine on land covered by native title as witnesses start giving evidence in a high stakes compensation case.
A frail Aboriginal elder has described feeling sick when he heard blasting at Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group’s Solomon iron ore mine, as the Federal Court begins hearing evidence from witnesses as part of a compensation claim that could top $500 million.
She said hearing two loud bangs from Solomon made her feel “really sick” because “our country was being destroyed”. Griff Ranson, representing the State of Western Australia – which along with Fortescue is a respondent in the compensation claim – questioned Ms Read about how much time she had spent on Yindjibarndi country.
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