Ben Abbatangelo
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first heard May 2026
last heard 23 May
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That's bending reality.
And fundamentally, in my mind, that's what has enabled Fortescue Metals Group to churn out close to $50 billion of profit without ever paying assent to the people whose land they're mining.
But interestingly, in the courts in 2017, the federal court reaffirmed that the Indubandi people had exclusive possession over that country.
So that sprawling battle has culminated now in this compensation claim being lodged in which the federal court will continue to commence hearings and likely hand down its verdict at the end of 2025.
Yeah, I asked Michael that question when I first met him and he took a very long pause.
He had a relatively cheeky smile that washed over his face after he gathered his thoughts and then he lent in and just said, look...
Andrew might be the richest man in the country.
He might have access to the best lawyers and mix it with the top end of town.
But so what?
That's not power.
And then he, again, took another breath and leant in a little bit closer with his eyebrows raised and just basically said, you see, I'm a Yindji Bandi man.
I know my law.
I speak my language.
And I walk the same lands that my ancestors have for tens of thousands of years.
So if you want to talk about power, well, that's power.
And I suppose in my mind, that's what has encapsulated, you know, this story and how one incredibly proud stoic man with the support of his tiny community has battled and beat a mining tycoon on a shoestring budget.
So the courts are listening to preliminary hearings for the compensation claim that the Yindyabandi have lodged after 2020, when the High Court dismissed Fortescue's application to appeal its judgment.
So after multiple court battles that have spanned multiple years, the court is now...
hearing this compensation claim.
And it needs to put, I suppose, a numerical value on a whole lot of different things.
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