Newsletter date: 3 October 2015; last updated 4:20pm AEST
Contents:
* Wangan & Jagalingou Family Council Letter // Submission to UN:
Letter // Submission regarding Australia’s failure to protect the Wangan and Jagalingou People’s rights to culture from the proposed Carmichael Coal Mine
http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/author/wj/
http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/un/
* Wangan & Jagalingou Family Council Submission to UN:
Submission regarding Australia’s failure to protect the Wangan and Jagalingou People’s rights to culture and to be consulted in good faith about, and give or withhold consent to, the development of the destructive Carmichael Coal Mine on our traditional lands:
http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/author/wj/
http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/un-submission/
* News Analysis: Emma Blackwood, ABC News: Traditional owners appealing to United Nations over native title process on Adani coal project
* News Analysis: Lisa Cox, Sydney Morning Herald: Indigenous groups take Adani Carmichael mine battle to the United Nations
* News Analysis: 9 News: Indigenous groups call on UN to stop mine
* Homepage of Wangan & Jagalingou People - Celebrating Our Shared Connections: http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/
* Donate: Wangan & Jagalingou are fighting to defend our lands from Adani: http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/donate/
* Background:
CommunityRun Petition: Stop Adani Destroying Our Land and Culture: https://www.communityrun.org/p/stopadani
WGAR Background: Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Owners reject Adani's coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
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WGAR News - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
- Wangan & Jagalingou Family Council Letter // Submission to UN:
Letter // Submission regarding Australia’s failure to protect the Wangan and Jagalingou People’s rights to culture from the proposed Carmichael Coal Mine
http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/author/wj/
http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/un/
2 Oct 15: "Dear Special Rapporteur Shaheed:
We, the indigenous Wangan and Jagalingou people, write to you in urgent and worrying times as our traditional lands, connection to country and cultural identity are under imminent threat of irreversible destruction from the proposed development of the massive Carmichael Coal Mine by a private company, Adani Mining, with the support of the Australian government. Attached to this letter is a detailed submission for your reference. Although the attached submission is directed to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as you will see from section III of the submission it is also relevant to your mandate because of the impacts to our cultural identify from the proposed coal mine. We have also sent this submission to the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises because of the bad faith actions Adani Mining has taken towards our people. ... "
- Wangan & Jagalingou Family Council Submission to UN:
Submission regarding Australia’s failure to protect the Wangan and Jagalingou People’s rights to culture and to be consulted in good faith about, and give or withhold consent to, the development of the destructive Carmichael Coal Mine on our traditional lands:
http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/author/wj/
http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/un-submission/
- News Analysis
ABC News: Traditional owners appealing to United Nations over native title process on Adani coal project
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-03/traditional-owners-appeal-to-un-ov...
3 Oct 15: "The traditional owners of the Galilee Basin region in central Queensland are appealing to the United Nations to stop the Adani Carmichael coal mining project. The Wangan and Jagalingou Family Council said it was requesting urgent intervention under the UN's Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Spokesman Adrian Burragubba said the traditional owners voted down a land use agreement with Adani almost 12 months ago, but their objections had been overlooked by both the State and Federal governments. "We haven't consented to them destroying our traditional homelands, and we don't take any of their offers," he said. ... " By Emma Blackwood
- News Analysis
Sydney Morning Herald: Indigenous groups take Adani Carmichael mine battle to the United Nations
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/indigenous-groups-...
3 Oct 15: "A new front has opened in the battle over Australia's largest coal mine with Indigenous landholders in central Queensland taking their complaint to the United Nations. ... In a submission to the UN, the group's representatives Adrian Burragubba and Murrawah Johnson allege the mine would violate a number of the rights of traditional owners, including rights to culture, rights to "free, prior and informed consent" and the right to give or withhold consent to "the development of significant extractive industries on our land". "By supporting and facilitating the Carmichael coal mine, Australia is thus violating its duty to protect our fundamental, universally recognised human rights," ... " Lisa Cox, a national political reporter covering breaking news. Most recently Lisa covered the ACT Legislative Assembly for The Canberra Times, and the environment from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age's Canberra bureau.
- News Analysis
9 News: Indigenous groups call on UN to stop mine
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/10/03/09/35/indigenous-groups-call...
3 Oct 15: "An indigenous group is calling on the United Nations to help them stop an Indian coal group building a $16.5 billion mine on their lands in Queensland. Adani's Carmichael mine, expected to export at least 50 million tonnes of coal a year, is slated for the Galilee Basin on traditional lands of the Wangan and Jagalingou people. Members for the indigenous group are now urging the UN's Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples to intervene to protect their lands from "irreversible destruction". "If developed as proposed, the mine (would) permanently destroy vast swathes of our traditional lands and waters, ... " AAP
- Homepage
Wangan & Jagalingou People - Celebrating Our Shared Connections
http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/
"The Wangan & Jagalingou people are proud to celebrate our shared origins and connection to our land. Follow our journey to learn about our community initiatives and how we maintain our cultural integrity."
- Donate
Wangan & Jagalingou People: Donate
http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/donate/
"Wangan and Jagalingou are fighting to defend our lands from Adani – a multi-billion dollar company. We are willing to do whatever it takes to preserve our culture, but we can’t do it alone. If you can, please make a donation to support our campaigning efforts."
- Background:
CommunityRun Petition: Stop Adani Destroying Our Land and Culture: https://www.communityrun.org/p/stopadani
WGAR Background: Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Owners reject Adani's coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/06/01/wgar-background-wangan-jagalingou-tr...
(last updated: 12 September 2015)
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-to-the-aboriginal-so...
(last updated: 19 September 2015)
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