Antony Hegarty, the Martu and the mine: land custodians fight corporate might

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

Related: Jacky Green: 'Nothing has really changed since whitefellas came. First it was horses now bulldozers'

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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