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EPISODE · Mar 17, 2025 · 4 MIN

Compensation for traditional owners possible after High Court ruling on Arnhem Land mine site

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A High Court decision has cleared the way for "significant" compensation for the Gumatj people of the Northern Territory. The Court has upheld an earlier Federal Court ruling that a site at Gove in northeast Arnhem Land was not acquired in the 1960s for bauxite mining on just terms.

A High Court decision has cleared the way for "significant" compensation for the Gumatj people of the Northern Territory. The Court has upheld an earlier Federal Court ruling that a site at Gove in northeast Arnhem Land was not acquired in the 1960s for bauxite mining on just terms.

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A High Court decision has cleared the way for "significant" compensation for the Gumatj people of the Northern Territory. The Court has upheld an earlier Federal Court ruling that a site at Gove in northeast Arnhem Land was not acquired in the 1960s...

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