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The New York avant garde transgender singer joins the Martu people of Parnngurr in Western Australia to oppose a uranium mine 80km away
• Antony Hegarty condems genocide of indigenous peoples in Australia and US
When an international mining company surveys the Australian land for minerals it sees few physical impediments.
If necessary rivers can be rerouted, hillocks flattened and giant boulders shifted in order to access the wealth beneath.
The sanctity of country transcends the commercial value of what lies beneath
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Some corporations have disingenuously sought to divide and conquer locals, and ... make off with the spoils
Related: Antony Hegarty condemns 'genocide' of indigenous peoples in Australia and US
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