Mining companies flout human rights conventions when negotiating with Indigenous Australians, study finds

Companies, including Origin Energy and Glencore, have failed to adequately obtain consent from traditional owners for some projects, RMIT University researchers say.

The report calls for Origin Energy to cease fracking in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin and engage with traditional owners over whether there is consent for the work under its mining leases. "The fact that companies can operate within Australian law while failing to respect and uphold their international human rights obligations underlines an urgent need for reform," she said.Prof Marshall said federal and state governments should amend native title and land rights legislation, and any change should include mandatory human rights due diligence assessments.

"Traditional owners who are the native title holders for the areas where we undertake exploration activity have agreed to and support our work in the Beetaloo, including fracking," he said.

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KetanJ0 Bonus villain points for asking a university to stop researching the issue

Been doing it as long as I can remember and that's a long long time. Mine owners are the protected species.

You don’t say. What is the point of international law

The govt should be protecting them

& it other shocking news, water is wet

Why do we have to “negotiate” with them? Finders keepers and it’s called development. If we lived by these rules 200 years ago we’d all still be living in huts & having clap sticks as our only artistic achievements

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