BBC News – Australia ·australia ·2 hours ago

Indigenous Australians win record A$150m after billionaire mined without permission

An Australian court awarded Indigenous Yindjibarndi people A$150.1 million Tuesday after ruling billionaire Andrew Forrest's mining company extracted iron ore from their land without permission. Federal Court Justice Stephen Burley found Fortescue liable for A$150 million in cultural losses, the largest native title payout in Australian history. The Yindjibarndi had sought A$1.8 billion in compensation.

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