Indigenous Land & Rights
Protest Against Continued Destruction of Sacred Aboriginal Lands and Culture
Friends of the Earth Perth, School Strike 4 Climate and aligned environmental groups will be rallying in solidarity with First Nations people to demand that mining companies stop destroying Aboriginal cultural sites, and that better protections for cultural sites are put into place. For too long have mining and fossil fuel corporations wreaked havoc on the climate and cultural sites - and it needs to stop.
Indigenous Land & Rights
Friends of the Earth stands in support of Black lives
Friends of the Earth Australia stand in solidarity with the uprising for Black lives in Minneapolis and across the United States.
Indigenous Land & Rights
Contractors caught in breach of Cultural Heritage Management Plan at Deebing Creek
This media release was issued by the Goori Sovereign Land Council on 20 March 2020.
Indigenous Land & Rights
Kimba nuke decision dumps on Indigenous rights
The federal government's decision to place a a nuclear waste storage site at Kimba on SA's Eyre Peninsula turned deaf ears to the opposition of the area's native title holders, argues Jim Green and Michele Madigan.
Indigenous Land & Rights
Kimba nuclear waste dump: PM and SA Premier Marshall must step in
Federal resources minister Matt Canavan has today announced his intention to move ahead with plans for a national nuclear waste dump near Kimba on SA's Eyre Peninsula.
Indigenous Land & Rights
Invasion Day protests this Sunday 26th January
First Nations groups are calling on all communities to join with them to stand on Invasion Day 2020 - Sunday January 26th - in an Annual Day of Protest.
Indigenous Land & Rights
Firesticks Alliance: Reinvigorating Australia’s cultural fire knowledge
The Firesticks Alliance is an Indigenous led organisation that works with communities, land and fire agencies and organisations across Australia.
Indigenous Land & Rights
Campaigners vow to continue the fight to stop Canberra dumping nuclear waste in SA
Civil society groups and members of the communities affected by the federal government’s proposed National Radioactive Waste Management Facility (NRWMF) are deeply disappointed with Justice White’s ruling that the exclusion of Barngarla Traditional Owners from a ballot intended to gauge community support was not a breach of the Racial Discrimination Act.
Indigenous Land & Rights
Copley declares itself Underground Coal Gasification free
Community members of Copley and Leigh Creek gathered at the Copley Hall to affirm their clear opposition to the Underground Coal Gasification project at the old Leigh Creek Coal Mine. The UCG trial of Leigh Creek Energy (LKE) project is due to end on May 7.
Indigenous Land & Rights
Statement of support for Djap Wurrung Heritage Protection Embassy
Friends of the Earth Melbourne is calling on the Victorian State Government to stop works immediately on the Western Highway expansion project, that if progressed will cause irreparable damage to aboriginal cultural sites.