21
submitted 1 month ago by Quokka@quokk.au to c/fns@quokk.au
top 7 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

Justice Burley noted the 240 sacred sites inside the Solomon Hub mining area that had become inaccessible to the Yindjibarni people, 124 of which had been "completely destroyed" by the mining operations.

Sorry we permanently destroyed parts of your culture. Here's 0.02% of the profit we made from the willful destruction.

[-] Slotos@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

Cost of doing business, from the looks of it.

[-] 13igTyme@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago

The billionaire is worth about $20 billion. That $150 settlement is about 0.75%.

[-] Rothe@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago
[-] SaneMartigan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A bargain, even.

[-] lath@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

Should've been 2bil base + all profits from mining.

[-] lovingisliving@anarchist.nexus 3 points 1 month ago

That is a weird way to say that some billionaire stole a mine.

this post was submitted on 12 May 2026
21 points (100.0% liked)

First Nations

275 readers
13 users here now

founded 7 months ago
MODERATORS