Indigenous Australian tribes block multinational mining corporation from desecrating their land
THE indigenous people of two tribes in the Australian state of Queensland protected their homes today by blocking a multinational mining corporation from tearing up their land.
Warriors from the Wangan and Jagalingou tribes and some of their supporters, numbering around 20 in total, set up a road block in the morning, preventing the Adani Group and its contractors from accessing the Carmichael mining site.
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