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Indigenous traditional owners, the Yindjibarndi people, have been awarded a record A$150.1 million payout after a court ruled that billionaire Andrew Forrest’s mining company, Fortescue, mined their land without permission, marking the largest native title compensation in Australia's history yet falling short of the A$1.8 billion they sought for economic and cultural losses. #IndigenousRights #LandJustice #NativeTitle #AU

The Indigenous Yindjibarndi people of north-western Australia have been awarded a record A$150.1 million in a landmark ruling against billionaire Andrew Forrest's mining company, Fortescue, which mined their land without permission, concluding a lengthy legal battle stemming from the firm's extraction of iron ore and its failure to negotiate a land use agreement. #IndigenousRights #LandJustice #NativeTitle #AU