Mines de fer chez les Yindjibarndi
Publié : ven. 02 sept. 2011, 11:17
A TOUS LES JOUEURS DE DIDG DE FRANCE, la situation est critique en australie et le peuple Yindjiibarndi a besoin de notre aide, veuillez traduire et diffuser ce texte en urgence autour de vous, Nous avons l'accord des yindjibarndi pour le faire (je vous mets la traduction google )en français en dessous
Andrew Forrest is the Chairman and largest shareholder of iron ore giant, Fortescue Metals Group
(FMG).
FMG want to mine land – they call it Solomon Hub – that belongs to the Yindjibarndi people in
Western Australia. The land use ‘agreement’ they offer requires the Yindjibarndi to waive their
Native Title Rights, provide blanket approval for any activities FMG want to undertake on sacred
Yindjibarndi land, and accept compensation radically below that offered to traditional owners by
other mining companies operating in the Pilbara region.
When the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC), the legally appointed representative of the
Yindjibarndi people, tried to negotiate, FMG told them that they would not meaningfully change their
offer, and that if Yindjibarndi didn’t accept the offer as it was, FMG would use all legal means to get
their project through and Yindjibarndi might receive no compensation.
FMG’s refusal to consider changing the offer resulted in an end to negotiations.
Since that time FMG have employed a ruthless campaign to “divide and conquer” the Yindjibarndi.
They have spread fear amongst the community that Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation’s refusal to
sign could result in no benefits for the Yindjibarndi people at all. FMG are exploiting the poorest in
the community by offering cash incentives (a one-off signing fee of $.5 m) to a splinter group willing
to sign the FMG deal. This splinter is funded with FMG money, employs former FMG staff, and is
serviced by FMG-paid lawyers.
FMG actions are splitting families and weakening the Yindjibarndi people.
FMG is a greedy company. Its objective is to be the lowest cost producer of iron ore in the country.
It prides itself on ‘frugality’. The miserable compensation it offers to the Yindjibarndi is testament to
this. Its profits and dividends to its shareholders, however, will not be frugal. They boast that just
one mine in the Solomon Hub will produce 60 million tonnes of iron ore per annum, worth $10.2
billion pa.
The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation is doing what it can to defend their legal rights and the
future of their people by insisting on a fair and just agreement, but Andrew Forrest’s bottomless war
chest, his teams of lawyers and ‘land access’ agents, and slick public relations are exhausting the
Yindjibarndi, cut by cut.
Andrew Forrest justifies his theft by saying he is giving Yindjibarndi people a fishing rod, not a fish in
offering them the opportunity to work for FMG. Working hard and getting paid is a universal right,
one that should not be considered as compensation for the permanent destruction of Yindjibarndi
land by mining, and the extraction of non-renewable riches.
Please, explore this issue for yourself.
http://www.yindjibarndi.org.au/
http://yindjibarndi.org.au/facebook.html
Andrew Forrest is the Chairman and largest shareholder of iron ore giant, Fortescue Metals Group
(FMG).
FMG want to mine land – they call it Solomon Hub – that belongs to the Yindjibarndi people in
Western Australia. The land use ‘agreement’ they offer requires the Yindjibarndi to waive their
Native Title Rights, provide blanket approval for any activities FMG want to undertake on sacred
Yindjibarndi land, and accept compensation radically below that offered to traditional owners by
other mining companies operating in the Pilbara region.
When the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC), the legally appointed representative of the
Yindjibarndi people, tried to negotiate, FMG told them that they would not meaningfully change their
offer, and that if Yindjibarndi didn’t accept the offer as it was, FMG would use all legal means to get
their project through and Yindjibarndi might receive no compensation.
FMG’s refusal to consider changing the offer resulted in an end to negotiations.
Since that time FMG have employed a ruthless campaign to “divide and conquer” the Yindjibarndi.
They have spread fear amongst the community that Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation’s refusal to
sign could result in no benefits for the Yindjibarndi people at all. FMG are exploiting the poorest in
the community by offering cash incentives (a one-off signing fee of $.5 m) to a splinter group willing
to sign the FMG deal. This splinter is funded with FMG money, employs former FMG staff, and is
serviced by FMG-paid lawyers.
FMG actions are splitting families and weakening the Yindjibarndi people.
FMG is a greedy company. Its objective is to be the lowest cost producer of iron ore in the country.
It prides itself on ‘frugality’. The miserable compensation it offers to the Yindjibarndi is testament to
this. Its profits and dividends to its shareholders, however, will not be frugal. They boast that just
one mine in the Solomon Hub will produce 60 million tonnes of iron ore per annum, worth $10.2
billion pa.
The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation is doing what it can to defend their legal rights and the
future of their people by insisting on a fair and just agreement, but Andrew Forrest’s bottomless war
chest, his teams of lawyers and ‘land access’ agents, and slick public relations are exhausting the
Yindjibarndi, cut by cut.
Andrew Forrest justifies his theft by saying he is giving Yindjibarndi people a fishing rod, not a fish in
offering them the opportunity to work for FMG. Working hard and getting paid is a universal right,
one that should not be considered as compensation for the permanent destruction of Yindjibarndi
land by mining, and the extraction of non-renewable riches.
Please, explore this issue for yourself.
http://www.yindjibarndi.org.au/
http://yindjibarndi.org.au/facebook.html