Indigenous people no longer have the legal right to say no to the Adani mine - here's what it means for equality
- Written by Dominic O'Sullivan, Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
Last week, the Queensland government extinguished native title over tracts of land in the Galilee Basin so the Adani coal mine could proceed.
This gives Adani freehold title to the land, and means the Wangan and Jagalingou native title holders’ objections no longer have the same legal significance.
But they do have moral significance, and...