There seem to be few new tactics that may be adopted in the seemingly interminable battle to force mining companies into being both honest and just. However, on September 22nd, what some have described as …
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London Calling the shots on Vedanta – and some British banks
Aboriginal Australians struggle against Xstrata
The Yanyuwa have lived around the McArthur River in Australia’s Northern Territory for millennia and were able to legally claim the land in 1977 under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act, which allows indigenous people to …
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Australian minister spills “midnight oil” on Aboriginal custodians
Through the 1980s, Peter Garrett and his band, Midnight Oil, were widely regarded as in the vanguard of recognition of Australian Aboriginal land rights and environmental protection. But no longer. As Australian Federal government Environment …
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